Human-Computer Interaction

IS/HCC 760 Fall 2012

Shaun Kane

Today

• Introductions• Course background• Discussing

About the class

• Monday, 4:30-7pm, Math 102• Office hours by appointment (ITE 431)

• Each week: Two students lead discussion on an HCI topic (we’ll make a schedule today)

The book

http://www.amazon.com/HCI-Remixed-Reflections-Influenced-Community/dp/0262050889

https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Thomas_Erickson_HCI_Remixed?id=wc-k_0SwjqEC&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImJvb2std2Mta18wU3dqcUVDIl0.

The blog http://is760.wordpress.com

Course calendar http://bitly.com/hcc760calendar

Course work

1. Discussion questions and participation (3 per week; 20%)– Posted to class blog every week– Participation includes talking in class, posting responses on blog

2. Written summaries (5 total; 20%)– Posted to class blog

3. Discussion leader (one class; 20%)

4. Course project (40%)

Discussion leaders

• Choose a chapter from HCI Remixed. Present:– HCI remixed chapter– Chapter referenced by HCI Remixed– One contemporary/related paper (follow-up work, or a

paper from the chapter author)

• Choose topics today

• Present 3 possible readings (and why) one week before class– I can help with next week

How to do it well

• Provide context– Who are the authors?– What other work have they done?– Pull in related research, work before and after

• Use slides, videos, etc. as appropriate

• Prepare concrete discussion questions

Other tips

• http://is760.wordpress.com/2012/09/10/resources

What’s important

• Active discussion and participation in class (prepare questions and talking points)

• Be prepared as a discussion leader (this can take a lot of preparation)

• Choose a project topic that interests you(and advances your research interests)

Questions about the course?

Introductions

Dr. Shaun KaneAssistant Professorhttp://umbc.edu/people/skane

My research

• Developing input and interaction techniques for constrained environments– People with disabilities– Mobile computing

• Slide Rule http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=496IAx6_xys

• Bonfire http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgtTo7JD_dc

http://www.genealogy.ams.org

Introductions

• Your name

• Where you’re from

• Program (IS, HCC, other) and degree

• Interest in HCI

• Culture• Design• Art• User interface• Data viz.• Big data• Usability• UX• Accessibility

• Kids• Older adults• Blind people• Business• Social computing• Mobile• Tech literacy• Health informatics• Ubiquitous computing

/ invisible computing (RIP)

• Tangible computing

About this course

• Understanding the field of HCI– Who the players are– Trends over time– Emerging areas

Two papers

• Vannevar Bush, “As We May Think”

• Jonathan Grudin, “A moving target: The evolution of HCI”

Vannevar Bush (1890-1974)

• D.Eng from Harvard/MIT

• Professor/Dean at MIT• Member of the

Manhattan Project• Helped to create

National Science Foundation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vannevar_Bush

Memex, the “memory extender” (1945)

• Concept sketch for augmenting human capability

The owner of the memex, let us say, is interested in the origin and properties of the bow and arrow. [...] He has dozens of possibly pertinent books and articles in his memex. First he runs through an encyclopedia, finds an interesting but sketchy article, leaves it projected. Next, in a history, he finds another pertinent item, and ties the two together. Thus he goes, building a trail of many items. Occasionally he inserts a comment of his own, either linking it into the main trail or joining it by a side trail to a particular item. […]

As We May Think

• Burning questions?

As We May Think

• What was the impact of the Memex?

As We May Think

• What did he get right? What did he get wrong?

As We May Think

• Where are we now with respect to the memex? What is left?

Two papers

• Vannevar Bush, “As We May Think”

• Jonathan Grudin, “A moving target: The evolution of HCI”

Jonathan Grudin

Thoughts on Grudin?

Thoughts on Grudin?

• What surprised you?

• What was most interesting?

• How does Grudin’s vision for the future differ from your own?

To do

• Sign up for a presentation slot

• Begin searching for readings

• Read resources on blog

• Next week: Karim on NLS; ___ on Sketchpad

Bill Buxton on HCI history

• Multi-touch systems I have known and loved – http://www.billbuxton.com/

multitouchOverview.html

• The Bill Buxton Collection– http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/peopl

e/bibuxton/buxtoncollection/