Ann Arbor, MI (USA), April 2011 - "Teaching Interaction Design & Children" is a full-day workshop being held on Monday, 20 June 2011 as part of the Interaction Design and Children (IDC) 2011 conference at Ann Arbor. It brings together instructors who teach IDC-related courses at a university level from a wide spectrum of disciplines and research communities (HCI, Engineering, Design, Gaming, Education, Psychology, and Communications).
Do you conduct research in the field of children and computers? Do you teach university-level classes on this topic? Are you interested in how others have been teaching this topic in different disciplines? Do you feel like you constantly have to search the web for materials, papers, and references due to this topic's novelty, multidisciplinary nature, and ongoing developments?
The goal of the Conference is to explore the various ways IDC is currently taught and to discuss and collectively develop a core syllabus of seminal texts, literature, and teaching activities for the benefit of the IDC community.
We expect to generate a variety of output during the event: several sets of "core" research articles/books grouped by area, focus, and technical level; an organized list of labs and reusable class materials; a list of resources for students and teachers (software, hardware, documentation, vendors); and a document about theoretical approaches to teaching IDC.
Topics discussed will include various disciplines that house IDC and their effect and needs, best practices for IDC teaching methods, and core literature (disciplinary and multidisciplinary).
