CMSC 291

At the end of this course...

Apply the principles of design thinking in human-computer interaction research

Explain and work through the design thinking process when doing research in human-computer interaction

Write a working research paper on any human-computer interaction area using design thinking

Schedule - January

January 20 - Meetup

January 27 - Session 1 - Crash Course on Design Thinking Session 1

Schedule - February

February 3 - Session 2 - Crash Course on Design Thinking Session 2

February 10 - Session 3 - Crash Course on Design Thinking Session 3

February 17 - Session 4 - Paper Reading Session 1

February 24 - Session 5 - Paper Reading Session 2

Schedule - March

March 2 - Session 6 - Paper Reading Session 3

March 9 - Session 7 - Paper Reading Session 4

March 16 - Session 8 - Paper Reading Session 5

March 23 - No Classes. (Holy Week)

March 30 - Session 9 - How to write a paper using Design Thinking - Introduction

Schedule - April

April 6 - Session 10 - How to write a paper using Design Thinking - Related Work

April 13 - Session 11 - How to write a paper using Design Thinking - Testing and Evaluation - Session 1

April 20 - Session 12 - How to write a paper using Design Thinking - Testing and Evaluation - Session 2

April 27 - Session 13 - How to write a paper using Design Thinking - Testing and Evaluation - Session 3

Schedule - May

May 4 - Session 14 - How to write a paper using Design Thinking - Wrapping it all up

May 11 - No Meetup (Possible trip)

May 18 - Mini-conference - Presentation of papers

Grading System

• 1.0 - Did the presentation, submitted the paper, did 2 paper-reading presentations, did at least 2 design thinking crash courses

Grading System - Subtractions

• If did only one design thinking crash course: -0.25
• If did not do any design thinking crash course: -0.5
• If did only one paper-reading presentation: -0.25
• If did not do any paper-reading presentation: -0.5
• If paper is poorly written (a lot of grammatical errors or 'story-flow' of paper is poor): -0.25
• If paper has some lacking parts or incomplete: -0.5
• If did not submit any paper: -1.0
• If did not presented at mini-conference: -0.5

Grading System - Notes to live by...

• If after the grade subtraction, grade is < 3.0 then grade is INC