From: Peter.Gorny@arbi.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de (Peter Gorny)
Subject:  TEACHING THE HCI DESIGN PROCESS (IFIP workshop at InterCHI 93)
Organization: University of Oldenburg, Germany
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 17:49:24 GMT



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I F I P    --     International Federation for Information Processing
           WG 13.1 - Education in HCI and HCI Curriculum  
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                        CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

The IFIP Working Group 13.1 organises a workshop within the frame of
INTERCHI'93, which will be held in Amsterdam 24-29 April 1993 


We invite you to join us in the discussion about

ADVANCES IN TEACHING THE HCI DESIGN PROCESS



Organisers: Jenny Preece, Deputy Chair of WG13.1  and  Workshop Chair (UK)
            Peter Gorny, Chair of  WG13.1 (Germany), 
            Tom Hewett, Secretary WG13.1 (USA)
            Jean Gasen, adviser, (USA)

Date: Saturday and Sunday, 24-25 April 1993

Short description

Teaching real-world processes such as computer system design is made
particularly difficult by the young and rapidly evolving nature of the
HCI discipline, especially when there is such a variety of approaches
rather than a single tried and tested methodology.  Consequently, HCI
educators must present design in as meaningful and coherent a way as
possible whilst at the same time acknowledging real-world practices.
This is not an easy task.

In this workshop we will briefly review typical life cycle oriented
software design and then examine two approaches which provide ways of
focusing on HCI design concerns. We will discuss the advantages of each
and consider how to teach them to students. The first approach combines
visualising the conceptual aspects of the design with rapid iterative
testing, whilst the second approach focuses on designing for
socio-technical issues.

Workshop aims:  The overall aim of this workshop is to advance and innovate
teaching HCI design.


Do you want to receive the full programme for the workshop? Please ask
for the programm by sending a short message to Jenny Preece or Peter Gorny
(addresses see below).
     

Do you want to attend?  If you would like to join this workshop, please 
send  3 (three) copies of 
o   a short discussion paper (1-2 pages) about a particular aspect of 
    HCI design for which you have developed an innovative teaching technique,
o   a brief biography and contact details (i.e. telephone, fax and 
    email address)
to Jenny Preece by Jan 31, 1993. 
                                    (By email or fax only one copy, please!)




Jenny Preece                           Peter Gorny
Computing Department                   Informatics Department
Mathematics Faculty                    Carl v. Ossietzky University Oldenburg
Open University                        P.O.Box 2503
Milton Keynes, MK6 7AA, UK             D-2900  Oldenburg
E-mail: J.J.Preece@open.ac.uk          E-mail: Gorny@informatik.uni-oldenburg.de
Tel: +44 908 652348                    Tel: +49 441 798-2901 or -4521
Fax: +44 908 653744                    Fax: +49 441 798-2155

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