Learning Outcomes:
A student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to:
• Describe the everyday practices and combination of skills entailed in the work of the human-computer interaction professional today
• Define, explain and appraise the scope of the work of the human-computer interaction professional in today’s workplaces
• Employ human-computer interaction and related theories to inform and structure everyday design, research, development, management and reflective practices
• Develop a reflexive approach to professional life, to serve as the foundation for a meaningful human-computer interaction career
• Describe ethical challenges in the human-centred design of technology and engagement with stakeholders
• Communicate and justify in effective written, visual and oral form your own positionality as a human-computer interaction professional
• Collaborate with expert colleagues, among team members and across disciplines for the duration of an internship or work placement
Indicative Module Content:
This course draws upon theory and methods from the fields of human-computer interaction, positive computing, leadership, implementation science, and organisational psychology. The course will additionally focus on the opportunities and challenges of professional life as a human-computer interaction professional today, encompassing interdisciplinary approaches to problem solving and decision-making, as well as the importance of developing a reflexive approach to work.
Students will learn to select among - and leverage for their actioning in practice - tools, methods and theory to inform and enhance the work of the human-computer interaction professional; from methods including reflexive diaries, cultural probes, collaboration personas, observational, insider- and auto-ethnographic techniques to self-determination, behaviour change and normalisation process theories — as means to inform effective work practices and positive, collaborative workplace cultures.