Caroline, > That presupposes that the interaction design academic team has influence > over the design of the web site. May be true, may not be
If they don't there is an issue. Academic research is about finding evidence for or against a theory. I would hope that somebody teaching interaction design would have enough evidence to convince the powers that be that the departments website should be usable. Tim, I would also look at Anthropology and psychology as subjects to study. All the best James http://blog.feralabs.com 2009/3/9 Caroline Jarrett <[email protected]> > James Page > > I would look at Sussex as well as City, UCL, Middlesex, and the > > interaction course at the Royal College of Art. > > It may be worth asking the question is do they practice what they > > teach? How good is their web sites? > > That presupposes that the interaction design academic team has influence > over the design of the web site. May be true, may not be. Some > combinations: > > - brilliant teachers but bad at influencing colleagues > - rubbish teachers and rubbish on the web site > - brilliant teachers, have redesigned the web site, web site not yet > launched > - brilliant teachers, spend their time teaching, too busy to get involved > in > the web site > > And many others. > > Cheers > Caroline > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [email protected] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
