Interaction with Things

Faculty

Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science

Version

Version 1 of 03.07.2025.

Module identifier

11B1378

Module level

Bachelor

Language of instruction

German

ECTS credit points and grading

10.0

Module frequency

only summer term

Duration

1 semester

 

 

Overall workload

The total workload for the module is 300 hours (see also "ECTS credit points and grading").

Teaching and learning methods
Lecturer based learning
Workload hoursType of teachingMedia implementationConcretization
30SeminarPresence or online-
60Laboratory activityPresence or online-
30PracticePresence or online-
Lecturer independent learning
Workload hoursType of teachingMedia implementationConcretization
70Preparation/follow-up for course work-
90Creation of examinations-
20Reception of other media or sources-
Graded examination
  • Project Report, medial
Ungraded exam
  • Field work / Experimental work
Remark on the assessment methods

The ungraded examination performance in the module is understood as the basis of the graded examination performance. The result is described in the project report and presented in a presentation. 

Exam duration and scope

Graded examination performance

  • Project report (medial): approx. 25 pages, illustrative, photographic, filmic representations

Ungraded examination performance

  • Experimental work: approx. 3-month design work from the context of the course.

Literature

  • Klanten, Ehman Hanschke: A Touch of Code, Gestalten, 2011
  • Buxton, Bill. Sketching user, Morgan Kaufmann, 2010
  • Casey Reas: Form+Code in Design, Art, and Architecture, Princeton Architectural Press, 2011
  • Moggridge, Bill: Designing Media, The MIT Press, 2010 Thorsten Klooster: Smart Surfaces, Birkhäuser, 2009

Applicability in study programs

  • Media & Interaction Design
    • Media & Interaction Design B.A. (01.09.2024)

    Person responsible for the module
    • Nehls, Johannes
    Teachers
    • Nehls, Johannes