The course will consist of lectures by invited scholars in the area and mandatory seminars. Grading will be on the basis of a group project and an optional individual assignment. The project will done in groups of about four students. This year's theme is the home of the future. It will however not emphasize gadgets, but rather, integration and flexibility of access.
More information is available on the projects page .
The individual assignment will be an investigation and report about some aspect of current research in Human-Computer Interaction. More information is available in the individual report section . The individual report itself will receive a grade of 0 to 15. The total grade for the course will be the sum of the project and individual grade. However, this book doesn't really emphasize the psychological and design aspects as much as it might.