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Praise for @victorsauermann and @ulfschubert Industry Talks

FAU students love our industry speakers, as class evaluations regularly show. This semester, DATEV eG, stands out. Both talks by Victor Sauermann and Ulf Schubert received a lot of praise verbally, and we also received it again in the class evaluations. Picking from a number of similar comments, here is what one student wrote:

Die Gastvorlesung zum Thema User Interface Design (DATEV) war sehr gut!

Very German :-) and to the point. You can learn more about DATEV eG at CeBIT and about Herrn Schubert on his blog.

Impressions from @ulfschubert’s Talk on User Experience Design

Today, Ulf Schubert, leader of DATEV’s User Experience Design group, lectured about, well, User Experience Design (UXD). Below, please find some photo impressions. Thank you, Ulf, for teaching us! And we are hoping for more UXD teaching!

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Why We Teach The Way We Do

Today, a colleague confided in me:

“Dirk, if I were a student, I wouldn’t attend your classes. I never liked to speak up and would rather cram for an exam at the end of the semester rather than open my mouth in class.”

Well, that was quite the bummer. However:

We teach to make the most of your time: To achieve the highest possible learning in the shortest amount of time. Your (student) time is precious, and so is ours. For that, we encourage active class participation. To make this clear, parts of your grades depend on that participation.

Look at the following increasing steps of class engagement:

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Upcoming Industry Talk: User Centered Design by Ulf Schubert of DATEV eG

We will host an industry talk (free and open to the public)

  • by: Ulf Schubert, DATEV eG
  • about: Mach’s schön – Einführung in User Centered Design
  • on: Feb 1, 2012, 10:15 Uhr
  • at: Rm 0.154, Cauerstr. 7/9
  • as part of: PSWT

Abstract: Mach’s schön. Am besten so schön und einfach wie das iPhone. So oder so ähnlich lauten oft die Vorgaben für die Gestaltung von digitalen Produkten. Dabei ist unklar, was Schönheit in diesem Zusammenhang bedeutet. Ist es das, was der Projektleiter schön findet? Oder ist es das, was die Anwender schön finden sollen? Dieser Vortrag vermittelt Einblicke, welche Faktoren die Schönheit bzw. Attraktivität eine Software oder eines Gerätes ausmachen. Sie lernen die Methoden des User Centered Design kennen, die verwendet werden können, um Produkte so attraktiv zu gestalten, dass sie am Markt erfolgreich sind.

Speaker: Ulf Schubert ist Teamleiter User Experience Design und Standards bei DATEV eG in Nürnberg. Zu seinen Aufgabenbereichen gehören u.a. die anwenderorientierte Oberflächengestaltung und die User Experience der DATEV-Produkte. Zuvor arbeitete er mehrere Jahre als Usability Consultant und User Experience Designer u.a. bei SirValUse Consulting in Hamburg. Er berichtet in seinem User Experience Blog über Neuigkeiten der Branche und den Erfahrungen aus seiner täglichen Arbeit (www.ux-blog.de).

Class Schedules of OSR Group Led Teaching

Here a list of (permanent) links that point to the schedules of classes we teach.

Code Type Clickable Copyable Full Name Status
FAU PSWT Lecture Schedule http://goo.gl/0fy1T Applied Software Engineering Every WS
FAU ADPP Lecture Schedule Advanced Design and Programming Practices In Planning
FAU NYT Lab Course Schedule http://goo.gl/VqoFO Nailing your (Research) Thesis Every WS
FAU AMOS Lab Course Schedule http://goo.gl/BZpU8 Agile Methods and Open Source Every SS
FAU ARCH Seminar Schedule http://goo.gl/ZXJjg Software Architecture Every WS
FAU PROD Seminar Schedule http://goo.gl/tTAI0 Product Management Every SS
FAU UXD Seminar Schedule User Experience Design In Planning
FAU FIRM Seminar Schedule http://goo.gl/Xpz90 The Software Firm Irregular

All of them are world-readable Google Spreadsheets.