World Usability DayThe Conference Center at OCLCDublin, Ohio

10 November 2011

Bruno RibeiroGraduate Teaching AssociateDepartment of DesignThe Ohio State University

ribeiro.9@osu.edu

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Shaping the future

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Interaction Design

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Ten years later, my school still doesn’t have a required class in Interaction Design.

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Ten years later, my shool still doesn’t have a required class in Interaction Design.

Nor does Ohio State.

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Maybe they are not interested in Interaction Design?

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Maybe they are not interested in Interaction Design?

There are other activities in Visual Communication.

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Posters?

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Logos? Stationery?

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Books?Magazines?

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The emerging space for Visual Communication Design is Interaction Design.

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The emerging space for Visual Communication Design is Interaction Design.

And students know it.

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Usability

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Usability is defined as the effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction with which specified users can achieve specified goals in particular enviroments.

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EffectivenessAre we teaching what they need?

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EfficiencyWhat could we stop teaching instead?

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SatisfactionCan we teach it better?

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So…

Bruno RibeiroGraduate Teaching AssociateDepartment of DesignThe Ohio State University

ribeiro.9@osu.edu

@BrRib

www.brunoribeiro.com

Thank you