Course info
Course Outline
Updates of this course outline and class announcements are accessible on WUA’s MyHope e-Learning platform https://myhope.wua.ac.zw/course/management.php?search=human+computer+interaction
Preamble
These regulations must be read in conjunction with Women’s University in Africa General Academic Regulations for graduate Degree, hereafter referred to as the General Regulations.
1.
To understand the concepts of e-commerce
To understand e-commerce infrastructure and strategy
To appreciate legal and ethical issues around business operations
To articulate the pros and cons of business strategies of implementing e-commerce initiatives
To appreciate the importance of the security, legal, ethical, and privacy issues and understand how they may impact a firm’s e-commerce strategy.
To appreciate business models for Business to Business (B2B) and Business to Consumer (B2C) e-commerce.
To understand the sectoral and regional differences in e-commerce applications
Employment Prospects
Human Computer Interaction
This module introduces the behavioural concepts and technology necessary to manage the design and implementation of “user-friendly” software. Students learn how to implement user-centred design which identifies the goals, tasks, and skills of the eventual end-users of the system and ensures that these are successfully considered in the development cycle.
Methodologies.
This course uses blended learning i.e. a combination of e-learning via moodle and traditional lecture delivery. Students are expected to have studied the week’s lecture content before they come to class.
1.Lectures,
2.Group Work,
3.Individual work
4.Workshops (with academics and industry experts)
5.Research
Course Assessment.
Final examination: 70%
Coursework: 30%
In-class Tests, Presentations; Assignments
Prescribed textbook
a)Designing User Experience: A guide to HCI, UX and interaction design, Forth Edition, by David Benyon
Other Recommended Text Books
b)Encyclopedia of Human Computer Interaction by Claude Ghaoui
c)Human-computer interaction and cybersecurity handbook by Moallem, Abbas
d)Human-Computer Interaction by Dix Alan, Finlay Janet E., Abowd Gregory D., Beale Russell.
e)The Wiley Handbook of Human Computer Interaction Set by Kirakowski, Jurek Norman, Kent L (z-lib.org)
f)Interaction Design Beyond Human-Computer Interaction (Helen Sharp, Jenny Preece, Yvonne Rogers) (z-lib.org)
Updates of this course outline and class announcements are accessible on WUA’s MyHope e-Learning platform https://myhope.wua.ac.zw/course/management.php?search=human+computer+interaction
Preamble
These regulations must be read in conjunction with Women’s University in Africa General Academic Regulations for graduate Degree, hereafter referred to as the General Regulations.
1.
To understand the concepts of e-commerce
To understand e-commerce infrastructure and strategy
To appreciate legal and ethical issues around business operations
To articulate the pros and cons of business strategies of implementing e-commerce initiatives
To appreciate the importance of the security, legal, ethical, and privacy issues and understand how they may impact a firm’s e-commerce strategy.
To appreciate business models for Business to Business (B2B) and Business to Consumer (B2C) e-commerce.
To understand the sectoral and regional differences in e-commerce applications
Employment Prospects
Human Computer Interaction
This module introduces the behavioural concepts and technology necessary to manage the design and implementation of “user-friendly” software. Students learn how to implement user-centred design which identifies the goals, tasks, and skills of the eventual end-users of the system and ensures that these are successfully considered in the development cycle.
Methodologies.
This course uses blended learning i.e. a combination of e-learning via moodle and traditional lecture delivery. Students are expected to have studied the week’s lecture content before they come to class.
1.Lectures,
2.Group Work,
3.Individual work
4.Workshops (with academics and industry experts)
5.Research
Course Assessment.
Final examination: 70%
Coursework: 30%
In-class Tests, Presentations; Assignments
Prescribed textbook
a)Designing User Experience: A guide to HCI, UX and interaction design, Forth Edition, by David Benyon
Other Recommended Text Books
b)Encyclopedia of Human Computer Interaction by Claude Ghaoui
c)Human-computer interaction and cybersecurity handbook by Moallem, Abbas
d)Human-Computer Interaction by Dix Alan, Finlay Janet E., Abowd Gregory D., Beale Russell.
e)The Wiley Handbook of Human Computer Interaction Set by Kirakowski, Jurek Norman, Kent L (z-lib.org)
f)Interaction Design Beyond Human-Computer Interaction (Helen Sharp, Jenny Preece, Yvonne Rogers) (z-lib.org)
- Manager: Sam Takavarasha
- Lecturer: Addlight Mukwazvure