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CULTURAL ISSUES IN HCI
One day workshop sponsored by the British HCI Group
Putteridge Bury, University of Luton
5 December 2000
The University of Luton will be hosting a one-day workshop on cultural
issues in human-computer interaction on December 5th 2000. The goal for this
workshop is to provide a forum for individuals interested in a wide variety
of issues encountered when designing and developing interfaces and systems
that are accessed by internationally and culturally diverse user groups. It
is open to anyone with an interest in interface and systems design for
diverse users, including academic and industrial researchers and
practitioners working in the areas of interface, web and other information
systems design.
PROGRAMME
9.30 Introduction
9.45 Session 1: Academic developments (I)
1. Authoring tools and cultural diversity, Elke Duncker, Middlesex
University
2. Cross-cultural understanding of interface design: a study of four
cultures evaluating a virtual campus website, Vanessa Evers, Open University
3. The contribution of semiotics to website design, Tim French and Andy
Smith, University of Luton
11.15 - 11.45 Coffee
11.45 Session 2: Academic developments (II)
4. With CAN you can: a mindset for cross-cultural accessible and
multimedia-rich websites, Sheldon Hawkshaw and Simon Polovina, University of
Hertfordshire
5. Culture and user interface design, Andy Smith, University of Luton and
Lynne Dunckley, Open University
12.45 - 2.00 Lunch
2.0 Session 3: The practitioner perspective:
6. Culture, internationalization, HCI and systems development, David
Johnston, Johnston and Associates, Florida, USA (invited speaker)
2.45 Session 4: Academic development (III)
7. Social agency: the perils of constructing gendered personalities for
intelligent agents and avatars, Peter McKenna and Atif Waraich, Manchester
Metropolitan University
8. The development of horizon multimedia learning applications for use by
students in different linguistic and cultural contexts, Trevor Barker and
Martina Doolan, University of Hertfordshire
9. HCI and cultture in the 3D web: experiences of 3DML in representing a
virtual beer festival, Bhavin Khatri, Simon Polovina and Steven Singh,
University of Hertfordshire
4.15 Session 4: Discussion: Presenters
4.45 Close
Workshop fees - to include lunch
British HCI Group Members, £90
Non-member, £115
Student, £50
Contact points
For more details visit:
http://www.luton.ac.uk/science/computing/research/cultconf.htm
To register please contact:
Jane Spring
Faculty of Science Technology and Design
University of Luton, Park Square
Luton, LU1 3JU
Email: [log in to unmask]
Tel: 01582 489297
Workshop Organiser: Andy Smith, Department of Computing and IS, University
of Luton
Email: [log in to unmask]
This event in sponsored by the British HCI Group and optimum.web ltd
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