Programme

Monday 31st March

10:30
Registration, Coffee, Networking & View Posters
11:00 Welcome and Introduction Dr Sandra Cairncross, Workshop co-chair, Napier University

The HCI Domain

11:15 Keynote presentation: Exploring Interaction Design Professor David Benyon, Napier University
12:00 Interactive Session (panel presentations with discussion)  
13:00
Lunch, Networking & View Posters

Accessibility

14:00 Keynote presentation: Including Accessiblity within undergraduate computing courses Lorna Gibson, David Sloan, Dr Anna Dickinson and Professor Alan Newell, all of Applied Computing, University of Dundee
14:45 Keynote presentation: Dr Alison Crerar, Edinburgh Branch BCS & Napier University
15:30
Coffee, Networking & View Posters
16:00 Interactive Session (panel presentations with discussion)  
17:00
close of business for day 1
18:30

Whisky Tasting Event

20:00

Workshop Dinner

Tuesday 1st April

9:00
Coffee, Networking & View Posters

Graphic Design and Interface Design

9:15 Keynote presentation: Professor Brent MacGregor, Edinburgh School of Art
10:00 Interactive Session (panel presentations with discussion)  
11:00
Coffee, Networking & View Posters

Current Issues in Teaching, Learning and Training for HCI

11:30 Keynote presentation:Education and Practice: bridging the divide Dr Janet Finlay, Chair Education and Practice Working Group, British HCI Group & Leeds Metropolitan University
12:15
Lunch, Networking & View Posters
13:15 Interactive Session (panel presentations with discussion)  
14:15 Where Next? Discussion on the activities of the British HCI Group's Education and Practice Group Working Group  
15:00 Closing Remarks Professor Alistair Kilgour of Realaxis Consulting
15:15
Coffee and depart

The HCI Domain

This session will focus on the scope and boundaries of HCI, in the context of what appears to be an ever-expanding body of relevant theory and diversity of application domains, ranging from usability engineering to interaction design, from interacting with computers to interacting through computers, and from work-based to home and leisure-based applications.
Invited speaker: Professor David Benyon, Chair HCI Research Group, Napier University

Accessibility

How can we best design applications and devices that meet the needs of all users? How can we help make our learners and trainees aware of these issues? What assistive technologies can we use to help users with special needs? How can we make our curriculum more accessible?
Invited speakers
Lorna Gibson, David Sloan, Dr Anna Dickinson and Professor Alan Newell, (all from Applied Computing, University of Dundee) "Including Accessiblity within undergraduate computing courses"
Dr Alison Crerar, Chair, Edinburgh Branch BCS, Organiser for Scotland of IT-CAN-HELP a network of IT professionals helping disabled people with technology, School of Computing, Napier University

Graphic Design and Interface Design

Interface design: an engineering discipline or an art? How can graphic design influence interface design? Do learners need graphic design principles?
Invited speaker: Professor Brent MacGregor, Head, School of Visual Communication, Edinburgh School of Art.

Current Issues in Teaching, Learning and Training for HCI

What should we be teaching and why? How should we be teaching it and why? What learning pedagogies are appropriate for HCI? How can new learning technologies best be used to support our teaching and learning? What is industry looking for in our graduates? What is industry teaching our graduates?
Invited Speaker: Dr Janet Finlay, Chair Education and Practice Working Group, British HCI Group, Reader, School of Computing, Leeds Metroploitan University.
In addition to presentations by the invited speakers we are also looking for contributions to allow us to explore and discuss these themes further. We are keen to encourage contributions from trainers and other practioners from industry.

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