Aims & Learning Objectives: Aims - To give students an advanced understanding of current research issues in human computer interaction. To focus upon human computer interaction research methods, and theory, covering topics in user interface design, evaluation and modelling. Applications areas such as safety and dependable systems, collaborative systems, virtual environments, and agent interaction are examples of current application topics. Issues of human computer and human-human interaction in mobile settings and using embedded devices.
Objectives:
The students should learn how to critically evaluate claims made by designers of communication tools that are intended to support collaboration, to account for usability and task efficiency in collaborative groups. They should gain an appreciation of relevant principles and guidelines to support tightly and loosely couples groups in concerted and coordinated activity.
Content: Computer-supported collaborative work - nature of collaboration. How collaboration is supported; successful and unsuccessful models and systems. How to model group work. Technological forms of virtual working environments - 'white boards', 'rooms'. Web- based versions of virtual environments. Immersive and non-immersive environments. Mobile and wearable environments.
Core reading:
T K Capin, I S Pandzic & N Magnenat-Thalmann (eds) Avatars in Networked Virtual Environments Wiley, 1999
C Greenhalgh Large-scale Collaborative Virtual Environments Springer Verlag 1999
Proceedings of ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces 1999
Proceedings of ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 1999
S Wilbur & A Sellen (eds) Computer Mediated Communication, Prentice Hall 1998.
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