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Place: Tampere Dates: 8 August 2010 to 21 August 2010 Season: summer10 Organised by: BEST Group Tampere University: Tampere University of Technology |
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BEST Course on Technology
Fee: 45.0 euro. Convert to Depending on the country of your university, the amount of fee can be lower. [Read more] Application until: 11 Apr 2010 at 23:00 CESTApplication deadline has passed. |
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Prior knowledge required
(The course is meant for students of technology who are around half way in their studies and have taken at least basic courses in usability and HCI)
Academic complexity: Intermediate [Read more] Working time: 40 hours (estimated) |
Good user experience has become one of the most defining factors for successful products. During the last decade concept of user experience (UX) has broadened the scope of HCI field from usability to more holistic understanding of human-computer-interaction. That is from designing effective products with maximum efficiency to designing products that can evoke pleasant emotions, give pleasure and enable self-expression. For example companies like Apple and Nokia have had focus on users and user experience for a while and have launched success-products that meet the high demands of modern-day consumers.
The world has "shrinked" hand in hand with fast technological development. Internet can be accessed practically anywhere, same products can be found whether you are walking on the streets of Lima, Peru or strolling along the main street (Hämeenkatu) of Tampere, Finland. How can we design products that are useful for users around the world who have different background, language, religion, culture etc.?
In this BEST course you will learn what kind of a factors influence UX, few ways for analyzing UX of a product, some design principles for globalized products and gain understanding on different cultures.
Furthermore, you will explore Tampere and the surroundings, experience sauna, long Finnish summer nights and have the full experience of student life in the greatest student town in Finland.
All of these are covered by the event fee.
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