Blog Topics for HCI 2004

Please blog on the topic shown below for your group.

If your blog group is not shown, or you're not part of a blogging group, please email me ASAP - it is essential that you complete the continuous assessment part of the course

You should complete your postings for your specific topic by December 10th. Any postings made after that date will not be included in the assessment.

A rough guideline for length is that you should aim to produce about 2-3 'screens' of blog postings.

You should use your blogs as a collaborative workspace, and use them to exchange ideas and research about the topics. This should be a group effort, so exploit your blogs as a way of working together, and you should also meet to discuss your ideas as well.

Your work for these topics should roughly follow this plan:

1. research of the issue
2. presentation of the key issues, including how the topic relates to HCI
3. discussion of important questions that arise
4. any questions/implications that should be considered in the future

So, what we're looking for is not just a collection of blog posts about a topic, but a series of postings that contribute to a 'web presentation' on that topic. You should draw on your own research and reading as well as what has been presented in the lectures.

Assessment

Your blog presentations are the continuous assessment component of the HCI course, and they will be assessed on the following criteria:

1. relevance to the topic set
2. depth of coverage of the field
3. links to HCI issues
4. presentation style and quality
5. evidence that you worked together as a group

The topics are deliberately not too specific, so you need to do some research and identify for yourselves what the important issues are. Setting out what you think is important should be part of what you do first. Some topics are more specific - this doesn't mean there's less work to do, it means you need to look around and relate that topic to other things.

You will be expected to draw on the materials in the group blogs in your exam answers, so as well as posting to your own blog make sure you read and comment on other people's blogs as well.

If you have any questions about the blog topics or the assessment, please email Peter

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