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Spring 2024: March 18 - April 19.

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Spring 2024: March 18 - April 19.

Instructors:
Dr Joëlle Bitton
joelle.bitton@zhdk.ch 

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  • Week 4: Stories and users 
    How is your work being evaluated? 
    Methods: forms of evaluation, from user-testing to narratives enacting scenarios

  • Week 5: Production 
    Independent study week: working on your production assignment and setting your own agenda
    (Exceptional mentorings could be available during this week, although you are mostly on your own)
    Finalising the project 

  • Week 6? Polishing details/Final Documentation

Deliverables

  • Final Work

The final outcome of the class is a project proposal in the form of a working prototype, user-tested and represented to an external audience in the form of a film and/or a medium of your choice (installation, website, demo, etc...). For this class, there will be an emphasis on the film narrative as a way to disseminate your proposal.

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    • Live sketching
    • Demo with prototyping
    • Classic Slides presentation
    • etc.

  • Week 2 Presentation requirements:
    Name of group/project
    Knowledge Inquiry
    5 related works
    Lessons learned from the field / probes
    Where do you want to go
    How do you get there (identify roles, needs, actions)

  • Week 5 First cut of video from Production Week
    Delivered by Friday 14.04 midday on Tuesday 16.4 midday on server
  • Journal/Blog

A separate 'Journal' is developed by each student that reflects on learnings from the seminar. It should be in the form of an online blog (ie. WordPress, Tumblr or other):

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Week 1
Into the Wild!

Monday 18.3

Tuesday 19.3

Wednesday 20.3

Thursday 21.3

Morning

(starts at 9.00 otherwise noted)



  • Introduction about the module, Note on DocumentationTheory class: Human-Computer Interaction and non-human 
    - how to involve stakeholders 

  • Lecture on the topic and discussion (jb)
    • Theory class: Experience
    Exercise
  • Initial Field Research
    • Conduct your first field observation

 


Going back to Field Research



Field Research

Afternoon
(starts at 13.00 otherwise noted)


  • Introduction about the module, Note on Documentation
  • Exercise, part 1: topic and group building (answering questions & themes emerging)
    (jb, nf)
  • Input
    Ethnographic study
    (nf)   

 

Field Research

Field Research

Afternoon
(starts at 13.00 otherwise noted)

  • Exercise, part 2: topic and group building (clustering by themes)
    (jb, nf)

  • Get prepared for Field Research
    (nf)

  • Renting Equipment
    (nf)
  • Initial Field Research
    • Conduct your first field observation


  • Input
    Ethnographic study
    (nf)   



Going back to Field Research

Going back to Field Research

  • 14.30 Group presentations: Inspirations and Field Research (First impressions of 2-3 iterations, narrative over 1.5 days, questions/reflections that drove your choices for the field study) 5-7mn/group
    (jb, nf)     

  • Sense Making (nf)
     
  • Expectations for the following week

Week 2
Idea Transfers

Monday 25.3

Tuesday 26.3

Wednesday  27.3

Thursday  28.3

Morning

  • Theory class: Experience
  • Exercise: Very rapid prototyping 
    (jb)
    Group Presentations:
    mock-ups
    (jb) 

Field Research & Desk-based Research
(Related work, 
References)


Field Research & Desk-based Research
(Related work, 
References)

Field Research & Desk-based Research
(Related work, 
References)

Afternoon

  • Group Presentations:
    mock-ups
    (jb) 
  • Input: Cultural Probes and Exercise
    (jb)


Field Research & Desk-based Research


  • 13:00: Input "Narrowing Down" (nf) in room 3K1313:45:   
  • Mentorings per Group (30 Min.) .) 

Field Research & Desk-based Research
(Related work, 
References)

14.00 In  Check-in in groups: Advanced concept: Related Work, References and Detailed inquiry plan for the next 4 weeks Prototype 1.0
(jb, nf)

Week 3
Play

Monday 1.4

Tuesday 2.4

Wednesday  3.4

Thursday  4.4

Morning

holiday

  • Theory class: Prototyping
Independent Study

Independent Study

Afternoon


  • Prototyping with Bodystorming in the field:     follow/observe situation in the field (outside Toni)
Independent Study

Independent Study

Afternoon


  • 15.00 (back to Toni)
    Present Exercise:  
    Prototyping ideas with Performance enactment / Bodystorming
    (jb)
Mentoring 
Brief check-in / Present prototypes
(20mn/group)
(

Independent Study

option: atelier walk-thru (jb)

14.30

  • Demoes on location:
    Prototypes demoes in situation 
    (jb, nf)

Week 4
Stories and Users

Monday 8.4

Tuesday 9.4

Wednesday 10.4

Thursday 11.4

Morning

  • Theory class: Prototyping with Storytelling
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Independent Study

Independent Study



Independent Study


Afternoon

  • Exercise/Input 
    Storytelling & Storyboards (nf) 


Mentoring Storyboard (nf)

  • 14.30 Check-In in groups: Video showcase:
    Narratives showcasing prototypes in action
    (nf, jb)

Week 5
Production 1

Monday 15.04 

Tuesday 16.4

Wednesday 17.4

Thursday  18.4


  • Theory class: Evaluating Outcomes
Production 


  • Mentoring on request (jb)

Editing Mentoring: (nf)

Production


Production Mentoring on request (jb)
Production 
  • 14.30 Final Group presentations
  • Feedback session
    (jb, nf)

Week 6
Production 2

Monday 22.4

Tuesday 23.4

Wednesday  24.4

Thursday  25.4

Morning

Production Week



Production Week



Production Week




Final Narrative / Documentation Delivered

Afternoon

JB: Dr. Joëlle Bitton, NF: Nicole Foesterl

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