HCI Design Patterns, WS 08/09

Registration
  • Register at Campus Office if you plan to participate in this course. The registration is open from 01.10.-27.10.2008.
  • As a registered student, you have access to course material through RWTH's L²P eLearning portal.
Exams take place during lecture time, Tue 10:00-11:30
  • 02.12.2008 Midterm exam
  • 03.02.2009 Final exam (registration required at (V)ZPA)
Lecture free days
  • 14.10.2008
  • 04.11.2008 Fachschaftsvollversammlung, 10:00-14:00
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News:

  • No lab on 03.12.2008
  • The next user study is scheduled for Friday, 21th November 2008. See L²P for details.
  • Students are required to participate in a user study in order to receive the course certificate. The first user study is scheduled for Friday, 14th November 2008.
  • Starting on 05.11.2008, the lab will be moved to 13:30 - 14:15 due to collision with other courses.
  • Students with a valid ID can purchase the book "A Pattern Approach to Interaction Design" by Prof. Jan Borchers for 40,00 Euro. Please contact our secretary in room 2313 (10:00-12:00 and 13:00-15:00).
  • Lectures and labs will take place in room 2U13 and not in 2010.
  • This lecture has 4 ECTS credits.
  • Smile (:biggrin:)... we need your picture.
  • Stöhn (:sad:)... do you have too much to do?


Additional Information



Lecture schedule

  • 21.10.2008 Introduction, Interdisciplinary Design
    • reading: Scott Kim. Interdisciplinary cooperation
  • 28.10.2008 Off to Alexandria: Patterns in Architecture
    • reading section 2.1 PAID (pp. 9-22)
  • 11.11.2008 I strayed from the path: patterns in software engineering
    • reading section 2.2 PAID (pp. 22-26)
  • 18.11.2008 Oops: Alexander on software patterns - the OOPSLA'96 keynote
  • 25.11.2008 Back to basics: the structure of patterns
    • reading section 3.1 PAID (pp. 52-54)
    • reading section 3.3 PAID (pp. 63-64)
    • reading section 3.4 PAID (pp. 65-73)
  • 02.12.2008 Midterm exam
  • 09.12.2008 Existing HCI design pattern languages - Tidwell: Common ground
    • reading section 2.3 PAID (pp. 26-43)
    • reading section 2.4 PAID (pp. 43-49)
  • 16.12.2008 Existing HCI design pattern languages - Landay - The design of sites
  • 06.01.2009 Three pyramids: interdisciplinary patterns
  • 13.01.2009 "So?" - Using patterns in the development process
    • reading section 3.2 PAID (pp. 54-63)
  • 20.01.2009 no lecture
  • 27.01.2009 A critical review of pattern languages, PLML, tools, Outlook
  • 03.02.2009 Final exam


Labs & Assignments

  • 15.10.2008 No lab
  • 22.10.2008 No lab
  • 29.10.2008 Assignment 1: Alexander’s Architectural Design Patterns, due 04.11.2008 @ 12:00 pm
  • 05.11.2008 No lab
  • 12.11.2008 Assignment 2: Software Design Pattern, due 19.11.2008 @ 12:00 pm
  • 19.11.2008 Assignment 3: HCI Design Pattern, due 26.11.2008 @ 12:00 pm
  • 26.11.2008 Assignment 4: HCI Pattern Language due 28.1.2008 @ 13:30 pm
  • 03.12.2008 No lab
  • 10.12.2008 Exam Review
  • 17.12.2008 Discussion of suggested pattern languages
  • 07.01.2009 Writer's Workshop
  • 14.01.2009 Writer's Workshop
  • 21.01.2009 Writer's Workshop
  • 28.01.2009 Final presentations
  • 04.02.2009 No lab


Final Project Pattern Languages