COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
EBT 6005 HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Educational Technologies

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Educational Technologies

Course Objective

The course aims to provide students human-computer interaction of the nature, characteristics, strategies regarding the process of interaction, interface design, usability testing, usability and software engineering, interaction strategies, and to gain basic information about various topics such as menu and window structures.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students could explain the evaluation software and interface specifications
2   Students could offer and explain alternative interface examples
3   Students could explain interface design, usability testing, usability and concept of software engineering
4   Students could define strategies related to the interaction process
5   Students could human-computer interaction in nature and properties

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction, Nature of Human-Computer Interaction, properties and applications related to a developing
2 Effective Factors and Standards in Human-Computer Interaction
3 Communication Process and Knowledge Process Models
4 Information Operating Models and Human Brain
5 User Centered Design Criteria and Human Perception
6 Web and Internet Samples / Cognitive Strategies
7 Study Week
8 Midterm
9 Web and Internet Samples / Cognitive Strategies
10 Interface Design and Computer Display Interfaces
11 Windowing techniques and studies related to field
12 Web Design Criteria and Usability Principles
13 Usability Testing and Usability Engineering Applications
14 Schools of Internet and Web-Based Applications: Interface Design in Task Analysis
15 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

Acartürk, C. & Çagiltay K. (2006). Insan Bilgisayar Etkileşimi ve ODTÜ'de Yürütülen Çalışmalar. Akademik Bilişim 2006 Bildiriler Kitapçığı.
Çagıltay, K. (2005). E-dönüsümü Kullanabilmek Insan Bilgisayar Etkilesimi, Kullanılabilirlik ve e-Devlet Projeleri. Bilişim, 91, 16-17.
Shneiderman, B. (1998). Designing the User Interface:Strategies for Effective Human-Computer Interactions, 3rd edition, Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.
Booth, P. (1989). An Introduction to Human-ComputerInteraction. Hove, UK: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Norman, K. L. (1991). The Psychology of Menu Selection: Designing Cognitive Control at the Human/Computer Interface. Ablex: Norwood, NJ.
Bailey, S. (1993). Iterative methodology and Designer Trainingin Human Computer Interface design. Proceedings of ACMINTERCHI'93 Conference on Human Factors in ComputingSystems, 98-205.
Goldberg, J. H. & Kotval, X. P. (1999). `Computer Interface Evaluation Using Eye Movements: Methods and Constructs , International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 24, 631-645.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Seminar, brainstorming, group work, review and discussion the practices, prepare a report.

Assessment Methods

To be announced!

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Assignments and presentations, discussions, research results and examples of study, evaluation of the written article.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dokuz Eylül üniversitesi Bilgisayar Mühendisliği Bölümü
Doç.Dr. Adil Alpkoçak
Dokuz Eylul University
Dept of Computer Engineering, 219
Tinaztepe, 35160 Izmir, Türkiye
Phone: +90-232-301 7408
Mobile: +90-532-548 0632

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 6 78
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparing assignments 1 30 30
Preparing report 1 40 40
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 201

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.111351122
LO.212454222
LO.312455222
LO.422454222
LO.542454233

CONTACT INFORMATION
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Cumhuriyet Bulvarı No: 144 35210 Alsancak / İZMİR
Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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