ARTX-C1018 - Digital Service Design Project, Lecture, 5.9.2023-19.10.2023

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LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of the course, students should be able to: 

  • make use of interaction design and service design in service development and evaluation
  • carry out work in collaboration with a real partner and in a project team
  • analyze an existing service experience from a multi stakeholder and organizational perspective, and identify front-stage opportunities for improvement
  • justify a design solution and define the main benefits of the solution for its stakeholders
  • develop a user journey and an interactive prototype and evaluate it with users
  • apply basic co-design methods as part of the design process
  • deepen their programming skills in service design

Credits: 9

Schedule: 05.09.2023 - 19.10.2023

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Nuria Solsona Caba, Antti Salovaara

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    This is a project-based course where students will put into practice the key notions of service design in collaboration with a project partner.  Students will work in groups on a given digital service design brief. By following the service design process, from research to testing, and by applying basic co-design methods and interaction design skills students will design an interactive prototype (digital) that demonstrates an improvement of the current service experience both for the partner and the end-user's perspectives. On each week, the course will consist of one full day of lecture-based learning with applied exercises and half a day of group tutorials. Students will be asked to conduct independently group work activities on a week by week basis and individual programming, reading and writing assignments during the course.

Assessment Methods and Criteria

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    • 80% Attendance mandatory 
    • Weekly group assignments
    • Final presentation and report
    • Individual learning diaries
    • Weekly programming exercises
    • Participation in class

Workload

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    The total workload for the course (9 cr) amounts to 243 hours (1 ECTS credit = 27 hours).

    •  Contact teaching 57 hours
    •  Group work 105 hours
    •  Individual work 44 hours
    •  Personal reflection 36 hours
    •  Giving course feedback 1 hour

DETAILS

Substitutes for Courses
Prerequisites

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Teaching Language : English

    Teaching Period : 2022-2023 Autumn I
    2023-2024 Autumn I

    Enrollment :

    For 2022/2023, the course has 35 study places. 

    For 2023/2024, the course has 45 study places.

    A minimum of 20 students are required for running the course. 

    Registration for Courses: Sisu. Priority order to courses is according to the order of priority decided by the Academic committee for School of Arts, Design and Architecture: https://www.aalto.fi/en/services/registering-to-courses-and-the-order-of-priority-at-aalto-arts

     

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