ICS 205 Human-Computer Interaction Class Schedule, Lecture, & Assignments Page Rev 10/11/05
Class Home Academic Honesty → Schedule, Lecture, & Assignments Links & Resources	Week 1 – Tuesday, September 27 – Class Overview and Expectations Week 1 – Thursday, September 30 - Norman “POET” framework HCI2000 (the textbook) – pp. 1-22 – (or chapter one from here). Week 2 – Tuesday, October 4 – Iterative Design and Beginning of History HCI2000 – pp. 23-47 (Salomon, Filler) Week 2 – Thursday, October 6 – More History HCI2000 – pp. 49-70 (Filler, Johnson et al--Star) Presentation by Julia Gelfand (UCI Library) – see http://course.lib.uci.edu/ics/ICS205-F05HCI.html Assignment 1 Due – Your commentary theme should take Don Norman’s POET work and relate to your own experience with appliances (smart or otherwise) or software applications. Week 3 – Tuesday, October 11 – History and Design HCI2000 – pp. 71-91 (Intro) and 93-121 (Gould) Presentation Opportunity (postponed from Week 2) – 2 or 3 students could present the paper on the Xerox Star (pp. 53-70) and / or 2 or 3 students could dig up the V. Bush 1943 article or D. Engelbart 1963 article cited on p. 45. Week 3 – Thursday, October 13 - Design HCI2000 – pp. 122-151 (Lewis/Rieman, Mountford, Vertelney, Erickson) Presentation Opportunity – The paper (pp 93-121) by Gould or the paper by Mountford (pp. 128-141) Week 4 – Tuesday, October 18 – Methodology HCI2000 – pp. 152-169 (McGrath) Assignment 2 Due – Your commentary should explain your own experiences with computer interfaces and relate features or philosophies you choose to focus on to the historical readings assigned for Week 2. Presentation Opportunity – The unassigned papers (pp 147-151, Erickson) (NO MORE THAN TWO PEOPLE) Week 4 – Thursday, October 20 – Methodology HCI2000 – pp. 170-185 (Mack/Nielsen, Kennedy) Presentation Opportunity – Any chapter from the Mack and Nielsen book where the excepted reading, pp. 170-185, is taken from. Week 5 – Tuesday, October 25 – Work in Context HCI2000 – pp. 187-224 (Intro, Orlikowski, Bannon, Bodker et al). Assignment 3 Due – Your commentary should summarize in your own words which techniques are available for aiding with design. Cite different authors in our readings where appropriate. Presentation Opportunity – Any of the three papers pp 197-224. Week 5 – Thursday, October 27 – Work in Context HCI2000 pp 254-272 (Kling) Presentation Opportunity – The paper by Holtzbaltt and Jones, pp. 241-253. Week 6 – Tuesday, November 1 – Software Development HCI2000 pp. 281-303 (Boehm, Grudin) Presentation Opportunity – Either paper pp 281-303 Week 6 – Thursday, November 3 – Software Development HCI2000 pp. 304-311 (Kim) Presentation Opportunity – The paper 304-311. Week 7 – TBD - No Class either Tuesday or Thursday due to ASE 2005 Assignment 4 (Work in Context – Hard) Due Thursday November 10 – One of the social and organizational implications of computing systems is to “control” end users (whether directly or inadvertently). They also affect the balance of power among stakeholders. Explore these issues in the context of several of the papers we have discussed to date, but including at least one from the “Work in Context” lectures. You may include other references (web sites or external papers as you desire). And you will need to make some imaginative topic selections to scope a two-page essay! Week 8 – Tuesday, November 15 – Visual Interfaces HCI2000 pp 323-343 (Myers) and 425-443 (Marcus, Murch) Presentation Opportunity – The unassigned paper, pp 357-372 OR any of the assigned papers (pp 323-343 and 425-443). Week 8 – Thursday, November 17 – Cognitive Aspects HCI 2000 – pp. 571-586 (Intro) and pp. 603-625 (Olson & Olson) Assignment 5 Due – Pick two of the “software” papers (Boehm, Kim, Grudin) and two or three of the “work in context” papers. Discuss similar themes and a proposal how best to introduce a new software system (generic) into an organization and what positive and negative experiences you might expect. (What makes this question hard is having just two pages). Presentation Opportunities – The assigned paper (pp. 603-625) or the two (short related) unassigned papers, pp. 626-639 or the one unassigned paper pp. 822-831 (Fischer/Reeves). Week 9 – Tuesday, November 22 – Collaborative Work HCI 2000 – pp 741-774 (Intro, Sproull/Kiesler, Grudin) Presentation Opportunities – The assigned papers (pp. 755-774) or pp. 775-731 Week 9 – Thursday, November 24 – No class – Holiday Week 10 – Tuesday, November 29 - Intelligent User Interfaces HCI 2000 – pp. 811-831 (Maes, Fischer & Reeves) Week 10 – Thursday, December 1 - Hypermedia HCI 2000 – pp 907-912 (Berners-Lee et al.) Assignment 6 Due (Models/Theory) – Choosing a theoretical or analytic framework to match a problem situation is critical but many of the papers we have read provide both frameworks and some example applications. Focusing on the papers from Weeks 1, 8, and 9, identify what were the critical characteristics of the authors’ analyses / theoretical frameworks and in your own words, what sorts of applications these analyses and frameworks apply to best. Final Exam – Thursday, December 8, 2005 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.