Fundamentals of UI/UX design as a component of the pre-service specialist's curriculum

Abstract

Nowadays digitalization is considered to be a key driver of socio-economic development. Digital technologies are becoming the basis for creating new products and services as well as for the transition to new business models. Ukrainian course for the development of the digital economy requires the readiness of the education system to provide training of the specialists who are able to provide such transformations, which should be reflected both in the emergence of new areas of training and in focusing the content of educational training on the formation of new digital competencies of pre-service professionals. One of the competencies which is crucial and in demand today for a wide range of specialists, is the mastering the fundamentals of UX/UI-design. The purpose of the paper is to cover the approaches to the creation of the content of pre-service specialists’ training on the fundamentals of UX/UI-design. The significance of the said fundamentals learning in the process of various specialists’ training is discussed. It is proposed the practically-driven approach to the curriculum building. It is distinguished invariant and variable parts in the curriculum of such a training. The content of three core modules which make invariant part of the curriculum is presented. Some relevant forms of work with students are offered within each module. The prospects of the work make the preparation and doing empirical research directed on the verification of the offered approach to the curriculum building in the process of different specialists’ training.