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Lecture: Why Human-Computer Interaction Is Important
Prof. Albrecht Schmidt on why user interfaces shape how people live with technology. Companion for DES-280 Interaction Design.
Dr. Ruiz assigns this open HCI lecture so DES-280 students hear a research university talk about why interaction design is an economic and public problem—not a coat of paint on a product.
Full lecture on HCI Lecture (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Schmidt walks through learning goals for the unit: how interfaces change our relationship with digital systems, why bad usability has a cost, and why interaction is a visible innovation. English closed captions are on the player and indexed in SearchUs.
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