Class User Experience Design

User Experience Design, is a Curriculum Unit that gives continuity and complements the contents already acquired in Experience Design and Services.

This new unit has the purpose of challenging and making students aware of the importance of users, how they behave and interact with different products and/or services, both in the Digital and Analog World.

Development of the capacity of research, construction and tangibility of concepts in reality.

Constant use and encouragement of innovative, creative solutions to proposed projects.

1. UXD definitions
2. The dimensions of experience design principles and standards
3. From UXD to Experience-Centered Design
4. The UCD process
4.1. User Research;
4.2. Conceptualisation;
4.3. Prototyping;
4.4. Evaluation.

Learner-centred Problem-Based Learning (PBL) is proposed which involves groups of learners working together to solve a real-world problem. Students are encouraged to understand concepts through problem-solving skills. Students will have the opportunity to develop skills related to teamwork, project management, oral and written communication, self-awareness and evaluation of group processes, critical thinking and analysis, explanation of concepts, self-directed learning, application of course content to real-world examples, research and information literacy, and problem solving across disciplines.

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