Course code

IFI7316.DT

old course code

Course title in Estonian

Inimese ja arvuti interaktsiooni alused

Course title in English

Foundations of Human-Computer Interaction

ECTS credits

6.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

The goal is to introduce the body of knowledge of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) to students.

Brief description of the course

The course addresses:
- An introduction to HCI covering the field’s genesis and evolution
- Contemporary trends
- Cognitive modelling
- Distributed cognition
- Situated action, ethnography and ethnomethodology, CSCW related theories and frameworks, activity, grounded and hybrid theories
- Turn to Design and Culture;
- Turn to the wild, and Embodiment.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- is aware of the genesis and evolution of the field of HCI as well as its contemporary trends;
- knows the theoretical foundations at play in HCI;
- is able to situate theory in practice.

Teacher

Mustafa Can Özdemir

Study programmes containing that course

Human-Computer Interaction (IFIMM/24.DT)
Human-Computer Interaction (IFIMM/23.DT)
Human-Computer Interaction (IFIMM/22.DT)
Human-Computer Interaction (IFIMM/21.DT)
Human-Computer Interaction (IFIMM/20.DT)
Human-Computer Interaction (IFIMM/19.DT)
Human-Computer Interaction (IFIMM/18.DT)
Human-Computer Interaction (IFIMM/17.DT)
Human-Computer Interaction (IFIMM/16.DT)