HCI Lesson 1

It is a field of study focused on interfaces between  users and computers.​

• Human Computer Interactivity

• Human Computer Interconnection

• Human Computer Interchange

• Human Computer Interaction

HCI is a key consideration when designing systems that are not only usable but also accessible to people with disabilities.

• In our daily life

• In business and industry

• Accessibility

• Untrained users

Only very specialized and advanced programs require training and an extensive manual

• In our daily life

• In business and industry

• Accessibility

• Untrained users

It was the most significant design idea that was popularized by the Apple Macintosh and the reason why most of us can interact with the computer system.

• Desktop Metaphor

• Collaboration & Communication

• Social Change, Social Expression

• Software Success

In this era, people were not just associating with each other – they were using computers to interact.

• Desktop & Mental Models

• Collaboration & Communication

• Social Change, Social Expression

• Software Success

People were encouraged to study the purpose of technology in our living and the paradox of living “alone together” when people change their attention to particular devices in social settings. 

• Desktop & Mental Models

• Collaboration & Communication

• Social Change, Social Expression

• Software Success

It is now used beyond desk metaphor, beyond the original design of the keyboard and pointer to touch and gestures. ​

• Human-technology symbiosis

• Human-environment interaction

• Ethics, privacy and security

• Well-being, health and eudaimonia

It has been a major concern in technology on how they establish new codes of ethics in fundamental privacy concerns, online social networks, healthcare technologies, biometrics, the Internet of Things and big data, intelligent environments, and cybersecurity.

• Human-technology symbiosis

• Human-environment interaction

• Ethics, privacy and security

• Well-being, health and eudaimonia

An intelligent environment is complicated and multi-faceted, spreading beyond technological limits to a multi-disciplinary strategy to also address moral, societal, and rationally compelling problems.

• Human-technology symbiosis

• Human-environment interaction

• Ethics, privacy and security

• Well-being, health and eudaimonia

The issues are own medical devices and self-tracking, a serious game for health, ambient assisted living, and intelligence in healthcare.​

• Accessibility and universal access

• Learning and creativity

• Social organization and democracy

• Well-being, health and eudaimonia