Labs/ConceptSeries/StudentOutreach/AshesiCollege

About Ashesi 

Ashesi University is a coeducational institution whose mission is to educate African leaders of exceptional integrity and professional ability. By raising the bar for higher education in Ghana we aim to make a significant contribution towards a renaissance in Africa. Read more about Ashesi

• Professor/s: Astrid Twenebowa Larssen
  
• Department Website:[1] 
  

2011 Project Topics for HCI Course

In the HCI course students are introduced to the basics of HCI, usability and user-centered methods for developing usable and useful technology. Overall, the aim of the course is to develop the students’ skills and abilities in critiquing, analyzing, evaluating and designing technology.

• Type of Class: CS students in their 3rd year 
  
• No.of Students: 26 
  

Below are the topics that this years students have embarked on.

Mobile

Intersections between potential user needs and evolving technologies.
Full topic description & resources

In collaboration with: Mozilla Mobile - Contact: Thomas Arend, Principal Product Manager

• Team MAPD
• Team SAID
• Team Ladds

Tablet

Multi-touch interaction, gestural interface design for controlling web activities.
Full topic description & resources

<In collaboration with: Rainbow - Mozilla Labs>

• Team Tablet

Apps

Apps for mobile is a well-known way to interact with the Web; anything bigger than that?
Full topic description & resources

<In collaboration with: Appetizer - Mozilla Labs>

• Team MobileApps

HomeDash

Are people buried among all tabs, pages, histories and notifications? How a browser can help people manage that?
Full topic description & resources

<In collaboration with: Prospector - Mozilla Labs>

• Team HomeDash

Latest Student Outreach Activities

• Ashesi University College announce a semester of Open Design projects (Blog - 2011/03/16)