Teaching Design of Interactive Systems

• Invitation to the Workshop (issued January 1997)
• Contact address
• Conference organisation (fee, registration, accommodation)
• Conference schedule
• Position Papers
• List of Particpants
• Expected from participants: Pre-Conference activities
• Post-Conference activities

Sponsoring Organisations

International Federation of Information Processing (IFIP) - Working Group 13.1
on Education in HCI and HCI Curricula
in cooperation with the European Association of Cognitive Ergonomics (EACE),
Oesterreichische Computer Gesellschaft (OCG),
and Johannes-Kepler-Universität Linz, Institut für Informatik

INVITATION

(issued January 1997)

Goals

The workshop aims at the development of generic components for curricula in Higher Education (Universities, Polytechnics etc.) for the design of Human Computer Interaction, Multimedia and Collaborative Systems. The modules will be subject to an adaption process, in which they are tailored to different educational situations, cultures, and levels of degrees of various study tracks.

Methods

Investigation of present curricula and course material, derivation of generic course components, recommendation of methods how to tailor the components to a specific educational situation.

Participants

The workshop is directed towards HCI educators in Higher Education. It will integrate the efforts of education in HCI for the design of Interactive Systems, especially Multimedia and Collaborative Systems in the subject areas of Computer and Communication Sciences, Psychology, Communication Design, Graphics Design, Industrial Design, etc.

Outcome

Proceedings with the results from the workshop, to be published by end of 1997.

Participation

The invitation for participation will involve a two-step procedure:

• submission of an expression of interest (including a short statement about why you want to participate) to arrive by 31 January, 1997 via fax, postal or electronic mail.
• a short thesis (2-5 pages) on the topic to arrive by either electronic mail or in hard copy form by postal mail (but not by fax) by 1 March, 1997.

If you have an interest in participating in the workshop we ask that you please send a one page statement to Peter Gorny, at the address given below, before 31 January, 1997. This will help us to assess the potential number of position papers and size of this workshop. In the statement, please describe for us:

• your present institution and your present activities in teaching HCI design or design in general;
• the courses which you and/or your institution offer in HCI or HCI related design (e.g., degree, level, brief content statement);
• your ideas for further development of HCI related education within the field of Interactive System Design.

Organizers

Peter Gorny (Universitaet Oldenburg, Germany),
Michael Tauber (Universitaet Paderborn, Germany),
Roland Traunmüller (Johannes-Keppler-Universitaet Linz, Austria),
Manfred Tscheligi (Universitaet Wien, Austria),
Gerrit van der Veer (Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands),
Tom Hewett (Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA)

Contact address:

IFIP WG 13.1 c/o Prof. Dr. Peter Gorny
University of Oldenburg -- Informatics Dept.
D-26111 Oldenburg - Germany
Telephone: +49-441-798-2901 or -4521
Fax: +49-441-798-2155
E-Mail: Gorny@Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE

Conference Organisation (fee, accommodation)

Registration

Please fill out the enclosed form and return it until 30 April 1997 by snail mail to Roland Traunmueller Institut fuer Informatik Johannes Kepler Universitaet Linz A-4040 Linz Austria

or by fax to +43 732 2468-10. The conference fee is 3.200 Austrian Schilling for all members of Member Organisations of IFIP - the International Federation of Information Processing or for members of EACE. For all other persons the conference fee is 3.400 Austrian Schilling.

Please do reserve your accomodation on your own. An accommodation reservation form is enclosed.

Expected Pre-Conference activities of participants

The workshop aims at the development of a VISION of the "ideal" way to teach the design of interactive systems. We want to jointly approach what is really needed to teach successful design of interactive systems. Beyond the burden of different organisational contexts and constraints the future of teaching will be envisioned. In our following discussions we will hopefully derive recommendations for various educational settings.

Please help us to prepare the workshop by following this "action plan":

1. Position Papers

Some of the participants have not yet sent their position paper. Please hurry, so the organizers can prepare the workshop appropriately.

2. Initial Workshop Vision Statement

As the first step in thinking towards the vision of the "ideal" way of teaching please prepare ONE (and only one) transparency (font Helvetica; size 24 point) to answer the question:

"What is in your opinion the most important issue in future teaching of the design of interactive systems ?"

You will get 5 minutes at the workshop to present this transparancy and talk about your most important issue.

In order to prepare the workshop please send a copy of your transparency (email with attached MS-Word file or fax) not later than Monday, 5 May, 1997 to

Manfred Tscheligi --- University of Vienna
email: mt@ani.univie.ac.at --- fax: +43-1-4080450.

Tentative Workshop Schedule

Post-Workshop Activities

Remark (1999) : The planned Proceedings with the results from the workshop were not published due to unforeseen circumstances.