Course 1 (15.10.2009): Introduction, what is field research? how can it help design? Case study and project discussion
Course 2 (29.10.2009): Preparing research studies. Reading assignement: “Reading Ahead” by Portigal Consulting Slides and blogposts.
Course 3 (3.12.2009): Photographic investigations. Reading assignement: “Where’s the phone? A study of Mobile Phone Location in Public Spaces by Ichikawa, F., Chipchase J., & Grignani R. (Mobility ’05)
Course 4 (14.01.2010): Interview and diary techniques. Reading assignement: Humphreys, L. (2007). Mobile social networks and social practice: A case study of Dodgeball. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 13(1), article 17.
Forlizzi, J. (2007). How Robotic Products Become Social Products: An Ethnographic Study of Robotic Products in the Home, Proceedings of HRI07. New York, NY: ACM Press, 129-136.
Course 5 (25.02.2010): Workshop about photography and interview guides. Reading assignments: How to look beyond what users say that they want by Jung, Y.,& Anttila, A. (CHI’07).
Course 6 (25.03.2010): Data analysis, communication and intermediary objects (persona, storyboards, paper prototypes, usage scenarios, critical incidents…). Reading assignment: Johnson, D., Gardner, J., Wiles, J., Sweetser, P., and Hollingsworth, K. 2002. The inherent appeal of physically controlled peripherals. In Proceedings of the International Workshop on Entertainment Computing (Makuhari, Japan, May 14 – 17, 2002).
Course 7 (29.04.2010): Probes methodologies. Reading assignment: Gaver, B., Dunne, T., and Pacenti, E. (1999). Design: Cultural probes. Interactions 6, 1 (Jan. 1999), 21-29.
Course 8 (27.05.2010): The special case of “evaluating” prototypes and designed products and conclusion
