Virtual Environments: Virtual environments have become an integral component of people’s everyday lives for multiple uses such as socializing, learning, and behavior change. The focus of the course is to examine people’s social and psychological experiences of virtual environments, such as in virtual reality. Through the course students will learn about the research behind people’s experiences of virtual environments. Part of the course involves interacting with virtual worlds and software used to build virtual environments.
Designing User Interfaces for Children: Interactive digital technology infiltrates homes, schools, and entertainment venues, changing how people think, and socialize. What is the impact of growing up with substantially greater access to information? How might a user’s age influence such technologies’ use? Throughout the course students will begin to answer these questions to understand and design media-technologies for youth.