HCI and Design Research Education

Abstract

Abstract. This paper describes the latest insights in HCI education inspired and informed by the creative disciplines, how education is implemented, and how it could be fed back into the artistic fields. It contains examples, contrasts different methods, and discusses and concludes the findings for HCI education in general. A course on HCI is described which is supported by a creative approach, related to art, architecture and music. Experiences are described in of HCI tools and insights such as structured design methods, interaction frameworks and interface design heuristics relevant to the arts fields.

Applying the TPACK model to HCI Education: Relationships between Perceived Instructional Quality and Teacher Knowledge

“…HCI courses are delivered in many curriculums, from computer science, information science, engineering, design or even psychology [3,14,22]. Its dynamic and interdisciplinary nature makes HCI a complex and challenging field to teach [14,18,71].…”

“…HCI courses are delivered in many curriculums, from computer science, information science, engineering, design or even psychology [3,14,22]. Its dynamic and interdisciplinary nature makes HCI a complex and challenging field to teach [14,18,71]. Oleson et al [60] illustrated these challenges by uncovering students' difficulties in HCI courses -designing for diversity, avoiding biases, working with clients and teammates, taking design decisions; their study emphasized the necessity for competent instructors that would be able to recognize, understand and address them.…”

“…The HCI community is increasingly involved in sharing teaching experiences for the benefit of their peers. Papers reporting on HCI courses [14,22,37,69] and on more specific methods such as design studio [31,67] or project-based [70,73] approaches have been published. However, studies on HCI teaching and education, specifically those that involve empirical data, are scarce -one example can be found in de Souza Vieira et al [80].…”

“…As a young and interdisciplinary field HCI education entitles many specific challenges [71]. HCI draws on a variety of disciplines (e.g., computer science, psychology, sociology, design, linguistics) [14], which on the one hand, makes it difficult to identify the topics to cover and, on the other hand, requires the integration of these different perspectives in the instructional material. Further, the field of HCI is defined as an applied field, meaning that students must acquire practical experience -e.g., prototyping requires both theoretical knowledge and manual skills.…”