EXC 3675 Multisensory Experiences

EXC 3675 Multisensory Experiences

Course code: 
EXC 3675
Department: 
Marketing
Credits: 
7.5
Course coordinator: 
Carlos Velasco
Course name in Norwegian: 
Multisensory Experiences
Product category: 
Bachelor
Portfolio: 
Bachelor - Summer School
Semester: 
2022 Spring
Active status: 
Active
Level of study: 
Bachelor
Teaching language: 
English
Course type: 
One semester
Introduction

This is a summer course for summer 2022.
Maximum 100 students.

Most of our everyday life experiences are multisensory in nature. They involve many, if not all, of our senses, that is, sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell, just to mention the ‘traditional’ ones. In this course, we take a journey through the world of multisensory experiences, that is, impressions formed by specific events, whose sensory elements have been carefully crafted by someone. This journey has an international focus that builds on initiatives from researchers and practitioners from around the world.

We begin by exploring the basis of human sensation and perception. Here, we go through a general introduction about how we sense and perceive the world around us. Then, we explore in depth how experiences form and the role of our senses in them. After that, we introduce multisensory experiences in marketing. We interface with brands through many, if not all, of our senses. As such, customer experience brands through the different sensory elements of their touchpoints. In this context, the senses are placed at the centre of the consumer experience design processes.

We also introduce the field of multisensory human-computer interaction, which deals with the role of the human senses in the understanding and creation of the interactions that we have with technology. We discuss how multisensory experiences meet technology, in particular, key digital transformations such as mixed reality, internet of things, and AI-powered technologies. We further explore how multisensory experiences are being studied and utilized throughout the reality-virtuality continuum (for example, with augmented and virtual reality technologies) in marketing and beyond. We also explore how researchers and practitioners from around the world are now capitalizing on novel sensory-enabling technologies in order to deliver new experiences in digital environments. After that, we discuss about multisensory experiences in the arts and finalize the course with reflection on their ethical implications for individuals and society.

Learning outcomes - Knowledge

After comleted course students shall have:

  • Fundamentals of sensation and perception
  • Principles of multisensory experiences
  • Multisensory experiences in marketing
  • Multisensory human-computer interaction
  • Multisensory experiences in the arts
  • International perspectives on multisensory experiences
  • Frameworks for multisensory experience analysis and design
Learning outcomes - Skills

After comleted course students will be able to:

  • Critically think about sensation and perception, as well as multisensory experiences in business contexts
  • Identify and utilize principles of multisensory experiences
  • Conceptualize multisensory experiences throughout the reality-virtuality continuum
  • Develop customer journeys in light of digital transformations
  • Understand how to manage experiences in mixed reality
  • Elaborate on the different multisensory brand drivers of consumers perception, judgements, and behaviours
  • Identify key moments of experience and analyse and/or design the multisensory profile of brand touchpoints
  • Suggest and prototype multisensory customer experiences
General Competence

Conceptualizing, critically evaluating, designing, and managing multisensory experiences throughout the reality-virtuality continuum.

Course content
  • Multisensory experiences: An overview
    • Understanding experiences
    • The role of the senses in our experiences
    • Defining multisensory experiences
  • Sensation and perception and consumer behaviour
    • Principles of sensation and perception
    • Principles of multisensory perception
  • Multisensory experiences in the reality-virtuality continuum
    • Brand touchpoints as multisensory devices
    • Brand names, logos, and symbols
    • Packaging, store, and atmospherics
    • Multisensory food experience design
    • Digital multisensory marketing
  • Multisensory human-computer interaction
    • Introduction to human-computer interaction
    • User experience and experience design
    • Augmented and virtual reality
    • Multisensory technologies
  • The senses and the arts
  • Frameworks for multisensory experience design
  • Ethics of multisensory experiences
Teaching and learning activities

The content of the course encourages many discussions in the class, varying from psychology to management. There is list of compulsory and suggested references for each of the lectures. 

The class has a learning-by-discussing approach (like a workshop). The course offers fewer solo lectures, and instead increase the discussion times regarding key issues and learning points. We encourage the students to participate in our discussions actively with informed, critical, opinions.

Software tools
No specified computer-based tools are required.
Additional information

The class has a learning-by-discussing approach (like a workshop), therefor Class preparation and participation is expected.  

Qualifications

Higher Education Entrance Qualification

Covid-19

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, there may be deviations in teaching and learning activities as well as exams, compared with what is described in this course description.

Required prerequisite knowledge

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Exam categoryWeightInvigilationDurationGroupingComment exam
Exam category:
Submission
Form of assessment:
Written submission
Exam code:
EXC 36751
Grading scale:
Point scale leading to ECTS letter grade
Grading rules:
Internal and external examiner
Resit:
Examination when next scheduled course
50No4 Week(s)Group (3 - 6)The final grade of the course is based on the course’s project. This project must be developed in groups of up to 6 students. This task will consist of selecting a Norwegian brand and designing an offline, mixed reality, or virtual reality multisensory experience for it. The last day of the course we will have a brand experience fair where each group will showcase their experiences. More details will be given during the first lecture. The students will develop the project since the beginning of the course (fulfilling specific aims in each week), and then they will present to the class the projects in a three hour period (10 minutes per group), where they will both provide feedback to classmates and present their work. This final presentation will be the base for the 100%. One exam-code (continuous assessment), each of these two components will be 50% of final grade. The students get two points, which together are converted into a final grade (100 %).
Exam category:
Activity
Form of assessment:
Presentation and discussion
Exam code:
EXC 36751
Grading scale:
Point scale leading to ECTS letter grade
Grading rules:
Internal examiner
Resit:
Examination when next scheduled course
50No10 Minute(s)Group (3 - 6)The final grade of the course is based on the course’s project.and a presentation to the class. All projects will be present in a three hour period (10 minutes per group), where the group will both provide feedback to classmates and present their work. This final presentation will be the base for the 50%. One exam-code (continuous assessment), each of these two components will be 50% of the final grade. The students get two points, which together are converted into a final grade (100 %).
Exams:
Exam category:Submission
Form of assessment:Written submission
Weight:50
Invigilation:No
Grouping (size):Group (3-6)
Duration:4 Week(s)
Comment:The final grade of the course is based on the course’s project. This project must be developed in groups of up to 6 students. This task will consist of selecting a Norwegian brand and designing an offline, mixed reality, or virtual reality multisensory experience for it. The last day of the course we will have a brand experience fair where each group will showcase their experiences. More details will be given during the first lecture. The students will develop the project since the beginning of the course (fulfilling specific aims in each week), and then they will present to the class the projects in a three hour period (10 minutes per group), where they will both provide feedback to classmates and present their work. This final presentation will be the base for the 100%. One exam-code (continuous assessment), each of these two components will be 50% of final grade. The students get two points, which together are converted into a final grade (100 %).
Exam code: EXC 36751
Grading scale:Point scale leading to ECTS letter grade
Resit:Examination when next scheduled course
Exam category:Activity
Form of assessment:Presentation and discussion
Weight:50
Invigilation:No
Grouping (size):Group (3-6)
Duration:10 Minute(s)
Comment:The final grade of the course is based on the course’s project.and a presentation to the class. All projects will be present in a three hour period (10 minutes per group), where the group will both provide feedback to classmates and present their work. This final presentation will be the base for the 50%. One exam-code (continuous assessment), each of these two components will be 50% of the final grade. The students get two points, which together are converted into a final grade (100 %).
Exam code: EXC 36751
Grading scale:Point scale leading to ECTS letter grade
Resit:Examination when next scheduled course
Type of Assessment: 
Continuous assessment
Grading scale: 
ECTS
Total weight: 
100
Student workload
ActivityDurationComment
Teaching
45 Hour(s)
Prepare for teaching
32 Hour(s)
Group work / Assignments
60 Hour(s)
Student's own work with learning resources
60 Hour(s)
Examination
3 Hour(s)
Sum workload: 
200

A course of 1 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of 26-30 hours. Therefore a course of 7,5 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of at least 200 hours.