[gautambay]

Thanks for the feedback. The author did include an HCI course in the extra recommended resources, right at the end. The challenge (I think) was that the HCI course on Coursera, at ~100 hrs of work, would be as long as the rest of the curriculum.

Are there topics within HCI that you think are more fundamental than others?

[paulojreis]

I think you could summarize, instead of focusing on specific topics.

- Introduce HCI as a discipline (multi/transdisciplinary origins);

- The Human (cognitive, social and motor aspects);

- The Computer (I/O devices and modalities, interface types);

- The relation (importance of context, tasks);

- Usability (what it is? Start with ISO 9241 definition - "The effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction with which specified users achieve specified goals in particular environments". Refer also to e.g. Sharp, Rogers & Preece "usability objectives", mostly to introduce safety as part of usability);

- Guidelines (heuristics, design "rules");

- Introduce evaluation (testing/empirical vs. inspection/analytical; method examples and when to use which one; you may also introduce the usage physiological measures).

I may be missing something, but I think this would give a clear overview of the the field - what's at stake when you design interfaces.

[gautambay]

Thanks, super helpful!