Sharing a User-Centered Focus:HCI and iSchools
Kenneth R. Fleischmann,Paul T. Jaeger, Allison Druin,
Jennifer Golbeck, and Jennifer Preece
College of Information Studies, University of Maryland
Three Reasons for HCI in iSchools
1. Common emphasis: users
2. Common orientation: inter/multidisciplinary
3. Common theory: community and convergence
Conclusion
• iSchools are the logical site for HCI education (and research)
• HCI in iSchools likely to grow in the future
• Relationship between HCI and iSchools is strong and mutually beneficial
Thank you!!! Any questions?References:
• Card, S.K., Moran, T.P., & Newell, A. 1983. The Psychology of Human-Computer Interaction. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Fleischmann, K.R. In Press. “Sociotechnical Interaction and Cyborg-Cyborg Interaction: Transforming the Scale and Convergence of HCI.” Forthcoming in The Information Society.
• Myers, B.A. 1998. “A Brief History of Human Computer Interaction Technology.” ACM Interactions 5(2): 44-54.
• Nardi, B., Kaptelinin, V., & Foot, K. 2007. “Series Forward.” In The Semiotic Engineering of Human-Computer Interaction, By C.S. De Souza. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
• Suchman, L.A. 2006. Human-Machine Reconfigurations: Plans and Situated Actions, 2nd Edition. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Ken Fleischmann, Assistant Professor, College of Information Studies, University of [email protected]