Introduction to UXD
Date: 19 Sep, 20 Sep 2022 | 9am-5.30pm | Online
Duration: 2 Days
Course Overview
A UX Designer is someone whose work involves utilizes UXD. This course introduces UXD, the role of a UX Designer in the system development life cycle and the skillsets a UX Designer must have to carry out effective UXD.
This module is part of Professional Certificate in User Experience Design.
Course Objectives
This course provides the participant with knowledge and skills to
- Understand what UXD is.
- Understand the role of a UX Designer in the entire system development life cycle.
- Understand the skillsets a UX Designer must have to perform UXD.
- Understand what is meant by effective UXD
Who Should Attend
UI Designer
Prerequisites
Required years of experience in Service/System Design and/or customer/client-facing roles: 1 year.
English proficiency: Good.
Course Convener
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Dr Lu Weiquan

Dr Lu Weiquan
Dr Lu Weiquan is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Computing in NUS who examines the User Experience (UX) Design of technologically-empowered learning environments. He designs and utilizes experiential learning technology (such as simulations, Augmented and Virtual Reality) in the courses he teaches, and his education research interests include figuring out how all this technology tangibly and measurably affects human learning using Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. He also advises the government in the fields of UX design and experiential learning, and he develops Metaverse applications for industry clients. He holds a B.Comp. in Computing and a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from NUS.
Course Fees
Total Nett Programme Fee Payable, Including GST, after additional funding from the various funding schemes
Participants must fulfill at least 75% attendance and pass all assessment components to be eligible for SSG funding.
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Course Code:
TGS-2022011478
TGS-2022011492 (Synchronous e-learning)
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