Share Paper: Thinking outside the “I am the user” box: a trial of social-emotional design in HCI education

  1. Jo Jung, Edith Cowan University, Australia
  2. Barnard Clarkson, Edith Cowan University, Australia
  3. Martin Masek, Edith Cowan University, Australia
Tuesday, June 28 11:35-11:55 AM Amphitheater 2 - Faculty of Letters Building

Abstract: A socio-emotional approach to consider human-computer interaction (HCI) has emerged as a discipline responding to much neglected aspect of interaction design: the social nature and emotions of users. Teaching a socio-emotional design in practice can be challenging due to the newness and multidisciplinary nature. This paper reports a trial of a collaborative socio-emotional design project shared by two faculties and three design disciplines–interface design, software design, and 3D design. Success and challenges encountered during the project are presented to share our experience of teaching and managing a multidisciplinary collaboration project.