IN5510 – Participatory experimental design

After successful completion of this course, you can

• explain the basic principles of experimental and participatory design
• apply basic tools and techniques for collaborating with users in the design process
• provide a rich description of the use context and the user group
• design a prototype together with users and evaluate it with them
• analyze the design suggestion through theoretical concepts from the course and argue for your design choices
• discuss ethical perspectives concerned with designing with users
• plan and implement a participatory design process where mutual learning is a goal

Students admitted at UiO must apply for courses in Studentweb. Students enrolled in other Master's Degree Programmes can, on application, be admitted to the course if this is cleared by their own study programme.

If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures for international applicants.

There will be 2 hours lectures + 2 hours exercises per week. In addition, the project will require independent group work

Mandatory assignments:

• a project plan
• presentation of a paper from the curriculum
• mid-semester presentation of the project work
• final presentation of the project work

It is mandatory to attend the two first lectures since it will be given important information.

The mandatory assignments must be approved prior to the exam. The exam evaluation is based on a written report and an oral exam.

• 50% written report: project report with individual reflections for each group member
• 50% oral: project presentation and group examination of the curriculum.

The written report needs to be approved before the student can participate in the oral exam. Both parts must be passed in the same semester.

It will also be counted as one of your three attempts to sit the exam for this course, if you sit the exam for one of the following courses: INF5722 – Experimental Design of IT (continued), INF9722 – Eksperimentell design av IT (continued), IN9510 – Participatory experimental design