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HCI Educators' Workshop - Beyond the Rhetoric
@BCS HCI Conference 2005, Napier University, Edinburgh
In line with the theme of this year's BCS HCI Conference which is the 'Bigger Picture', we invite interested parties to step back and look at the place of HCI education in society, industry and academia. There has long been a tension between the call for a stable curriculum and the need for skills of real world value. Underlying this is an increasing call from the HCI community for recognition of its relevance in society.
This full day workshop for, and by, HCI Educators, will take place in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Tuesday 6th September 2005 as part of the British Computer Society conference on Human-Computer Interaction, http://www.hci2005.org/.
WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES
This workshop aims to make sense of the domain by attempting to answer a range of questions:
What is the value of HCI to students? to industry? to society?
How do you measure professionalism in HCI? Does this require job definitions and competence lists? For example, evaluation specialist? How is experience codified? How might experience and knowledge be recorded for use in certification?
Is there a core undergraduate curriculum for HCI? Can this be agreed and is this necessary?
When is a HCI course not a HCI course? When does HCI become Multimedia and when does it become Interaction Design?
What will a HCI course look like in 20 years time?
PARTICIPATION
Participation in the workshop is open to all interested parties by registering for the workshop via the BCS HCI 2005 website http://www.hci2005.org/. Note that it is possible for delegates to attend the workshop (cost £75) without registering for the conference. To stimulate discussion on the day, participants are invited to submit thoughts, essays, position papers as well as provocative and reflective statements on the Bigger Picture of HCI education. Before, and during the workshop, these will be available for open viewing and response on the workshop website. On the day of the workshop we hope to have a focused debate that will result in actions and acts and will move, beyond the rhetoric and out into the world.
There is a limit to the number of position papers, so to guarantee acceptance of your work and to allow a chance for revisions please submit your document by 11th July. Feedback will be provided by July 15th. Subject to space in the programme, papers may be accepted after this date - please email the organisers to check availability.
Position papers, essays, thoughts and statements should be submitted, preferably in Word or PDF format, to [log in to unmask] General enquiries can be directed to [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] Please note that we also welcome participation in the workshop by people unable to submit a position statement.
Important dates:
11th July 2005 Deadline for submission of workshop position papers
26th August 2005 Online registration for conference and workshops closes
Conference website http://www.hci2005.org/
Workshop website http://www.ics.heacademy.ac.uk/Events/HCINapier/index.shtml
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