Notes about the online course ‘Intro to the design of everyday things’

I’ve attended to the free online course Intro to the Design of Everyday Things on the @udacity platform. Here are some notes:

Lesson 1: Affordance and signifier

Affordance: the relationship between an object and a person. It enables an interaction between the person and the object.

 

Definition of affordance

Signifiers are communication devices. They tell people what to do and where to do it.

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Weekly digital resources #22: cognition, Design Thinking, quiz builders

Although I give the name ‘DigiTools‘ to this blog, there are some periods where my posts barely provide “tools“. By “tools”, I mean primarily “software”, “application” or “web service”, like I share with the DigiTools community on Google+. Indeed, I think that “digital resources” are also related to web trends, eLearning, usability, content management, user experience, psychology.

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