Instructional quality in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) education is crucial to ensure that students acquire the necessary skills to understand the complexity of socio-technical systems and design interfaces and interactions accordingly. Previous empirical evidence suggests that teaching quality is determined by teacher knowledge -domain-specific, pedagogical, and technological knowledge. Through a survey of N=54 HCI instructors, this paper reports on teacher knowledge and investigates its relationship with their perceived teaching quality at different levels of HCI education. Findings show that HCI instructors rated their domain-specific and technological knowledge rather high, while the components of pedagogical knowledge were rated lower. Yet, pedagogical knowledge was related to instructional quality, specifically the degree of cognitive activation provided to students. We contribute by documenting and discussing the strengths and weaknesses of HCI instructors' knowledge and teaching quality. We draw implications for instructors, institutions and the HCI education community.
CCS CONCEPTS• Human-centered computing → Human computer interaction (HCI).