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Call for Papers
 
HCI Educators 2009
 
22nd to 24th April 2009
University of Abertay Dundee
Dundee
SCOTLAND
U.K.
 
HCIEd 2009 - Playing with our Education
 
 
HCIEd 2009 is the annual international conference of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) educators.  The theme of this year's conference is PLAY - education through play, play through education.  Play is enjoyed by all and in terms of HCI education it is a concept that can be considered from many viewpoints. 
 
Initiated by the BCS Interaction SG (previously the BCS HCI Specialist Group) in 2001 as an informal workshop amongst HCI educators, the workshop has since grown into a small conference with strong participation from various national and international HCI organisations. This year the event is organised by the University of Abertay, Dundee and co-sponsored by IFIP WG 13.1 Education in HCI and HCI Curriculum and the BCS Interaction SG. 
 
HCIEd 2009 will seek to extend the discussions of previous conferences and continue the remit of HCIEd 2008 to consider "Architecting the Future". In previous years the roles of inventivity and creativity have been the focus of the discussions and presentations and we believe that continuing varied discussions across these issues creates a virtuous circle of educational pedagogy.
 
 
We therefore cordially invite educators, researchers, developers, artists and practitioners to take part in this event and to contribute original work from any relevant perspective that reflects on their own practice.
 
HCI education continues to look at a variety of areas, methods and issues. As previously, we encourage papers that wish to discuss any novel and interesting aspects of teaching HCI.
 
 
This year we also particularly welcome contributions that specifically address the theme of play and so topics of particular interest in this call include, but are not limited to:
 
Teaching interactivity and design through the theory and technology of Play. 
Designing and developing the interfaces of Play by considering concepts such as unobtrusive interaction and collaborative interaction.  
 
Consideration of the appeal of the new technology of play to all generations and how that impacts on interactive processes.
 
HCI education needs to consider the importance of Play as a tool to aid our teaching, but also presumably must ensure that interfaces and interaction styles of play are part of the curriculum. We therefore also encourage papers that describe methods for teaching the concepts of Play at the interface, in terms of design, developing, interaction styles, users, etc.
To emphasise the wide remit of this call we view the following areas as of relevance: 
 
HCI education theories, methods and practices
Interaction design principles
Techniques, methods and environments for design or development through Play
Education and training methods that encourage the design for Play 
 
Individual and collaborative practices for enhancing the Play interface
Creative design process
Concept, development and evaluation of interactive systems
Interactivity and experience
Case studies on education, play and/or design
Transdisciplinary methods and models
 
 
The conference proceedings will be published by the Abertay University Press and electronically by the BCS. A post conference publication of selected papers is envisaged through Springer.
 
We welcome long papers, short papers/posters
 
Long Papers
Long Papers should present studies that contribute to our understanding of HCI education as an engaging experience, critical and reflective approaches to the design of interactive technology, research on how to approach the concept, development and evaluation of innovative as well as mundane artefacts related to Play or other interesting concepts related to HCI Education. 
Deadline:  14th January 2009
 
Short Papers
 
Short papers and posters can be based on case studies or reports of best practices showing the process by which the concept of Play or other aspects of interest to HCI education can be encouraged and experienced by HCI students. Also, these may report small experiments or techniques in a concise format. 
Deadline: 14th January 2009
All papers  will be double blind refereed and should respect the ACM SIGCHI two-column format (see  http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html)

Full papers must be no longer than 8 pages in the prescribed format and short papers no longer than 4 pages, including all the additional materials such as references, appendices, and pictures. Full research papers must include a title, sufficient space for the author names, contact information and affiliations, abstract, keywords, body, and references. The abstract must be no longer than 150 words and must be included in the paper; it must clearly state the paper's contribution to the conference subject. All references must be complete, accurate and accessible to the public, formatted in the prescribed ACM format style.
Please send your submissions via Link on hcied2009.abertay.ac.uk. If you have any queries related to the submission system, please email [log in to unmask]
 
It is anticipated that a number of workshops will be offered which will explore the use of playful interaction as an educational tool for HCI
 
Key Dates
 
15 September 2008:
First call for papers
 
3 December 2008:
Last call for papers
 
14 January 2009
Deadline for submission of papers
 
19 January 2009
Early bird registration opens
 
25 February 2009
Authors notified of accepted papers
 
11 March 2009
Late registration begins
 
18 March 2009
Final versions (camera ready copies) of accepted papers due
 
22-24 April 2009
HCIEd 2009 Conference

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