Blog # 6 - Discussion of a Learning Object, i.e. Your Canvas UX Course, for the New Met-Verse Computer Lab

 

                                                            Here is a question for you... 

                                What is the relationship between psychedelics and VR...?

                                                    That's an interesting question...right?

            For this Blog # 6, you will investigate and learn that on your very 1st first assignment.

                                So, let's not waste time. Let's get started with your UX course.

                                            This is your course, Heuristics Evaluation.

    Objective: To learn User EXperience, UX so that the new Meta-Verse Engineering Computer Lab

                     can be efficiently designed with the user in mind. 

c(Hillman, 2022)

    Contents of course.

                    Your course is designed using Canvas LMS. Here is the opening module. 

                    Very simple, you just go step-be-stgep thru the module.

                     Contained here is your syllabus. Very important

                     Followed by the references used in this course

                     NOTE: All refs used in the course are also cited at the end of this discussion.

                     Then, a tiny assignment for your quiz work  to introduce yourself

                     Followed by a quick quiz on how quizzes work on the site.

    

                                

Moving on to the core of the first UX Learning Module

                                

     

This is the first significant module for your course.

     There are 2 assignments. Let's briefly describe them

     Assignment #1 is for you to obtain two books, one on UX and the other by Dr. Leary

     Start reading these two books during your 1st week of studies

     For this, you will 

     When complete, do ADiscussion #1 based on what you learned from those books

     Assignment #2 is similar, except it is based on the original journal article on UX Heuristics

     here, you must do a particular assignment in Appendix 1 &2...

     Molich & Nielson (1990). The original article on heuristics and design

     Read, think about it, extract meaningful information asked for, and then do Discussion #2

The following modules are very similar.

    More journals to read and write discussions about.

    You will be doing a heuristic evaluation of user interfaces (Nielson & Molich, 1990)

    Then, when those are completed, you will start moving on to establishing your own heuristics

    You will see that various author describe their own set of heuristics

     but now you must synthesize these for your own use.

All of these modules will be easily accessible on your computer.

     No special apps

     Simple sign-in ID & PW

     Because it's online, you can work on it whenever you choose

     Suggestion. Make hard copies of the journal you will read.

     Research shows that reading hard copies increases student's learning

     Do the same for other items you will read and study.

    Always write your discussion posts on MS Word first, then edit, use Grammarly, then post

After establishing your particular heuristics, you will be in a position to start designing the new Meta-Verse computer lab. This is clearly your goal. 

Items you will need to consider for your new engineering lab are

     

Handheld or Wearable

c(Hillmann, 2021)

Spatial Arrangement

c(Vi et al., 2019)

View

c(Vi et al., 2019)

Equipment Used

c(Vi et al., 2019)

I hope you have found this blog an excellent overview of the UX class you will take.

There is much to learn in the fields of UX/VR/MR/AR/XR

The field is expanding rapidly, so you must be grounded in your studies and understanding.

Study hard

Remember well

and

Always try to get ahead of the XR World

Carpe Diem

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