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Teacher Gustavo Marfia
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Credits 3
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SSD INF/01
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Teaching Mode Traditional lectures
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Language English
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Campus of Rimini
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Degree Programme Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Wellness Culture: Sport, Health And Tourism (cod. 9227)
Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Wellness Culture: Sport, Health And Tourism (cod. 9227)
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.
Academic Year 2021/2022
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course the student acquires knowledge about information and communication technologies, aimed at improving/enhancing various aspects of psycho-physical wellness.
Course contents
From Sullivan:
Design Follows Technology (ch. 1); Activity Trackers (ch. 2); Cognitive Wearables (ch. 6); Service Design (ch. 7); Embodiment and Perception (ch. 8)
From Aukstakalnis:
Introduction to Augmented and Virtual Reality (Part I); Understanding the Humand Senses and Their Relationship to Output/Input Devices (Part II); Applications of Augmented and Virtual Reality: Health and Medicine (ch. 16)
From Dix et al:
Design rules (ch. 7); Evaluation techniques (ch. 9).
Lab hours: application of human-computer interaction evaluation techniques; analysis of existing mobile applications and virtual reality applications; use of artificial intelligence paradigms for wellbeing.
An introduction to data science.
Readings/Bibliography
Sullivan, S. (2016). Designing for Wearables: Effective UX for Current and Future Devices. " O'Reilly Media, Inc.".
Alan Dix, Janet Finlay, Gregory Abowd and Russule Beale, Human Computer Interaction, Third Edition, Pearson - Prentice Hall, ISBN-13: 978-0-13-046109-4 ISBN-10: 0-13-046109-1
Aukstakalnis, S. (2016). Practical Augmented Reality: A Guide to the Technologies, Applications, and Human Factors for AR and VR. Addison-Wesley Professional.
Estrin, D. (2014). Small data, where n= me. Communications of the ACM, 57(4), 32-34.Teaching methods
Online lectures, online lab and office hours.
Assessment methods
Project discussion and oral examination based on the course material. The student is required to propose her/his project by the end of the course.
Teaching tools
Free software available online.
Office hours
See the website of Gustavo Marfia
Alumni