Class Tangible Interfaces I

This discipline aims to acquire the methodological, technical, aesthetic and conceptual knowledge necessary for the planning and presentation of educational video game project with integration of original physical interface.
During the semester the student will develop a Serious Game Production Dossier, with a special focus on the issues of interaction, graphical interface and potential physical interface for the gaming experience. The project and contents taught aim to enrich the planning and conceptual capacity of the areas of interaction and pedagogical games.

Introduction to the field of physical interfaces focusing on work processes, differentiating characteristics, immersive logic;
Organization and management of content for educational video game design with original physical interface integration;
Drawing techniques and visualization of physical interfaces; Physical interaction applied to video games;
Phidgets and Arduino platforms as interface support technology; Practical design with real customer involvement;
Affordance and emotion concepts applied to design for interactive products;

Stimulation of conceptual, design and autonomous work skills;
Issues of communication and perception of the person with intellectual disability.

A series of innovative methodologies are implemented in all the sessions of this curricular unit:

- Active methodologies, in which the teacher mediates the training so that the student can present their point of view in class and increase their critical sense.

- Use of STEAM resources.

- The Maker Movement, as several disciplines and teachers are involved in the development of this course;

- Project-orientated teaching, in which students work in groups, with peer review, to solve challenges proposed (problems) by the class.

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• Banzi, Massimo(2009). Getting Started with Arduíno. Make Book.
• Whitton, N. (2014). Digital Games and Learning: Research and Theory. Routledge.
• Moggridge, B. (2007). Designing Interactions. MIT Press;