hci Disciplinary Commons
Meetings & Materials
Dates and Times
Note the extended times for the first and last meeting.
| Date | Subject | Materials | Homework | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday 5th October 10.00 - 16.00 Leeds |
The context of our hci courses: who we are, how we got to be teachers, what it's like to teach in our departments | Portfolios (.ppt) | Homework for 9th November meeting | The Portfolio: Sonnet, Mirror and Map by Mary Diez, 1994 |
| Friday 9th November 11.00 - 15.00 London |
The context of our hci courses: how our hci course fits in with the rest of the provision for the programme, the aims and objectives of the course | Homework for 7th December meeting | Folk Pedagogy by Jerome Bruner, 1996 | |
| Friday 7th December 11.00 - 15.00 Leeds |
The content of our hci courses: what we teach, in what order, where (and what) the important bits are. | Some thoughts on artefacts (.ppt) | Homework for 4th January meeting | Sketching User Experience (extract) by Bill Buxton, 2007 |
| Friday 4th January 11.00 - 15.00 Leeds |
The instructional design of our hci courses: why we teach in particular ways, what material is suitable for delivery in lectures, what in labs, what via reading, etc. | Homework for 1st February meeting | Classical Ballet Structure and Practice Applied to Engineering Class Sessions by Blair London & Lisa Deyo, 2004 | |
| Friday 1st February 11.00 - 15.00 London |
Assessments in hci courses: How do we find out what they're learning? What work do we ask them to do? What specific tasks do we ask them to undertake? Oh, and why. | Homework for 7th March meeting | Formative Assessment & self-regualted learning: a model and seven principles of good feedback practice. Nichol & Macfarlane-Dick, 2006 | |
| Friday 7th March 11.00 - 15.00 London |
Evaluation: How do we judge what works? Who cares? That is to say, who are the stakeholders? Us as teachers, yes. But students and institutions, too. Anyone else? What feedback mechanisms are there for us to use? | Representations of practice (ppt) | Homework for 4th April meeting | Course Anatomy: The Dissection & Analysis of Knowledge through Teaching. Lee Shulman, 1998 |
| Friday 4th April 11.00 - 15.00 London |
Delivery: What I'm like in the classroom? How I get stuff across (& how I know it works - or not). Debriefing Peer Observation. | Observations on Peer Observation (ppt) | Homework for 2nd May meeting | Saved by the Bell by David Jenkins, 1977 |
| Friday 2nd May 11.00 - 15.00 London |
"Complete first draft" overview: is all the content hanging together? Do all my artefacts support my case? Is the structure coherent? And, of course, Does it look good? Can people find their way about? Is it usable by anyone other than me? | Portfolio Processes (ppt) | Last homework | The Electronic Portfolio Development Process by Helen Barrett, 2000 and two short pieces from Understanding Design by Kees Dorst, 2003 |
| Friday 6th June 10.00 - 16.00 Leeds |
Portfolio presentations Running order |
Work in Progress (password protected)
Venues
We'll meet (variously) in London and Leeds:
Leeds: We'll meet in room G04, in the Old School Board which is in town next to the Library and opposite the Town Hall - an easy walk up from the station. Map at http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk/maps/current_map.pdf
Note it is O (on the corner of Great George Street) not Q up Woodhouse Lane (the characters are barely indistinguishable!). From the front of the station cross the road, head up Park Row (to the right of City Square), turn left onto the Headrow then right onto Calverley Street, between the Library/Art Gallery and the Town Hall. Old School Board is at the top of this road, past the library.
London: November, February & May. We'll meet in the Euston Room (November) and in Room 9 (February and May) at the Society of Friends' Meeting house. This is just opposite Euston Station, no more than a few minutes' walk. The Meeting House is marked by the yellow square on this map.
London: March & April. We'll meet at the BCS Meeting Rooms in Southampton Street. The closest tube station is Covent Garden, the closest mainline station Charing Cross. There is an excellent set of directions at: http://www.epsg.org.uk/locations/bcsss-guide.html#PDFmap
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