[IXDA] Anyone taken Cooper's Interaction Design Practicum? Is it *really* Interaction Design training?

23 Jul 2010 - 8:30am
2 years ago
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mccoym
2010

Hi All,

I'm looking for some good training in Interaction Design to Supplement a Master's in HCI that touched on the topic. About Face was one of my required texts, so naturally I looked toward Cooper for training, but the curriculum just doesn't seem to address designing interactions.

Any thoughts?

Thanks!

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23 Jul 2010 - 9:19am
Sue Gemmell
2010

I attended Cooper's IxD practicum several years ago, I thought it was great. The practicum does cover more than just the interaction design segment, it includes how to gather and use data to build personas, and then connect your design to what you know about your users (how they will interact with your product). This is very valuable.

 

23 Jul 2010 - 4:39pm
Dave Cronin
2005

Hi Mike,

We certainly do talk quite a bit about interaction design in our IxD course. We've made some adjustments to the curriculum lately, and the high-level outline is something like this: 

Day 1: Understanding business objectives, user research
Day 2: Personas, scenarios, defining user experience requirements
Day 3: Product definition and interaction design
Day 4: Interaction design, collaboration and design communication

I'd be happy to answer any other questions you might have about the course.

Dave Cronin
dave at cooper dot com

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