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Unit content:Topic 1 Introduction to Human Factors in IT Topic 2 Usability Topic 3 Evaluating User Interfaces Topic 4 Design and Evaluation of Multimedia, Websites and Mobile Devices Topic 5 The Cutting Edge of I/O; New Interface Paradigms Topic 6 User Differences; Considering Disabilities Topic 7 Groupware and Computer Supported Collaborative Work Topic 8 Net Society I Topic 9 Net Society II Topic 10 Information Technology and Ethics.

Other notes:Each weekly 3-hour session is spent as follows. The first hour consists of a lecture outlining important conceptual issues, theories and case studies. The second hour consists of a scholarly skills workshop, designed to equip students with a range of seminar, analysis, critical thinking, research and presentation skills. The third hour consists of a reading group, in which one or more students summarise and lead a discussion about selected papers of interest on the unit topics.