Wednesday, December 03, 2003
Usability News - HCI2003: Big Questions for the Future of HCI yields Little Outcome
Oh so true. I was at this panel (and indeed, recognise some of the points highlighted as having my tone of voice) - but the biggest outcome was that there wasn't one. Not that we necessarily need a Grand Challenge - there is too much bandwaggoning on this concept already - but HCI lacks a coherence and a direction and an approach. It's partly that it cannot agree on it, but partly because it's working cross-discipline in a massive field with a multitude of approaches.
So it's quite relevant that many people are asking exactly what it is that they should be studying for the exam - even the wider community cannot agree on what HCI is and where it is going and what needs to be in there, so it's not suprising you have problems with the issue too!
(see also a talk I gave to an HCI educators workshop earlier this year).
Oh so true. I was at this panel (and indeed, recognise some of the points highlighted as having my tone of voice) - but the biggest outcome was that there wasn't one. Not that we necessarily need a Grand Challenge - there is too much bandwaggoning on this concept already - but HCI lacks a coherence and a direction and an approach. It's partly that it cannot agree on it, but partly because it's working cross-discipline in a massive field with a multitude of approaches.
So it's quite relevant that many people are asking exactly what it is that they should be studying for the exam - even the wider community cannot agree on what HCI is and where it is going and what needs to be in there, so it's not suprising you have problems with the issue too!
(see also a talk I gave to an HCI educators workshop earlier this year).
(c) 2003-2005 Russell Beale
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