1. Workshop on
Strategies of e-Learning Platform
for Bangladesh
Conducted by:
Dr. Badrul Khan
www.BadrulKhan.com
15 December 2012, 9:30 am - 4 pm | NAEM, Dhanmondi, Dhaka.
‘Interface Design’
group work
concepts and presentation
by
Masrur Hannan
bd.linkedin.com/in/masrurhannan

2. Workshop: Strategies of e-Learning Platform for Bangladesh
Resource person and conductor: Professor Badrul H. Khan, Ph.D. (www.BadrulKhan.com)
Date and time: 15 December 2012, 9:30 am - 4 pm.
Venue: NAEM, Dhanmondi, Dhaka.
The octagon of e-Learning
Group Members
Sami Ahmed
Masrur Hannan
S M K Ropum
Source: keynote presentation of Dr. Badrul H Khan
Presentation available at www.eSonarBangladesh.com
‘Interface Design’ group members:
 Sami Ahmed,
Technology Expert,
Prime Minister’s Office, Access to Information (A2I) Programme.
 Masrur Hannan,
Usability and User Experience (UX) design Consultant, BDJobs.com.
Managing Director, MNHs e-Solutions Limited.
 S M Kamruddin Ropum,
Assistant Director,
Development Research Network (D.Net)
Approach for ‘Interface Design’ and presentation by:
Masrur Hannan
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3. Concepts behind Interface Design:
Enthusiasm in designing GOOD products, with great interfaces that are Comfortable to use and
bring users JOY; driven by the principles of:
 Human Computer Interaction (HCI)
 Interaction Design
 Usability and User Experience Design
 Information Architecture
Assisting materials to support the principles:
Books:
 Design of Everyday Things, by Don Norman
 Don’t Make Me Think, by Steve Krugg
 Information Architecture for the World Wide Web, by Peter Morville and Louis Rosenfeld
 Sketching User Experience, by Bill Buxton
 Elements of User Experience, by Jesse James Garrett
MOOC (massive open online course): Human Computer Interaction (HCI) course from Stanford
University, through Coursera: https://www.coursera.org/course/hci
Articles and publications: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/
Approaches and work associated with Interface Design:
Initial Research
1. Information ecology: identifying the context, content and users
Goals, funding, politics,
culture, technology,
resources, constraints….
Data types, volumes,
content objects, existing Audience, tasks, needs,
structures…. information seeking
behavior, experience….
Figure 1.1: Three inter-dependent components of an information ecology
[Information Architecture for the World Wide Web: Designing Large-Scale Web Sites, 2006, page 25]
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4. 2. Needfinding exercises: user (potential and existing) interviews, card sorting exercises
amongst small segment. Some quick approaches:
 Open, unbiased questions: What values and goals do people have?
 Story of experiences on task and need related issues
 What do people do now – learn from Observations
Conceptualization
3. Inspiration research: review existing e-Learning products and services: local and global,
big and small – can help with ideation and concept development
4. Ideation and concepts: based on information ecology, needfinding exercises and
inspiration research
Prototyping, wireframes, taxonomy
5. Paper prototypes: on 2-3 concepts
6. Information architecture and taxonomy: based on card sorting and other similar exercise
7. Wireframes: Low fidelity mockups
Early stage feedback and input collection
8. Stakeholders’ input collection based on aforementioned prototypes
9. Heuristic evaluations from experts in education, technology, support
Design, development and integration supervision
10. Supervision on graphical design and development work – based on final wireframes and
information architecture.
Post-launch testing: performance, behavior etc
11. A-B testing: on different layout concepts (the 2-3 concepts from prototyping)
12. Thorough User Behavior analysis and refine interfaces based on findings
Masrur Hannan
m_hannan@hotmail.com
+8801713027007
www.linkedin.com/in/masrurhannan
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