BTH740 Weekly Schedule 20113

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BTH740 -- Weekly Schedule 20113

Week 1 - Sep 5

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 12

This Week

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

Week 3 - Sep 19

This Week

• Cognitive Aspects - Thinking, Memory, and Emotions
  • Thinking
  • Early Model of Memory
  • Working Memory
  • Emotion
• Cognitive Aspects- Sensation, Perception, and Attention
  • Vision
  • Hearing
  • Touch
  • Motion
  • Neuroscience
  • Attention
  • Potentiation

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 3

This Week

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