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	British Computer Society HCI Specialist Group Meeting			
		Kings Fund Centre
			London.


ISSUE IN HCI EDUCATION AND TRAINING


Monday 25th June,  1990


HCI education and training takes place in colleges, polytechnics, and 
universities and on the job at work.  However, there is little reason to 
believe that what is offered at academic establishments is what is 
required by businesses and industry.  The goals and function of HCI 
teaching offered in undergraduate and postgraduate courses are many 
and various but who is being taught and the academic context in which it 
is taught are major influences on the content and form of presentation of 
HCI research.  HCI courses in psychology departments offer new ways of 
thinking about old problems, e.g. Suchman's work on situated actions and 
their consequences for cognitive theories of planning, and new problems 
approached with well established theories, e.g. the GOMS model's 
dependence on Newell's problem space hypothesis.  On the other hand, 
business and industry require HCI solutions to problems of design, 
usability and productivity.  These are goals which require a way of 
thinking that may not match the perspective presented in academic 
courses.  The aim of this meeting is present and discuss the approaches 
taken by academic and industrial researchers to what and how HCI is 
taught.

Six speakers (three from academia and three from industry) will present 
talks on how they approach the problem of HCI training and education.


Programme

9.30  COFFEE

10.00  Introduction - Pete Bibby (Nottingham University)

HCI EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN UNIVERSITIES

10.20 HCI and the Undergraduate Psychology Curriculum - David Gilmore  
(Nottingham University)

11.00	Issues in HCI Training - Jenny Preece (Open University)

11.40	HCI Education & Training:  The Need for an Organising Framework - 
John Long (University College London)
 
12.30  	LUNCH

HCI EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN INDUSTRY

14.00 Stephen Gale (Hewlett Packard, Bristol)

14.40 Human Factors Education in British Telecom - Mike Tate/Kwen Ip 
(British Telecom Research Laboratories)

15.20 	Title and Speaker To Be Announced (International 
Computers Limited)

16.00 	TEA

16.30 	Discussion

17.20 	Close




Registration

For logistic reasons, it is necessary to register at least one week in 
advance.  Members who have not pre-registered can attend the meeting 
provided there are places left, but will be charged the full rate without 
receiving lunch.  A fee will be charged to cover costs (including, lunch, 
coffee, and meetings pack):

	*	#35 for members of the HCI SG and the BCS

	*	#50 for non-members

	*	#12 for students (special fee subject to availability)

To register complete the enclosed registration form and send it with a 
cheque (payable to BCS HCI SG) for the appropriate amount to the 
Meetings Organiser.  Include a stamped, addressed envelope if you need a 
receipt by return of post.


BCS HCI SG Meeting, Issues in HCI Education and Training
Monday 26th February, Kings Fund Centre London

Registration Form:


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Please send completed form to:

Pete Bibby
HCI SG Meetings Organiser
Dept of Psychology
University of Nottingham
Nottingham
NG7 2RD

Phone Number:  0602 484848 Ext 3588
Fax Number:  0602 590339
E-mail: pal@psyc.nott.ac.uk

Please make cheques payable to "BCS HCI SG".