Summary of content

Human Computer Interaction (HCI) broadens out to encompass more of how users experience computing systems (UX), and how they may change the way people work. This includes the ease of use and enjoyability of the product, and affective reactions more generally, including for games and other enjoyable technologies. This advanced module builds on the earlier foundational module for HCI, to the point where students can design and conduct their own user studies for various types of applications and computing devices in recently developing technologies.
Wider notions of affect will be covered, including the centrality of human emotion and personality to the user experience, for games and other entertainment devices, for social media platforms, and for the potential uses of technologies to support negotiation and problem solving between humans and even artificial agents. Students should thus be better prepared to consider more career options, as they will be able to contribute to the analysis as well as design of a wide range of industrial products and services.

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