Applying the Chilean Educational Experience in HCI to Peruvian Undergraduate and Graduate Programs

The importance of human-computer interaction (HCI) education for software professionals should be evident and well understood, when designing computing programs, at all levels. Unfortunately there is a lack of HCI courses in Peruvian computing programs. Changing curricula is often difficult and invo...

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Published in:	2009 Second International Conferences on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions pp. 360 - 364
Main Authors:	Pow-Sang, J.A., Rusu, C., Zapata, C., Roncagliolo, S.
Format:	Conference Proceeding
Language:	English
Published:	IEEE 01-02-2009
Subjects:	Computer science Computer Science Curricula Computer science education Educational programs Human computer interaction Informatics Proposals Software engineering Software systems Systems engineering and theory Usability
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Summary:	The importance of human-computer interaction (HCI) education for software professionals should be evident and well understood, when designing computing programs, at all levels. Unfortunately there is a lack of HCI courses in Peruvian computing programs. Changing curricula is often difficult and involves a long bureaucratic process. However, making small changes in courses' approach and emphasis only requires good will from the professors.The current paper presents a proposal to introduce HCI topics and/or courses in the Informatics Engineering curricula at Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, based on the Chilean educational experience at Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso.
ISBN:	9781424433513 1424433517
DOI:	10.1109/ACHI.2009.23