Sharing a User-Centered Focus:
HCI and iSchools
Kenneth R. Fleischmann,
Paul T. Jaeger, Allison Druin,
Jennifer Golbeck, and Jennifer Preece
College of Information Studies, University of Maryland
HCI in the 1980s and 1990s
Computer
Science
Ergonomics
Psychology
Industrial
Engineering
Cognitive
Science
Human Factors
Card, Moran, & Newell, 1983; Myers, 1998
HCI Today
Information
Studies
Science and
Technology
Studies
Communication
Education
Sociology
Anthropology
Suchman, 2006; Nardi, Kaptelinin, & Foot, 2007; Fleischmann, in
Three Reasons for HCI in iSchools
1. Common emphasis: users
2. Common orientation: inter/multidisciplinary
3. Common theory: community and convergence
1. Emphasis on Users
1. Emphasis on Users
1. Emphasis on Users
2. Inter/Multidisciplinary
2. Inter/Multidisciplinary
2. Inter/Multidisciplinary
2. Inter/Multidisciplinary
Discipline
1
Discipline
2
Discipline
3
2. Inter/Multidisciplinary
2. Inter/Multidisciplinary
Discipline
1
Discipline
2
Discipline
3
3. Community and Convergence
3. Community and Convergence
3. Community and Convergence
3. Community and Convergence
3. Community and Convergence
3. Community and Convergence
3. Community and Convergence
3. Community and Convergence
3. Community and Convergence
3. Community and Convergence
3. Community and Convergence
3. Community and Convergence
3. Community and Convergence
Conclusion
• iSchools are the logical site for HCI education
(and research)
• HCI in iSchools likely to grow in the future
• Relationship between HCI and iSchools is
strong and mutually beneficial
Thank you!!! Any questions?
References:
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Card, S.K., Moran, T.P., & Newell, A. 1983. The Psychology of Human-Computer
Interaction. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
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Fleischmann, K.R. In Press. “Sociotechnical Interaction and Cyborg-Cyborg Interaction:
Transforming the Scale and Convergence of HCI.” Forthcoming in The Information Society.
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Myers, B.A. 1998. “A Brief History of Human Computer Interaction Technology.” ACM
Interactions 5(2): 44-54.
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Nardi, B., Kaptelinin, V., & Foot, K. 2007. “Series Forward.” In The Semiotic Engineering of
Human-Computer Interaction, By C.S. De Souza. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
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Suchman, L.A. 2006. Human-Machine Reconfigurations: Plans and Situated Actions, 2nd
Edition. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Ken Fleischmann, Assistant Professor, College of Information Studies, University of Maryland
kfleisch@umd.edu