Project information
Name of project: INtroducing training on user Testing with people with disabilities into UX design and related higher education programmes
Acronym: INTUX
Field: Higher Education
Project website/link: /
Project funding/programme: Erasmus +
Time frame: 01.09.2022 – 31.08.2024
Total costs: 250.000,00 €
Co-funding rate (in %): 0
The amount of co-financing (UM share): 46.400,00 €UM FERI Coordinator: izr. prof. dr. Boštjan Šumak
Partners
- Turiba University (Project Coordinator),
- University of Maribor,
- Universidad Politecnica de Madrid,
- Asociacion Autismo Sevilla,
- The National Council of Disability Organizations of Slovenia,
- Latvijas Cilveku Ar Ipasam Vajadzibam Sadarbibas Organizacija Sustento,
- FUNKA NU AB
Project summary
The project’s main objective is to introduce training on accessible and inclusive user testing with people with disabilities in UX design and related higher education courses. The project also aims to empower people with disabilities to be aware of their rights and take a more active role in usability testing and be able to collaborate with public and private sector organisations based on an equal partnership in user testing.
UM FERI activities
UM FERI will collaborate in the following activities:
– lead partner in WP2- Framework for the development of a training course in UX design for inclusive and accessible user testing
– participant in WP3 – Training course on user texting involving people with disabilities in UX design and related higher education courses
– participant in WP4 – Generation of case-based training material
– participant in WP5 – Recommendations for more inclusive user testing in higher education UX design programmes
