Course code

IFI8112.DT

old course code

IFI8112

Course title in Estonian

Lõppkasutajast lähtuv tarkvaradisain

Course title in English

Technologies and Methodologies for End-User Development

ECTS credits

4.0

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 main goal of the course is to illustrate the End-User Development (EUD) approach and discuss how to design interactive systems that provide support to end users in configuring, adapting and evolving the software they use.

Brief description of the course

Main topics of the course are:
- The model of the interaction and co-evolution
- End-User Development (EUD)
- Meta-design
- Cultures of Participation
- Social creativity
- The Software-Shaping Workshops (SSW) model
- Transferring the SSW model to different domains
- EUD approach to Visual Composition of Service-Based Interactive Spaces

Discussion of example applications and projects.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
Students will learn EUD theories and methods to build advanced interactive systems, which exploit new technologies and can be configured, adapted and evolved by their end users.

Teacher

Carmelo Antonio Ardito, PhD

Additional information

The students are expected to participate in the contact seminars as well as to complete the design exercise.