Exam Board

FABRIZIO BRACCO (President)

FEDERICA DELPRINO

MICHELE MASINI

MARIA MOROZZO DELLA ROCCA E DI BIANZE' (President Substitute)

LESSONS START

https://corsi.unige.it/9913/p/studenti-orario

Class schedule

All class schedules are posted on the EasyAcademy portal.

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Exam methods, valid for both attending and non-attending students:

● Written exam: 4 open-ended questions on the general topics scheduled. The score for each answer ranges from 0 to 5 points. Students will have 45 minutes to complete the test. (grade 0 to 20)

● Application project for interaction analysis: activities to be carried out in groups during the lessons (or even in single, if not attending). Attending students will be able to build the project during the lessons, being followed by the the teachers. They can also present the project at the end of the lessons and receive the evaluation. The specifications on the realization of the project and the methods of evaluation will be provided by the teachers at the start of the lessons and will be published on the AulaWeb page of the course. (Grade 0 to 10)

optional:

● Oral integration: analysis of a case or problem in the field of cognitive ergonomics and discussion of the main constructs involved. The oral exam can be requested after having taken the written exam and having presented the project and will allow you to integrate the grade.

The final grade will be given by the sum between the written vote, the presentation of the project (and any oral integration).

ASSESSMENT METHODS

This method was chosen because the written exam guarantees an objective treatment of students, as well as stimulating them to write a logical speech in a clear, concise but exhaustive way (competence that will also be useful in the case of the drafting of the thesis and future documents related to internship activities). The open questions will be formulated in such a way as not to require a purely notional knowledge but allow students to demonstrate the capacity to connect theories and concepts, critical analysis, the ability to have a global view of the several approaches, as well as terminological mastery.

With the written exam will be evaluated the knowledge of the theories and models related to cognitive psychology and disciplines related to cognitive ergonomics (user centered design, user experience). The ability to apply this knowledge to the analysis of real cases will also be evaluated.

The design of a project allows to verify the students' learning in the implementation of the acquired notions, verifying more application skills.

Specifically, the project will verify: the ability to set up a survey of the user experience in interaction with systems and interfaces using methods of ergonomic analysis and according to the principles of the research methodology; the ability to conduct the analysis using different investigation tools and the ability to propose solutions to solve the identified problems.

The presentation of the project and the answers to the questions of the written exam will be taken into account to evaluate the ability to communicate clearly and unambiguously, using the technical language typical of the discipline.

The possibility of oral integration will allow students who wish to increase the grade resulting from the two previous evaluation methods.

Exam schedule

FURTHER INFORMATION

How to apply for thesis:

In general, students interested in applying for an experimental thesis are invited to submit experimental proposals already set up on the basis of a preliminary bibliographical search.

The topics of the thesis are:

• Human-computer interaction
• Information design
• Interface design
• cognitive psychology
• Cognitive ergonomics