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Description: Human-computer interaction is a fairly young discipline, and as of this writing, it offers few laws that govern interactivity. As the base for a research framework to explore HCI, I use theories of collaboration in conversation to analyze and understand interaction. I view human-computer interaction as an interactive dialogue between the user and his/her information, and this dialogue as an example of a joint activity. Joint activities are activities that cannot be carried out in isolation and which require explicit collaboration of the multiple participants in the activity. Human conversations (dialogue) are the most common example of joint activities, and are used in my research as a model for studying interaction. Some areas of HCI studied are personal information management, information refinding, tools for building interactive systems, digital libraries, use of computers for education, and cultural influence in interface design.
Current news
- Fall 2007 - welcome to new students and welcome back to the rest.
- I am on sabatical, in case you hadn't hear yet. I will be working at Harmonia 20 hours a week. I still have research meetings for 3 projects, Web-CAT, Dig Gov, and Personalization. These projects will continue to have weekly meetings. The rest of the students that want to meet with me can send me email and we can coordinate a time. Thanks.
Group meetings
For the 2007-2008 Academic Year I will be on sabatical (research leave). There will probably not be regular group research meetings. This year. If you need to see me, send me email. Thanks.
Resources for research
- HCI Related Journals
- Research Aid Material
- Presenting your thesis or dissertation
- Links to resources to assist you in writing, courtesy of First Monday http://www.firstmonday.org/guidelines.html#resource
Other useful links
- Recording Your Classes - notes for professors looking to make audio or video available of their lectures.
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