(Reflective learning portfolio, 2011)
The lecture introduced us to the interface design and interaction design. The main themes involved from a design principles perspective were interaction design, human-product relationships, experience design, exploratory design and conceptual development. The basic concepts involved in interface and interaction design such as definition of design, creativity, interaction design were discussed. The iterative development process is to be followed during the course of this unit. We are to work on developing a product as individual assignment for the completion of this unit.
This year we have two industry clients – Transmin and Better hearing WA.
Transmin has two project – one to redesign the existing joystick console to provide a portable, ergonomic device that is suitable for industrial office environment and the other one is to redesign an existing HMI to provide improved Rockbreaker situational awareness compatible with HTML5 canvas technology.
Better hearing WA project involved the production and distribution of 3 educational DVD resources to rural, remote and indigenous communities, inclusive of supplying 1 of each DVD to the 232 West Australian libraries. These resources currently do not exist in West Australia and would be educational for Deaf and Hearing Impaired people targeting the areas of:
- Fire Safety for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People
- Everyday First Aid for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People
The third option was to identify a design problem/opportunity affecting the first year Edith Cowan university students’ experience.
Adrian from Transmin gave us an overview of the Rockbreaker processes for the Transmin project. This overview helped me to get to understand the way Rockbreaker Automation process works and the actual physical processes taking place in the mining environment. I was impressed by the way this works and thought it an excellent opportunity to design the Transmin HMI for the assignment. I believe this will give me some hands-on experience in designing for the mining industry.
IMM4125 Learning Portfolio 