Module CS4610-KP05

Inclusive Design (InclDes)


Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each summer semester

Credit points

5

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

  • Master Media Informatics 2020, compulsory, design
  • Master Entrepreneurship in Digital Technologies 2020, optional subject, specific

Classes and lectures:

  • Inclusive Design (lecture, 2 SWS)
  • Inclusive Design (exercise, 1 SWS)

Workload:

  • 75 hours private studies
  • 45 hours in-classroom work
  • 30 hours exam preparation

Contents of teaching:

  • Introduction to the subject area
  • Introduction of terminology (inclusive design, ability-based design, universal design, design for all)
  • User modelling
  • Model approaches for the user-specific design of human-technology systems
  • Differentiation between Ability-based Design and Deficit-oriented Approaches
  • Adaptive systems design and creation
  • Design and layout with the goal of universal usability
  • Ethical challenges and implications of inclusive design

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

  • Knowledge of definitions and ethical implications of inclusive design.
  • Acquisition of skills to counteract physical, cognitive and social exclusion in the design of human-computer systems.
  • Acquisition of skills to design interactive systems based on the idea of diversity with regard to future users.
  • Acquisition of skills to design adaptive human-computer interfaces.

Grading through:

  • Oral examination

Responsible for this module:

Literature:

  • C. Nicollle & J. Abasca : Inclusive Design Guidelines for HCI 2002
  • P. Hall & R. Imre : Inclusive design: Designing and Developing Accessible Environments Taylor & Francis, 2004

Language:

  • offered only in German

Notes:

Admission requirements for taking the module:
- None

Admission requirements for participation in module examination(s):
- Active participation in the exercises in small groups as specified at the beginning of the semester.

Module Exam(s):
- CS4610-L1 Inclusive Design, oral exam, 70% of the module grade
- CS4610-L2 Inclusive Design, portfolio exam, 30% of the module grade

Last Updated:

06.01.2025