Dipping 1200 toes into the pool of immersive interaction design

Dipping 1200 toes into the pool of immersive interaction design
Jonathan Hamilton
Senior Lecturer Graphic Design, Nottingham Trent University

the presentation ;
Introduce the project and the questions investigated.
Activities and structure of the project Immersive design research ,designing in a group,speed networking,Blogs,user testing and feedback
Demonstrate a selection of student projects.

Introduction
Case study of the last two years of the interactive project
Interactive project for second year BA Graphic Design students at Nottingham Trent University
Broad based course with no house style
Project is for all 120 students working in groups

The questions being explored;
How do you teach
in five weeks
immersive interaction design
to a cohort of 120 students
who are new to interactive design?

The project aims
To give students both an understanding of professional interactive design and working methods
To manage the process of design within a medium sized group and understand the value of a blog
To design with an understanding of immersivity and the wider possibilities for interactivity beyond the typical small screen website on a desktop.
To consider appropriate thematic visual approaches to interface design.

Student and project context
Student profile high academic achievers with a variety of backgrounds ,most attended a foundation course.Equal balance of male and female
Group sizes ,In the first year of the project large 5 to 6 in a group.
Then established 3 max of 4 as the ideal
Tutor profiles in 2005 ; three academic staff, one industry professional and one technician. Since 2007 ;one academic, one industry professional and one technician

Activities; immersive orientation
At the start of the project students in groups view a range of immersive and non immersive web sites
Students interrogate interactive nature of the sites
With of focus on immersivity and graphical appropriateness

Activities; groups and design
How do you manage designing in a group?
large sheets of paper for all ideas from all members
double A0 size inexpensive and informal dot and cross paper.Break out of the normal A4/A3
Students still excited by format

Activities; speed networking
Clarify the project
a series of quick pitches or presentations with gradual time reduction
start with 2 minutes final pitch becomes 30 seconds
feedback from those receiving the presentation

Activities; blogs and groups
All members of the group to post material on the blog
Helps unconfident students
Allows work to be seen in a different context.

Activities; user testing and feedback
Students introduced to user testing ,game design methods
Written feedback by users
Observational ; watch users using the site. Remain silent and observe - not prompt
Read written feedback

Potential archive of student activity and feedback from 2006
Student feedback forms covering the last 4 years of the project
Trace the students project and blogs over this period
All student blogs from 2006,2007,2008 available on Technojungle blog
http://technojungle.blogspot.com /
http://technojungle.blogspot.com /

Student project demonstration
a short selection of some the projects

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