Designing and Developing an Online Micro-Module on Sustainability for City University

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The document summarizes the design and development of an online micro-module on sustainability for City University. It outlines the project brief to develop content on sustainability provided by the Centre for Food Policy. It then describes the research conducted, including on existing interactive applications, understanding sustainability, competitor analysis, and student workshops. Different concept designs and prototypes were created and evaluated, including a 3-part journey prototype and a historical narrative prototype. The prototypes underwent formative and summative evaluations to test student understanding of sustainability and ease of use of the module.

Designing and Developing an Online
Micro-Module on Sustainability for City
University
Amir Dotan, Tanya Ahmed and Neil Maiden

Centre for HCI Design

Centre for HCI Design

Project brief
• Develop an online micro-module on sustainable
development for all University students with
content provided by The Centre for Food Policy

• Learning outcomes included:
• Help improve student and staff understanding of the core elements of
sustainability, its broad principles and key frameworks
• Outline simple steps with which the individual can engage with the
complex task of improving sustainability
• Realise the challenges and opportunities of building sustainability at
City University London

Centre for HCI Design

Research – Existing interactive applications related to sustainability

Centre for HCI Design

Research – Understanding sustainability

Centre for HCI Design

Research - Competitor analysis

Centre for HCI Design
Research – Student workshop
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Text

Centre for HCI Design

Research – Student workshop

Centre for HCI Design

Exploring the topic and the personas’ student
experience in relation to it

Prototype 1 – Formative evaluation using Silverback

Prototype 2 – Concept and prototyping (Historical narrative)

Prototype 2 – Final design (Using XHTML and CSS)

Prototype 2 – Summative evaluation

Table 1: On completing the online module I feel I understand
what sustainability means (n=125)

100 90

80

60
%
40

20 7
3

0

I agree/agree strongly Not sure I disagree/disagree strongly

Prototype 2 – Summative evaluation

Table 2: On completing the online module I feel I understand
how the environment, economy and society are linked (n=125)

92
100

80

60
%
40

20 6
2
0

I agree/agree strongly Not sure I disagree/disagree strongly

Prototype 2 – Summative evaluation

Table 4: On completing the online module I feel I understand
how sustainability is related to my degree (n=124)

100

80
54
60
% 39
40

20 7

0

I agree/agree strongly Not sure I disagree/disagree strongly

Prototype 2 – Summative evaluation

Table 8: The module was easy to use (n=110)

100 90

80

60
%
40

20 5 5

0

I agree/agree strongly Not sure I disagree/disagree strongly

In June 2009 we collaborated with the Centre for Food Policy in the School of Community and Health Sciences at City University to develop an online micro-module on sustainable development. The aim of the module was to introduce the subject of sustainability to all University students and staff members. We approached this design task by carrying out various user research activities, which led to a number of conceptual prototypes before the final design was chosen and implemented. Discussions with the stakeholders led us to focus on the undergraduate students as our main target audience early on in the process. This presentation lists the sustainability related iPhone apps we came across during the research stage of the project.

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