Mobile Application Experiences Part 4: Understanding Use

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Free Online Course: Mobile Application Experiences Part 4: Understanding Use provided by edX is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 4 weeks long, 10-12 hours a week. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Mobile Application Experiences Part 4: Understanding Use is taught by Frank Bentley and Ed Barrett.

Overview
  • Want to create the next big app, grounded in the needs of real users? Mobile Application Experiences Part 4: Understanding Use will teach you Human Computer Interaction (HCI) methods to understand current behavior in the domain, and then design, develop, and deploy your new application.

    This module will explore how people use your mobile application in daily life, over an extended period of time.  You will deploy and run quantitative and qualitative studies of use to understand not only what users are doing, but how and why they are using your application the way that they are.

    This course is part of a five-part Mobile Application Experiences series:

    • 21W.789.1x: Mobile Application Experiences Part 1: From a Domain to an App Idea
    • 21W.789.2x: Mobile Application Experiences Part 2: Mobile App Design
    • 21W.789.3x: Mobile Application Experiences Part 3: Building Mobile Apps
    • 21W.789.4x: Mobile Application Experiences Part 4: Understanding Use
    • 21W.789.5x: Mobile Application Experiences Part 5: Reporting Research Findings

Syllabus
  • Module 1: Understanding a Domain
    Week 1: Studying a Domain
    Week 2: Identifying Themes and Market Gaps
    Week 3: Proposing a Novel Application
     
    Module 2: Mobile Design
    Week 1: From Use Cases to Screens
    Week 2: Paper and Interactive Prototyping
    Week 3: Usability Testing
     
    Module 3: Building Mobile Applications

    Week 1: Getting Started on Android and iOS
    Week 2: Mobile Location and Networking
    Week 3: Instrumentation and Logging / Poster Session
     
    Module 4: Understanding Use
    Week 1: Quantitative Methods: Logging, A/B Testing
    Week 2: Qualitative Methods: Field and Diary Studies
    Week 3: Analyzing Data: Case Study
     
    Module 5: Reporting Research Findings
    Week 1: Writing a CHI-style paper
    Week 2: Submit paper
     
     

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