Hi, I'm currently studying on the OU course M873, User Interface Design and Evaluation so just thought I'd add a couple of thoughts in case it's of interest to this discussion.
I think the course content is good -- it covers the principles of HCI and usability etc. It's supported with some multimedia elements such as DVDs and PC (not Mac) applications. One of the complaints I'd have about it is that the examples are quite old as the course last seems to have been revised around 2000. This means screenshots of websites taken from Netscape 4.7 etc., no mention of areas such as ethnography which I've come across by reading other usability websites etc. I guess that's the danger of any course in this area, although at least with HCI the principles will remain more constant than with things like web design, programming etc. I'm taking this as a standalone course and I'm hoping it will make it easier to move into a usability / UI / IX etc. role (I'm currently a web developer). I'm not sure how useful the course will be in supporting this -- how much do employers value these qualifications and is a course such as this sufficient on its own? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=39584 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
