IN9510 – 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.

In addition, each PhD student will be given an extended curriculum within the field/research area of the course. The syllabus must be approved by the lecturer so that the student can be admitted to the final exam.

PhD candidates from the University of Oslo should apply for classes and register for examinations through Studentweb.

If a course has limited intake capacity, priority will be given to PhD candidates who follow an individual education plan where this particular course is included. Some national researchers’ schools may have specific rules for ranking applicants for courses with limited intake capacity.

PhD candidates who have been admitted to another higher education institution must apply for a position as a visiting student within a given deadline.

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

In addition to the Master curriculum:

• select a topic to explore that are not part of the curriculum
• write a literature review where the extra readings are compared to the course curriculum
• present the literature review orally

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.

• Written report: project report with individual reflections for each group member
• 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 and they 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), IN5510 - Participatory Experimental Design