COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code	Course Name	Semester	Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
GAD5204	Playful Experience Design	Spring	3	0	3	8

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Basic information

Language of instruction:	English
Type of course:	Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level:	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
Course Coordinator :	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi GÜVEN ÇATAK
Recommended Optional Program Components:	None
Course Objectives:	This course will be focusing on integrating game elements into everyday life and experience design applications by presenting playful experiences to the users, while suggesting a hybrid interactive analysis through including digital and analogue tools inspecting player motivations as well as the place of games in contemporary art scene.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
The students who have succeeded in this course
1) Understand the fundementals of game and play
2) Define, measure and evaluate the different metrics and key performance indicators for applications that provide playful experience across a range of dimensions
3) Design, develop, and evaluate a playful interaction concept project for a real-world case
4) Percieve fundemental methods and theory related to player experience
5) Understand game design and game studies, as well as user experience perspectives for interaction design, and human computer interaction
6) Apply behaviour analysis via playful interaction
7) Form relation between game elements and personal motivations for gamification projects

Course Content

In order to understand how game works and how the concept of play is and can be integrated to our lives, students must understand the fundementals of game experience approaches, business reflections and applications of game design. The course will give a hands-on approach to play theory, and an academic understanding of the practice of playful experience design.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

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Related Preparation

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	Too much fun: Toys as social problems and the interpretation of culture. Best, Joel. 1998 The Practice of Everyday Life, Michel de Certeau (1974) Csikszentmihalyi, M., Beyond Boredom and Anxiety. The Experience of Play in Work and Games,1975 (Jossey-Bass Publishers).
References:	Why We Play Games: Four Keys to More Emotion Without Story. Lazzaro, N. 2004

Evaluation System

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Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	Adequate knowledge in mathematics, science and computer engineering; the ability to use theoretical and practical knowledge in these areas in complex engineering problems.
2)	Ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems; ability to select and apply appropriate analysis and modeling methods for this purpose.	2
3)	Ability to design a complex system, process, device or product to meet specific requirements under realistic constraints and conditions; ability to apply modern design methods for this purpose.	3
4)	Ability to develop, select and use modern techniques and tools necessary for the analysis and solution of complex problems encountered in computer engineering applications; ability to use information technologies effectively.
5)	Ability to design, conduct experiments, collect data, analyze and interpret results for the study of complex engineering problems or computer engineering research topics.	3
6)	Ability to work effectively within and multi-disciplinary teams; individual study skills.	2
7)	Ability to communicate effectively in verbal and written Turkish; knowledge of at least one foreign language; ability to write active reports and understand written reports, to prepare design and production reports, to make effective presentations, to give and receive clear and understandable instructions.
8)	Awareness of the necessity of lifelong learning; ability to access information, to follow developments in science and technology and to renew continuously.
9)	To act in accordance with ethical principles, professional and ethical responsibility; information on the standards used in engineering applications.
10)	Information on business practices such as project management, risk management and change management; awareness of entrepreneurship and innovation; information about sustainable development.
11)	Knowledge of the effects of engineering practices on health, environment and safety in the universal and social scale and the problems of the era reflected in engineering; awareness of the legal consequences of engineering solutions.