Let’s Talk About Tools and Approaches for Teaching HCI

Abstract

Human-computer interaction (HCI) is an important knowledge field in the program of most computer-related majors, but not many studies on HCI teaching at undergraduate level can be found. This paper presents a systematic mapping study carried out in order to get an overview of HCI classes at undergraduate level, with the objective of investigating how HCI is being taught and what tools are being used to support the process. The study selected 17 papers to analyze the teaching approach being applied and the supporting tools, if any, being used to help teaching HCI. As a result, most of the papers mentioned or described an active learning approach and only two specific tools to support HCI teaching have been identified, which comes as a future work opportunity.