The inaugural EduCHI Pedagogy Workshop is designed as a space for current doctoral students, postdocs interested in academic careers, and/or first-year faculty members teaching HCI or Design to:
- reflect upon the complexity of HCI and design teaching;
- self-reflect on strategies to engage with the teaching side of being a faculty member early in an academic career;
- identify different kinds of supports and resources for developing your teaching competence; and
- discuss challenges and build community around HCI and design pedagogy.
Featuring short talks and interactive sessions about various aspects of HCI pedagogy, participants will leave this workshop not necessarily with answers to all their questions but instead with ideas that they can explore and expand upon to improve their teaching practice.
Location and Format
The workshop will be a hybrid session.
- Virtual: online attendees will receive a calendar invite with the Zoom link before the event.
- In-Person: in-person attendees will receive an email with the location information before the event.
Schedule
1:00 – 1:25pm ET
Welcome and Introductions
Facilitated by the workshop chairs, this session will provide an overview of the workshop’s goals, outline the agenda, introduce the facilitators and participants, and review some pedagogical terminology to get everyone on the same page.
1:30 – 2:25pm ET
Complexity of Teaching in HCI/design Classrooms
In these short talks, three experienced HCI educators will delve into some of the intentional strategies educators use to enhance student learning in HCI and design classrooms.
“It Depends:” Facilitating Critical Learning Moments in HCI
Craig MacDonald, Associate Professor, Pratt Institute
Co-Creating Knowledge with HCI Students
Shruthi Chivukula, Assistant Professor, Pratt Institute
Evaluation and Guidance
Velian Pandeliev, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, University of Toronto
2:30 – 3:25pm ET
Teaching and Research Piggybacking
This session will include three more talks by HCI educators about strategies for integrating their teaching and research activities, covering different ways to leverage your research to enhance your teaching (and vice versa).
Bringing Research and Practice into the Classroom
Nancy Smith, Assistant Professor, Pratt Institute
Conducting and Publishing Research on and about HCI Education
Colin M. Gray, Associate Professor, Indiana University
Doing Research in the Classroom
Alannah Oleson, Postdoc, University of Washington and (soon to be) Assistant Professor, University of Denver
3:30 – 4:30pm ET
Panel / Q&A Session
The workshop will close with an interactive panel discussion facilitated by the workshop chairs about how prospective and early-career HCI educators can best prepare for a career in teaching. All workshop presenters will be invited to share their experiences and answer questions from attendees.
Friday, June 7
10:30am – 12:00pm ET
HCI Pedagogy Birds of a Feather Session
On Friday morning, conference attendees will break into small groups to discuss various topics related to HCI pedagogy. Pedagogy Workshop participants will help brainstorm topics and themes for discussion during this interactive session.
Questions
Please direct any questions to the Pedagogy Workshop chairs:
- Shruthi Chivukula, schivuku@pratt.edu
- Alannah Oleson, olesona@uw.edu