Title :
User-centered design approach to promoting multimedia university degree program
Author :
Stojmenova, Emilija ; Superina, Argene ; Guna, Joze ; Kos, Andrzej ; Bester, Janez ; Pogacnik, Matevz
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Abstract :
This article presents the initiatives and user-centered design activities undertaken by the Faculty of electrical engineering and Faculty of computer science within the largest Slovenian university, the University of Ljubljana to increase the interest in technical studies and especially in the newly introduced interdisciplinary university study program Multimedia. A special attention was devoted to lowering the gender imbalance in engineering.
Keywords :
computer science education; educational institutions; gender issues; multimedia computing; user centred design; Slovenian university; University of Ljubljana; faculty of computer science; faculty of electrical engineering; gender imbalance; interdisciplinary university; multimedia university degree program; user-centered design approach; Companies; Educational institutions; Electrical engineering; Europe; Multimedia communication; User centered design; Gender imbalance; Multimedia; Study Program; User-Centered Design; User-Persona;
Conference_Titel :
Multimedia and Expo Workshops (ICMEW), 2014 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chengdu
DOI :
10.1109/ICMEW.2014.6890679
