Advance Program - Workshop

12. A Compendium of Practical Techniques for HCI Instruction

Monday, 08:30 - 17:00

Organizers
Marian G. Williams, University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA
Andrew Sears, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA

If you teach HCI-related courses in industry, at conferences, or in academia, this workshop is your chance to contribute to a collection of practical, reproducible HCI instructional techniques. A lot of work has gone into defining what HCI students should learn from the many disciplines that make up the field, but much less attention has been paid to how to teach it.

This workshop will produce a compendium of how-to information for HCI educators. It is not the place to discuss theories, curricula, one-of-a-kind projects, or the grand scheme of HCI education. It is the place to discuss concrete success stories that can be reproduced by other instructors.

To be considered for participation, submit a position paper, 5 pages maximum, describing a successful technique:

• Subject matter, and how it fits into the curriculum recommendations in www.acm.org/sigchi/cdg/
• Pedagogical goals
• Materials and methods used
• Instructional setting (country, educational system, etc.)
• Assumptions about students' prior knowledge
• How other instructors can reproduce the technique
• Evidence you will bring to demonstrate success with the technique (e.g., videotape of the technique in use, examples of students' work, data from feedback questionnaires, etc.)

The primary criterion for acceptance is demonstrable success with a technique that can be used by other HCI instructors. Accepted participants will be invited to submit chapters to an anthology of successful HCI teaching techniques.

Contact
Marian G. Williams
University of Massachusetts Lowell
Computer Science Department
One University Avenue
Lowell, MA 01854, USA
Tel: +1 978 934 3628
Fax: +1 978 934 3551
Email: williams@cs.uml.edu