annual international conference of Human-Computer Interaction, Rom, Italien

HCIEd 2008 aims at promoting a discussion on the evolution of HCI education towards a more holistic vision requiring a stronger dialogue between a variety of disciplines&#046; This is in reaction to the demand of new curricula to equip practitioners and designers of the future with the necessary skills to cope with developments in, amongst others, mediated communication that is increasingly becoming ubiquitous, embedded and &#24972;earable? and tends to be part of complex interactive systems that populate co&#8211;evolving spaces&#046;<BR><B>Keywords:</B> <LI>Theoretical foundations of HCI and interaction design education: reflecting on current or future contexts&#046;<BR> <LI>Studies of the design process in the context of architecting future HCI or interaction design education&#046;<BR> <LI>Critical reflections about the influences of border conditions on HCI and interaction design education&#046;<BR> <LI>Comparative critical studies on curricula planning and management&#046; <BR> <LI>Exploration of cross&#8211;cultural issues that may affect the future education of HCI and interaction design&#046;<BR> <LI>Best practices and systematisations of methods for teaching HCI and interaction design&#046;<BR> <LI>Proposal for new enabling tools for the teaching of HCI and interaction design&#046;<BR></LI>