Interaction Design: Beyond Human-computer Interaction - Softcover

Preece, Jenny; Sharp, Helen; Rogers, Yvonne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1119020751 ISBN 13: 9781119020752

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2015

Synopsis

A new edition of the #1 text in the Human Computer Interaction field!

Hugely popular with students and professionals alike, Interaction Design is an ideal resource for learning the interdisciplinary skills needed for interaction design, human–computer interaction, information design, web design and ubiquitous computing.

This text offers a cross-disciplinary, practical and process-oriented introduction to the field, showing not just what principles ought to apply to interaction design, but crucially how they can be applied.

An accompanying website contains extensive additional teaching and learning material including slides for each chapter, comments on chapter activities and a number of in-depth case studies written by researchers and designers.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Interaction design can be defined as designing interactive products to support the way people communicate and interact in their everyday and working lives. To be successful, interaction designers will need a mixed set of skills drawn from psychology, human–computer interaction, web design, computer science, information systems, and entertainment as well as an understanding of the desires and needs of people and the kinds of technology available.

Interaction Design: beyond human–computer interaction offers a cross-disciplinary, practical and process-oriented introduction to the field, showing not just what principles ought to apply to interaction design, but crucially how they can be applied.

The fourth edition of this best-selling textbook has been substantially updated to reflect this dynamic and fast-moving field and includes:

• Wiley e-text featuring videos and Q&A
• New chapter – Interaction Design in Practice
• Coverage of many new and traditional interfaces
• 25 new talking-head videos with HCI experts answering questions like “has HCI gone too far?”
• New section on emotional tech and automated emotion
• Coverage of AgileUX and the maker movement
• New sections on social interaction and social media

Interaction Design is hugely popular with students and professionals alike. It is an ideal resource for learning the interdisciplinary skills needed for interaction design, human–computer interaction, information design, web design, and ubiquitous computing. Accompanying the text is an extensive website athttp://www.id-book.comwhich contains additional teaching and learning material including slides for each chapter, comments on chapter activities, and a number of in-depth case studies written by researchers and designers.

About the Author

Jennifer Preece is Professor and Dean in the College of Information Studies, Maryland's iSchool – at the University of Maryland.

Yvonne Rogers is the Director of the Interaction Center at University College London as well as a Professor of Interaction Design.

Helen Sharp is Professor of Software Engineering and Associate Dean at the Open University.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1119020751
• ISBN 13: 9781119020752
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 584