Module CS4610-KP05

Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each summer semester

Credit points

5

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

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

Classes and lectures:

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

Workload:

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

Contents of teaching:

• Introduction to the subject area
• Introduction of terminology (inclusive design, ability-based design, universal design, Participatory Design)
• 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
• 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:

• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Nicole Jochems

Teacher:

• Institute of Human-Centered Interactive Systems
• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Nicole Jochems

Literature:

• C. Nicolle & J. Abasca : Inclusive Design Guidelines for HCI 2002
• P. Hall & R. Imre : Inclusive design: Designing and Developing Accessible Environments Taylor & Francis, 2004
• Kat Holmes : Mismatch: How Inclusion Shapes Design The MIT Press, 2018 /li>
• Wobbrock, J. O., Gajos, K. Z., Kane, S. K., & Vanderheiden, G. C. : Ability-based design Communications of the ACM, 61(6), 62-71, 2018 /li>
• Nolte, A., Wobbrock, J., Volkmann, T., & Jochems, N. : Implementing ability-based design: A systematic approach to conceptual user modeling ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing, 15(4), 1-26., 2022 /li>

Language:

• offered only in German

Notes:

Last Updated:

09.09.2026