The participants broke into two groups to discuss each of the goals and then gathered together to discuss the results. The final activity was to develop a list of specific suggestions that may help resolve some of the issues raised and improve the status of HCI education. The two groups took different approaches to dealing with this problem. One generated a single list of issues companies often expect recent graduates to have and issues companies often have to teach recent graduates. The items listed ranged from general personality traits and skills to knowledge of specific techniques and procedures.
Some items seem to be included several times in slightly different ways.
Apparently, these issues were considered quite important. How to contextualize the HCI skills, the impact of technology on organizations, and how our tools and techniques are affected by the contexts in which they are applied Flexibility and creativity A love of learning How to identify problems, as well as solve them An appreciation for different points of view Basic visualization skills, low-fidelity prototyping skills. The second group generated three lists. The first contained issues based in computer science that graduates from other disciplines should understand. The second focused on issues often associated with the behavioral sciences and the third focused on issues often associated with graphic or industrial design.