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Events
organized by IFIP WG 13.1
overview over regular events see
HRCIN
Workshop:
Teaching HCI: Looking at
Other Disciplines
held at INTERACT 2003:
Subject disciplines often have distinguishable educational methods depending on
the nature of the subject and the target audience. Some of these methods are
seen as unique or unconventional, but can also add value to other disciplines
when applied. The main theme of this workshop is on a critical comparison of
educational methods of a variety of disciplines related or adjacent to
human-computer interaction (HCI) and how these can inform the teaching of
various aspects of HCI.
6th Educators Workshop: Effective Teaching and
Training in HCI:
You are invited to participate in the 6th British HCI Group "HCI Educators'
Workshop", being hosted by Napier University School of Computing in
Edinburgh, on Monday 31st March and Tuesday 1st April 2003.
The HCI curriculum continues to expand, while students are presented with an
increasing variety of ways to learn. Through a mixture of invited speakers,
interactive sessions, and posters, including plenty of opportunity for
discussion and exchange of experiences, the workshop aims to provide a highly
participative forum in which to explore the widening range, multifarious
contexts and innovative methods of HCI teaching and training. The workshop will
be structured around key themes. Invited speakers will lead off the discussion,
and their presentations will be followed by interactive sessions.
Workshop on 'Teaching
Usability and User-Centered Design Techniques to Software Engineers'--a required
step for cost-effectively integrating usability concerns and user-centered
design techniques in software engineering,
held
at IFIP WCC 2002:
This workshop is an open forum for the discussion of the usability topics that
should be taught to software engineers, the people who make most of the user
interface design decisions that affect usability. We will also discuss the
design, implementation and validation of the learning resources to effectively
teach such topics. A sub-goal of this workshop is to explore educational avenues
for integrating user-centered design in software engineering, computer and
information science education.
Workshop on Developing
educational material for HCI: validation and quality control issues,
held
at INTERACT 2001:
The workshop identified resources to complement existing HCI literature as the
main concept to be pursued. Issues to be considered include the identification
of resources to enable educators and learners, how to make these resources
accessible to educators around the world, the topics to be covered, and the
evaluation and validation of resources. The general consensus was that the
material to be collected, developed, and recorded should focus on topics that
are not exactly textbook topics, and should try not to duplicate the material
generally found in textbooks. The material should rather support the theory
provided in the textbooks. Each example should be explained and linked to
associated theoretical issues. In cases where the theory is incomplete or absent
from available textbooks, the associated theoretical background should be
provided as explanatory text, or appropriate references to assessable sources
should be provided.
Workshop on Developing
educational material for HCI,
held
at NordiCHI 2000:
The workshop emphasised the need for material that supported the forming of an
HCI mindset in the students, something that traditional textbooks do not do. The
rationale for this workshop was to investigate the possibilities to provide the
HCI community with a qualitative source of educational material, which is
useful, easily accessible, and affordable.
Workshop on HCI--Theory
or Practice in Education,
held
at INTERACT
1999:
HCI now has an established place in the curricula of many University
departments. It is a necessary component in the professional development schemes
advocated by IFIP TC13, the ACM, the British Computer Society, the IEEE and the
IEE. This workshop will provide a forum for practitioners to discuss 'leading
edge' techniques and technologies for teaching HCI in theory and/or practice.
Workshop on Teaching HCI and Design of Interactive
Systems,
held
at INTERACT
1997:
In this workshop the issue of integration of HCI education in the curricula of
different countries and disciplines is revisited with participants from
countries not represented in earlier workshops. The discussion is intended to
focus in part on comparison of present approaches in different countries and
subject areas. The expected result is a set of outlines for recommendations to
serve as the basis for further development of HCI related education after the
workshop.
Workshop
TeaDIS - Teaching Design of Interactive Systems - Schaerding
(Austria) 20 - 23 May 1997
This workshop was held over 3 working days in Shaerding, Austria in May of
1997, the initial emphasis was on attempting to engage the participants in
developing a common vision of the ideal way to teach design of interactive
systems. The goal was to try to break free of the constraints imposed by
different working environments, disciplines and organizational burdens to
envision the future of teaching HCI Design. The follow up discussions were
focused on attempting to use the common vision to derive recommendations for
various educational settings. Preparation of a report on the position papers,
the conclusions and recommendations, and the other results of this workshop is
in progress.
Workshop on Advances in Teaching the HCI Design Process,
held at
INTERCHI 1993:
In this workshop the emphasis was upon presentation of and practice with HCI
design concepts, with four presentations by guest speakers articulating a
variety of views. One of the important results of this workshop was a
recognition on the part of many participants that tension and uncertainty are
both a natural and a healthy part of teaching HCI design. Arising from different
teaching approaches, different disciplines, different emphases on design product
and design process, and different teaching philosophies, the underlying tensions
and uncertainties in teaching HCI design can be used to improve the
teaching-learning environment for both student and teacher (Gasen, Preece,
Gorny, & Hewett, 1994).
Workshop on Education in HCI: Transcending Disciplinary and
National Boundaries,
held at INTERACT
1990:
In this workshop the initial discussions quickly revealed that the structure of
a university education in each of the countries represented at the workshop was
different enough that discussing curricula within these structures was
relatively difficult and that there was a strong need to establish a common
terminology. The workshop participants also discovered that the different
educational structures had a major impact on the ability to cross disciplinary
boundaries, a necessity for the field of HCI. After the workshop participants
had laid out the different structures of education, they identified the
professional categories which students were being educated and trained to fill.
These categories were: The Researcher, The Professionally Oriented Researcher,
The Research Oriented Professional, and The Professional. In this workshop there
was both strong and profound agreement on the categories, even though the
academicpaths leading to them were different (Mantei, Hewett, Eason &
Preece, 1991).
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