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Kursusnavn (dansk):Forståelse og inddragelse af brugere 
Kursusnavn (engelsk):Co-design - Understanding and Involving users 
Semester:Efterår 2012 
Udbydes under:Bachelor i digitale medier og design (bdmd) 
Omfang i ECTS:15,00 
Kursussprog:Engelsk 
Kursushjemmeside:https://learnit.itu.dk 
Min. antal deltagere:12 
Forventet antal deltagere:70 
Maks. antal deltagere:76 
Formelle forudsætninger:This course is part of the third semester of the bachelor's degree in digital media and design. 
Læringsmål:After the course the student should be able to:

• Account for different methods of co-design and discuss potentials and disadvantages of the methods
• Plan and execute a process consisting of qualitative and ethnographically oriented studies of everyday life or work practice and co-design method(s).
• Discuss and evaluate the pilot project process and propose the necessary steps for a full size project.
• Document, analyze and present the user study and the users' involvement in the design process.
• Reflect on theoretical aspects of qualitative user studies and the involvement of the users.
• Reflect on the practical aspects of conducting user studies and on the selected methods of co-design. 
Fagligt indhold:This course will introduce you to the field and methods of co-design and teach you to reflect on and apply methods of co-design.

This course will teach you to investigate and understand aspects of everyday life of human beings in connection with digital media design and artifacts. It may as well be work life as everyday life.

It will teach you as a designer how to approach analysis of the needs and opportunities of a target group.

The course will draw on a mixture of approaches, giving you background knowledge of, and hands-on experience with, a wide variety of methods for studying, involving and co-creating innovative design solutions for/with user representatives. You will also be introduced to some of the drivers behind user involvement in design.

With a design assignment as the outset, you and a small group will analyze a certain group of people’s needs, wants and dreams in a given area as well as involving them in the design process.

This could be e.g. to analyze the exercise habits and needs a group of elderly citizens as part of their life situation, with the aim of designing digital artifacts or media, stimulating exercise in a positive manner to achieve better quality of life.

The other part of this project would be to plan and prepare a presentation of an extended design process where the users are active drivers or co-designers. 
Læringsaktiviteter:

24 lecture series + 20 exercise sessions
The course last 15 weeks.

The 12 weeks have 2 weekly sessions with lectures and exercises. The students will work within a predefined case area, but with individual target groups.
The last weeks of the course will focus more extensively on the assignment. Throughout the course there will be supervision.
The lectures present different methods and discuss the practical implications and the theoretic framework behind the methods.
The exercises are partly small exercises related to the themes and partly exercises that relates to the overall assignment.

The exercises and the assignment are performed in groups of 5-6 students.
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Information on study structure
The course is part of the third semester of the bachelor in digital media, described here: Bachelor digitale medier 

Eksamensform og -beskrivelse:X. experimental examination form (7-scale; external exam), 7-trins-skala, Ekstern censur

During this course students will be required to hand in mandatory assignments (e.g. attendance, papers, exercises, presentations, productions), that need to be completed/approved before being eligible to register for the examination and e.g. being allowed to submit written work for examination. Failure to hand in these mandatory assignments on time will mean that the registration for examination is annulled.
These mandatory assignments are:

Each student hands in an individual report (3-4 pages) that compares two of the methods from the literature. The report should:
- Present the methods
- Discuss the purpose of the methods
- Discuss differences in the methods’ theoretical foundation
- Discuss differences in how the methods contribute to design and the methods’ different roles in a design process
- Reflect upon the strengths and weaknesses of the methods.
The individual report will partake in the exam.

Submission/completion of mandatory activities before Friday 26 October 2012 at 15:00.

Exam form:
External examiner, 7-point marking scale, B4: Oral examination with written work, without time for preparation at the exam.
Group report (15 – 20 pages) documenting the project work and the research plan proposal.
Individual report (3-4 pages, see above).
Group presentations of the project work done including the design/research plan and pitch.
Individual presentations reflecting on the theoretical and practical aspects of methods used.

Harvard system is used for referencing etc.

The duration of the oral exam is 40 minutes (incl. group presentation).  

Litteratur udover forskningsartikler:To be announced 
 
Afholdelse (tid og sted)
Kurset afholdes på følgende tid og sted:
UgedagTidspunktForelæsning/ØvelserStedLokale
Tirsdag 08.00-09.50 Forelæsning ITU Aud 3
Tirsdag 10.00-11.50 Øvelser ITU 4A14, 2A52
Torsdag 12.00-13.50 Forelæsning ITU Aud 4
Torsdag 14.00-15.50 Øvelser ITU 2A14, 4A14

Eksamen afholdes på følgende tid og sted:
EksamensdatoTidspunktEksamenstypeStedLokale
2012-12-17 Tidspunkt oplyses senere Skriftlige arbejder ITU Lokale oplyses senere
2013-01-14 Tidspunkt oplyses senere Mundtlig eksamen ITU 2A52
2013-01-15 Tidspunkt oplyses senere Mundtlig eksamen ITU 2A52
2013-01-16 Tidspunkt oplyses senere Mundtlig eksamen ITU 2A52
2013-01-17 Tidspunkt oplyses senere Mundtlig eksamen ITU 2A52
2013-01-18 Tidspunkt oplyses senere Mundtlig eksamen ITU 2A52
2013-01-21 Tidspunkt oplyses senere Mundtlig eksamen ITU 2A52
2013-01-22 Tidspunkt oplyses senere Mundtlig eksamen ITU Lokale oplyses senere