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

fYear

2014

fDate

14-18 July 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Multimedia and Expo Workshops (ICMEW), 2014 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Chengdu

ISSN

1945-7871

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMEW.2014.6890679

Filename

6890679