Getting to the "Core" of the Matter HCI in Higher Education Jean Gasen Those of us who already teach H C I know its value. We have long since convinced ourselves that user oriented methods and perspectives must be an integral part of what we teach. Although no one yet agrees on a single approach for how this should be done we are, nonetheless, committed to the same outcome - to develop graduates who can design systems that best fit users' needs and contexts. At meetings such as CHI, we get together and share information on what and how we teach HCI. It is exciting to network with others and find we are not alone. We concur that H C I content is the key to the courses we teach. Despite our enthusiasm and commitment, however, H C I education is still on the "outside looking in" at most coileges and universities in the US l . The majority of computer and behavioral science programs in higher education do not have courses in H C I and H C I is not a required subject in most curricula. In essence, we have been preaching to the choir. I
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Getting to the “core” of the matter: HCI in higher education
Gasen, Jean
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, Volume 26 (4)
Association for Computing Machinery – Oct 1, 1994
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