CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
HCI (Human Computer Interaction) Educator’s Workshop: Making Learning
Standards Invisible
As part of HCI2003 (9th September 2003, Bath, UK) www.hci2003.org
<http://www.hci2003.org>
WORKSHOP WEBSITE: www.hcie2003.org
INTRODUCTION
The workshop considers the role of learning standards from an HCI
perspective. Participants will focus on some of the issues surrounding
the development and reuse of learning objects and will go on to apply some
techniques deriving from HCI practice to the problem of conceptualising a
software product that supports the development of standards-compliant
reusable learning objects.
By considering the role of learning objects and the implications for
different user populations (teachers, students, authors of learning
materials and learning scenarios) the workshop will identify the kinds of
tasks performed by these users and develop corresponding usage scenarios
and a prototype model of software that may be used to produce reusable
learning objects. One of our presuppositions is that the users of such
software need no detailed understanding of the technical nature of the
underlying learning standards. An analogy is that developers of web pages
need no detailed understanding of HTML, or more strongly a user of email
needs no understanding of SMTP.
WORKSHOP GOALS
This workshop aims to
§ inform participants about the nature and role of reusable learning
objects (RLOs) in HCI education, from an HCI perspective
§ deliver something useful by the end of the day.
o This may take the form of:
§ one or more prototypes for a software system designed to help
authors create reusable learning objects which are output by the system in
a standards compliant form;
§ a “white paper” that will inform the E-Learning (?) standards
community;
§ usage scenarios describing how RLOs may figure in the tasks
carried out by teachers, students, and authors of learning materials or
learning scenarios;
§ feed back results of workshop to main HCI 2003 conference as a
poster
§ take forward results of workshop to the 7th HCI Educators’ spring
workshop in April 2004
HOW TO REGISTER
This workshop is limited in size to 20 people (plus organisers)
Interested participants do not need to submit a position statement in
order to confirm attendance - rather the organisers are looking for people
who are interested in coming along and taking an active role in the
workshop. If you are interested then please contact the workshop chair,
who will be able to advise if there are places left. This should be done
by Friday 11th July.
Once a place is allocated participants will have to register via the main
conference web-site (www.hci2003.org).
You do not need to register for the full conference to take part in this
workshop.
CONTACT
Further information can be found on the Workshop Web site www.hcie2003.org
<http://www.hcie2003.org>
Declarations of interest and queries should be directed to:
John Rosbottom
University of Portsmouth
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or
Tom McEWan
Napier Univesity
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ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Sandra Cairncross, Jonathan Crellin, Janet Finlay, Tom McEwan, Barbara
McManus, Shailey Minocha, John Rosbottom (Chair)
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