Notice: Schedule details will change as class progresses
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Topics |
Reading |
Assignment Due |
| 1 | Mar 26 | 1. Course Overview 2. Human Error as a Motivator for good design |
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| Mar 28 | 1. What is design? 2. How can design be research? |
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| 2 | Apr 2 | 1. User-centered design |
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| Apr 4 | 1. User-centered design
2. Example: Family Health History Website Design |
Decide on group for design project |
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| 3 | Apr 9 | 1. Design Ideas -- the more, the better |
Design project problem statement | |
| Apr 11 | Participatory Design | PD excerpt from Meredith Skeels' dissertation | Revised problem statement | |
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Apr 16 guest lecture |
Scenario-based design Value-sensitive, scenario-based design |
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| Apr 18 | Participatory Design Exercise | |||
| 5 | Apr 23 | Personas |
Value-sensitive scenarios for design project with oral presentation | |
| Apr 25 | Advanced Research Methods in Studying Information
Interactions |
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| 6 | Apr 30 | Methods continued & Tips continued |
Personas for design project with oral presentation | |
| May 2 | Clinical Information Needs Studies |
Optional readings on bioinformatics: (1) Characterizing Data Discovery and End-user Computing Needs in Clinical Translational Science. (2) Informing design of a search tool for bioinformatics.
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| 7 | May 7 | Design Thinking in Action | Stanford's Design School Cards | Individuals submit and bring in three designs |
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May 9 guest lecture |
Public Health Information Needs |
Reading Response #4 | ||
| 8 | May 14 | Mental Models |
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| May 16 | User-based & expert-based evaluations |
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| 9 | May 21 | Usability |
Optional extra: |
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May 23 |
no class--work on projects |
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| 10 | May 28 | Holiday | no class | Project Evaluation Specification |
| May 30 | TBD & Review/Summary |
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| Exam | 2:30-4:20 p.m. Monday, June 4 | Room TBD | Design Project Presentations |
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Sunday, May 20, 2012
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