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UX/UI introduction

Objectives

Objectives and tasks should align with a number of learning event out lined in the learner engagement cards.

  • Describe the difference be UI and UI
  • Identify examples of good and bad UI

Reading

What is UX design? 15 user experience design experts weigh in
https://www.usertesting.com/blog/what-is-ux-design-15-user-experience-experts-weigh-in

Consider the following questions:

What things does John Amir-Abbassi believe are harder engineer and achieve in relation to user experience?
Why do you think that might be?

What does Marieke McCloskey say UX design starts with? 

Can you give an example where you’ve given feedback as a customer for a business, product or service?

Joshua Porter says UX is design with an awareness of all touch-points. He gives some examples. Can you list some more examples? Maybe for the place you work or from your experience with a product or service?

Scott Johnson talks about UX being “the purposeful application of logic and rational” what do you think he means by “creating experiences that offer both utility and value” .
What does “working generatively” mean?

What is UI design? What is UX design? UI vs UX: What’s the difference
https://uxplanet.org/what-is-ui-vs-ux-design-and-the-difference-d9113f6612de

Consider the following questions:

what does design in a Vacuum lead to?

What example is give when describing how a UX and UI team might work together?

What are UI designers concerned with?

In your own words can think of an analogy or metaphor to describe the difference between UX and UI?

Watching

(5:31) The Norman Door
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY96hTb8WgI&feature=youtu.be

(7:31) Rapid Prototyping: Sketching | Google for Startups
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMjozqJS44M&feature=youtu.be

(1:16) Mobile Application Design: Paper Prototype Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y20E3qBmHpg&feature=youtu.be

(12:12)Revui: Titafall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc5vklAJfTo

Doing (Tasks)

Describe the tasks you want learners to do. This should relate to the objectives, reading and watching.

Tutor and student interactions

List the way learners will engage with the tutor and each other.

  • Group Q&A. (Agreed time live session, forum, blog)
  • One on one Q&A. (Tutor makes contact with individual learners) 
  • Group presentation and feedback. (learners present their findings/results and seek feed back from each other) 
  • Software Demonstration. (Live demo with questions)
  • Presentation and discussion of Ideas, techniques, exemplars.

 

 

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