ID730 MODELLING USER EXPERIENCES
| Course Code: | 1250730 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Industrial Design |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. OWAIN FRANCIS PEDGLEY |
| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
The course sets out to:
- explore contemporary theories and models of user experience;
- familiarise students with state-of-the-art user research methods and tools;
- provide hands-on experience in collecting and analysing user research data;
- develop skills for translating user research insights into actionable design recommendations.
Course Content
Exploration of contemporary concepts and models of user experience. Review of state-of-the-art methods, tools, and techniques for user research data collection and analysis. Hands-on practice in data generation and analysis for modelling user experiences.
Course Learning Outcomes
On completing the course, students will be able to:
- critically explore, evaluate, and model user experiences;
- conduct user research in laboratory and/or fieldwork settings, using appropriate research methods;
- analyse qualitative and quantitative data to model user experiences;
- use insights from user research to define actionable design recommendations.
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Identifying research areas in distinct and contemporary topics and formulating research problems; | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Being competent in the research process, process planning, managing, analyzing data, and correctly interpreting findings; | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Transforming knowledge in the field and research results into strategies, politics, methods and/or decisions; | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Transferring research findings into design education and practice; | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Disseminating generated knowledge, making publications and presenting them; | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Having general knowledge in the field of design, having covered the literature and developing expertise in specific topics; | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Having responsibility towards own research, respecting and practicing research ethics; | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Having work discipline and skills in time planning; | ✔ | |||
| 9 | Having skills in oral, written and visual communication; | ✔ | |||
| 10 | Open to continuous education and self-development, having high professional motivation; | ✔ | |||
| 11 | Open and willing to share knowledge and skills with stakeholders; | ✔ | |||
| 12 | Being critical, able to make self-criticism, reflecting objective and unprejudiced thinking into their own work; | ✔ | |||
| 13 | Synthesising knowledge from different disciplines to use in one?s own field and using it for generating new knowledge. | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution