Applying usability analysis to evaluate curricula - The same usability analysis we apply to products can be applied to evaluate higher education curricula. We must still consider the end-users' needs

1. World Usability Day
The Conference Center at OCLC
Dublin, Ohio
10 November 2011
Applying usability principles
to evaluate curricula
Bruno Ribeiro
Graduate Teaching Associate
Department of Design
The Ohio State University
ribeiro.9@osu.edu

2. Shaping
the future
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3. Interaction
Design
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4. Ten years later, my
school still doesn’t
have a required class
in Interaction Design.
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5. Ten years later, my
shool still doesn’t
have a required class
in Interaction Design.
Nor does Ohio State.
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8. Maybe they are
not interested in
Interaction Design?
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9. Maybe they are
not interested in
Interaction Design?
There are other activities
in Visual Communication.
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10. Posters?
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11. Logos?
Stationery?
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12. Books?
Magazines?
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13. The emerging
space for Visual
Communication Design
is Interaction Design.
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14. The emerging
space for Visual
Communication Design
is Interaction Design.
And students know it.
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16. Usability
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17. Usability is defined
as the effectiveness,
efficiency, and
satisfaction with which
specified users can
achieve specified goals
in particular enviroments.
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18. Applying usability
principles to evaluate
curricula
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19. Effectiveness
Are we teaching what
they need?
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20. Efficiency
What could we stop
teaching instead?
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21. Satisfaction
Can we teach it better?
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22. So…
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23. Thank you
Bruno Ribeiro
Graduate Teaching Associate
Department of Design
The Ohio State University
ribeiro.9@osu.edu
@BrRib
www.brunoribeiro.com