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Course syllabus - Universal Design for Interaction
Scope
7.5 credits
Course code
ITE208
Valid from
Autumn semester 2024
Education level
First cycle
Progressive Specialisation
G1F (First cycle, has less than 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements).
Main area(s)
Information Design
School
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
Ratified
2020-01-24
Revised
2024-01-18
Literature lists
Course literature is preliminary up to 8 weeks before course start. Course literature can be valid over several semesters.
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Books
Inclusive design for a digital world : designing with accessibility in mind
New York, NY : Apress, [2019] - 272 sidor
ISBN: 148425015X LIBRIS-ID: q2svc169nkxk9cbk
Universal design handbook
2. ed. : New York : McGraw-Hill, 2011 - 1 v. (various pagings)
ISBN: 9780071629232 LIBRIS-ID: 17866892
Reference Literature
Universal design : creating inclusive environments
Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, cop. 2012 - xvii, 382 s.
ISBN: 9780470399132 LIBRIS-ID: 13534409
Mismatch : how inclusion shapes design.
First MIT Press paperback edition : Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, [2018] - 155 sidor
ISBN: 0262539489 LIBRIS-ID: n1nbnf0rlwqwqbfq
Usability, user experience and accessibility: towards an integrative model
Ergonomics, 63:10, 1207-1220, 2020
URL: Link
Articles
Universal design, inclusive design, accessible design, design for all: different concepts - one goal?
Universal Access in the Information Society, 14(4), 505-526, 2015
Bringing human diversity into design processes through empathic modelling
Dublin : IOS Press, 2018
URL: Link
128-136
Kunskap för framgångsrik inkludering - ny forskningsrapport
Universell Utformning av Arbetsplatser (UUA), Sverige, 2020
URL: Link
Objectives
The aim of the course is to give the student knowledge of universal design as an integrated part of the interaction design process and how it is put into practice. The course also aims to provide knowledge in the processing of data for the design of useful interfaces.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course the student should be able to:
1. Describe key concepts and principles of universal design
2. Describe how principles of universal design can be used in the design and evaluation of interactive environments and artifacts
3. Demonstrate practical and theoretical skills in processing data for designing useful interfaces by developing, designing and evaluating a prototype of an interface, a useful service or a product, in collaboration with users based on universal design
4. Identify and critically evaluate / analyze environments, products, services based on universal design criteria
5. Reflect on how universal design can be related to sustainable development, gender equality and reduced inequalities
Course content
Introduction to the field of universal design through practical exercises / experiments that give the students an experience of the area's focus.
Through assignments, individually and in groups gain knowledge of central concepts and principles of universal design.
In smaller groups, students identify, analyze, compare and problematize environments, products and services based on universal design criteria.
In a project form that includes both group-based and individual assignments, the students develop and evaluate in collaboration with users a prototype of a service or a product based on universal design.
Through individual writing, students reflect on how universal design can be related to sustainable development, gender equality and equality.
Specific requirements
15 credits including 5 credits Introduction to Information Design, or equivalent.
Examination
Written assignment (INL2), 2 credits, examines the learning outcomes 1, marks Fail (U), Pass (G) or Pass with Distinction (VG)
Written assignment (INL3), 2 credits, examines the learning outcomes 2 and 3, marks Fail (U), Pass (G) or Pass with Distinction (VG)
Project (PRO2), 3,5 credits, an assignment that is presented with a report and a presentation of the project, examines the learning outcomes 2 and 3, marks Fail (U) or Pass (G)
Seminar (SEM1), 1 credit, examines the learning outcomes 4 and 5 marks Fail (U) or Pass (G)
Seminar (SEM2), 1 credit, examines the learning outcomes 4 and 5 marks Fail (U) or Pass (G)
A student who has a certificate from MDU regarding a disability has the opportunity to submit a request for supportive measures during written examinations or other forms of examination, in accordance with the Rules and Regulations for Examinations at First-cycle and Second-cycle Level at Mälardalen University (2020/1655). It is the examiner who takes decisions on any supportive measures, based on what kind of certificate is issued, and in that case which measures are to be applied.
Suspicions of attempting to deceive in examinations (cheating) are reported to the Vice-Chancellor, in accordance with the Higher Education Ordinance, and are examined by the University’s Disciplinary Board. If the Disciplinary Board considers the student to be guilty of a disciplinary offence, the Board will take a decision on disciplinary action, which will be a warning or suspension.
Grade
Pass with distinction, Pass, Fail