Introduction to UX withmobile orienteering

Implementation and experiences withAction Track platform - Fall 2016

Heli Väätäjä 20.9.2016Tampere University of Technology

Motivation

• How to start the course with a fun and immersive way to the topic ofUX design and evaluation (course TIE-41306 at TUT)?

• How to support the team formation from the first day of building thedesign teams for course’s project work?

Solution

• Get the students out of the classroom• Give them a competitive challenge, compete after the activity• Give them tasks to ideate, reflect and build on the topic of UX• Use appropriate technological support• Discuss the solutions of the teams in class jointly after the activity

Implementation

• Six tasks at checkpoints – five inside (QR codes), one outside (GPS)• Students had two hours of lectures on UX prior to the exercise session

• On facets of UX, UX models and components of UX

Tasks and responses

Map of checkpoints & associated tasks

Ideate team name & make paper hats + selfie task

Descriptives for amusement park experienceand represented UX components

UX model out of play dough

Wearable for amusement park

Paper plane & competition to fly back at class

Student feedback

• PositiveJ

Thanks!

heli.vaataja@gmail.com