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BTH740 Weekly Schedule 20113

BTH740 -- Weekly Schedule 20113

Week 1 - Sep 4

This Week

  • Introduction - Everyday Things
    • History of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
    • Technological Change
    • Donald Norman
    • Usability
      • Hall of Shame
  • Introduction - Philosophy
    • Ancient
    • Modern
    • Current

To Do

  1. Read Norman's Book
  2. Check out Hall of Shame and Fame


Week 2 - Sep 11

This Week

  • Introduction - Cognitive Psychology
    • Linguistics and Cognitive Science
    • Psychology
    • Cognitive Psychology


Week 3 - Sep 18

This Week


Week 4 - Sep 26

This Week

  • Social Aspects - Language
    • Variations
    • Rendering Text
    • Rendering Objects
    • Internationalization and Localization
  • Social Aspects - Culture
    • Insensitivity
    • Hofstede's Dimensions
    • Critiques


Week 5 - Oct 2

This Week

  • Social Aspects - Icons
    • History
    • Stylization
    • Myths
    • Meaning

To Do

  • Form Teams
  • Add Name to the Student List
  • Add Project Page for your Team

Resources

Robertson, Hugh. The Research Essay. Ottawa, Paperhill, 2001

Week 6 - Oct 9

This Week

  • Computers - Character Sets and Fonts
    • Brief history of computers
    • Character Sets
      • ASCII
      • EBCDIC
      • ISO 8859
      • UCS - ISO 10646
      • Unicode
      • Windows
    • Fonts
      • Glyphs
      • Typography
  • Computers - Devices
    • Character Entry
    • Display

To Do

  • work on selecting a project thesis

Resources

Week 7 - Oct 16

This Week

To Do

  • review course notes and videos
  • work on selecting a project thesis
  • sign up for proposal presentation

Resources

Week 8 - Oct 30

This Week

  • Proposal Presentations


Week 9 - Nov 13

This Week

To Do

  • Research your project

Resources

Robertson, Hugh. The Research Essay. Ottawa, Paperhill, 2001