An Interdisciplinary Course on Human-Computer Interaction

Department

Computer Science

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges

ISSN

1937-4771

Volume

33

Issue

2

DOI

10.5555/3144645.3144651

First Page

38

Last Page

45

Publication Date

Fall 1-1-2017

Abstract

While Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) is a field that involves people from many disciplines, few courses on the subject allow students from multiple disciplines to work collaboratively on semester long projects. This paper describes a course on Human-Computer Interaction and a series of assignments that support interdisciplinary teams of students working together to design and then evaluate the usability of interactive computing applications. The author's evaluation of the course revealed that 94.9% of students "agreed" or "strongly agreed" with the statement, "This course increased my understanding of how to design and then evaluate the usability of an interactive application." This result suggests that students find the author's approach to HCI instruction to be effective.

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