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on Education
Gerrit C. van der Veer ([email protected])
most work done by
Anne BowserElizabeth Churchill
Jennifer Preece
CHI is multidisciplinary:
Social Sciences (Psychology, Ethnography, Ergonomics)
Computer Science / Engineering /Information Sciences
Design (Arts, Architecture, Industrial Design)
HCI
education one of our focal points:
students’ membership fee and conference fees are below actual costs.
1992 SIGCHI published complete HCI Education curriculum.
world of HCI moves and broadens
computer side of HCI develops too quickly to predict educational needs long in advance.
world of HCI moves and broadens
computer side of HCI develops too quickly to predict educational needs long in advance.
education differs in different parts of the world, and develops into new directions
e.g., the European national education models changed drastically as a result of the Bologna treaty in 1999.
SIGCHI installed a project team
Goal: to better understand the current state of academic and practitioner education needs.
Not only: available body of knowledge
But especially: education needs – for practice, research, students
The project team recently produced their first report:
• pilot survey - 177 respondents →
• 54 follow-up interviews →
• e-questionnaire - 283 respondents worldwide
Objectives(1) What HCI skills, knowledge and methods are
taught worldwide?
(2) What is actually needed
(3) How might SIGCHI support HCI education?
Limitations• not really worldwide (yet)• only preliminary ideas for (3)
Possible outcomes
Education community support
Curriculum advice
Courses plan• Discussion of quality control, outcome measures
and mechanisms for sharing content in a “living curriculum”
Demographics - Age
21-30 31-40 41-50 51-60 61 and over0
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Demographics – HCI Experience
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First results:
48% academic, 38% industry professional, 28% students (some choose multiple labels).
central topics, emerging trends, critical challenges
For Students• Top concerns are about jobs• Advice/curriculum tends to be academic oriented
For Students• Top concerns are about jobs• Advice/curriculum tends to be academic oriented
• Emphasis on theory rather than practice• Jobs in industry emphasize practice
For Students• Top concerns are about jobs• Advice/curriculum tends to be academic oriented
• Emphasis on theory rather than practice• Jobs in industry emphasize practice
• Students tend to use academic jargon• Focus on UPA by professionals whereas
academics focus on CHI etc.
For Students• Top concerns are about jobs• Advice/curriculum tends to be academic oriented• Emphasis on theory rather than practice• Jobs in industry emphasize practice• Students tend to use academic jargon• Focus on UPA by professionals whereas academics focus on CHI etc.
Finally:
• Students should not be “jack of all trades”• Domain knowledge important e.g. health
For Academics
• Challenge of fit across departments – who teaches what & interdisciplinary approach
For Academics
• Challenge of fit across departments – who teaches what & interdisciplinary approach
• Stress collaboration but limits on group projects
For Academics
• Challenge of fit across departments – who teaches what & interdisciplinary approach
• Stress collaboration but limits on group projects
• Many academics require education in a specific field e.g. health, business, etc.
For Academics
• Challenge of fit across departments – who teaches what & interdisciplinary approach
• Stress collaboration but limits on group projects
• Many academics require education in a specific field e.g. health, business, etc.
• Desire partnership with industry, particularly for project work so students are prepared for both
For Professionals• Believe that university courses are geared to
academic
For Professionals• Believe that university courses are geared to
academic
• Rift between academia and industry – relevance and collaboration?
For Professionals• Believe that university courses are geared to
academic
• Rift between academia and industry – relevance and collaboration?
• Students would need more partnership, to prepare for academia & industry
• HCI Ed would benefit from having more adjuncts from industry
Q: Which aspects are foundational?
Answer options:
• No education in CS/SE should be required• Sufficient knowledge to work with computer
scientists/ software engineers• Methods in CS/SE including the software
development lifecycle• The skills to build interactive prototypes• Deep knowledge of CS/SE (which topics?)
Foundations in HCI
No education required Knowledge to work with Methedologies Practical/ applied knowledge Deep knowledge0
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CS/SE Psych
Design
Subjects & topics
Design very important
75% participants:• interaction design, • experience design.
Interfaces, displays & devices
• Mobile
• Tablet
• Desktop
• Shared, large, embodied important to some students
Input modalities
• Touch
• Gesture
• Voice
• Many believe the focus should be on theory over applications
Design paradigms & perspectives
• Interaction design
• Agile/interactive
• Experience
• Participatory
• Rapid interaction & testing (RIT)
Design methodologies• Interviews• Low fidelity prototyping (eg paper)• General prototyping• Observation• Usability testing• Field study/ethnography• Brainstorming• Scenarios & story telling• Interactive/high fidelity prototyping
Empirical research & data analysis
• General qualitative• General empirical• General quantitative• Analyzing & applying research• Methods• Data analysis• Problem formation & experimental design• Current research topics
Conferences
• CHI essential for discipline• Others that are important to particular groups:
CSCW, DIS, Mobile HCI, UbiComp, UIST• Location specific (e.g. NordiCHI) & topic-specific
(e.g. ASSETS)• Local SIGS and Chapters also considered
important by some• Somewhat of a divide between academics &
professionals
Journals
• Interactions seen as very important
• CACM, IJHCI, Interacting with Computers, TOCHI
• Professionals: Also CSCW, JCMC
Next steps?
• Standardized curriculum? NO
• How to evaluate different curricula? HARD
• CHI courses (modules) OPPORTUNITY
• Input 2012 CHI workshop for CS 2013? DIFFERENCE OF VISION
Some examples from Europe
visual design patternspatternwizard.nl/pattern/wizard/
human information processingwww.opener2.ou.nl/opener/hip/
task analysiswww.nibuk.nl/taskanalysis/tool/