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Gerhard Fischer and Hal Eden: “Design, Learning, and Collaboration”, Spring Semester 2007

Syllabus and Schedule for D/L/C Course

Subject to Change


http://l3dswiki.cs.colorado.edu:3232/dlc-2007

Remark: A nicely formatted, color-coded version of this file is available at: schedule-all-2007.pdf

January — Introduction and Overview Lectures

17 (W) Introduction and Overview, Discussion of Class (Participation Requirements, Grading)

22 (M) Overview of Design
Questionnaire: due 1/22, 10:00am

24 (W) Overview of Learning
Assignment 1 – due: Jan 25, 10:00am

29 (M) Overview of Collaboration — read: “In Defense of Cheating” by Don Norman; accessible via: http://www.jnd.org/dn.mss/InDefenseOfCheating.html
Assignment 2 – due: Jan 29, 10:00am


February

31 (W) — Simon’s “Architecture of Complexity” and The Importance of Representations in Design – Chapter 8 “The Architecture of Complexity: Hierarchic Systems” in Simon, H. A. (1996) The Sciences of the Artificial, third ed., The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA (article distributed on paper)
Assignment 3 – due: Jan31 10:00am

5 (M): Domain-Oriented Design Environments and Critiquing ‡ Fischer, G., Nakakoji, K., Ostwald, J., Stahl, G., & Sumner, T. (1998) "Embedding Critics in Design Environments." In M. T. Maybury & W. Wahlster (Eds.), Readings in Intelligent User Interfaces, Morgan Kaufmann, San Francisco, pp. 537-561. + Video Tape “Janus” http://l3d.cs.colorado.edu/~gerhard/papers/embedded-critics-98.pdf

7 (W): Discussion of Independent Research and Projects for the Class

12 (M) From HCI to Human Problem Domain Interaction ‡ Buxton, W. (2001) "Less is More (More or Less)." In P. J. Denning (Ed.), The Invisible Future — the seamless integration of technology in everyday life, McGraw-Hill, New York, pp. 145-179. available at: http://billbuxton.com/LessIsMore.html

14 (W) Meta-Design - Fischer, G., Giaccardi, E., Ye, Y., Sutcliffe, A. G., & Mehandjiev, N. (2004) "Meta-Design: A Manifesto for End-User Development," Communications of the ACM, 47(9), pp. 33-37. http://l3d.cs.colorado.edu/~gerhard/papers/CACM-meta-design.pdf

19 (M) Demo of Envisionment and Discovery Collaboratory (location: L3D Lab) — please read: Arias, E. G., Eden, H., Fischer, G., Gorman, A., & Scharff, E. (2000) "Transcending the Individual Human Mind—Creating Shared Understanding through Collaborative Design," ACM Transactions on Computer Human-Interaction, 7(1), pp. 84-113.
http://l3d.cs.colorado.edu/~gerhard/papers/tochi2000.pdf

21 (W) Role Play Session 1 with the Envisionment and Discovery Collaboratory — meet in the L3D Lab

26 (M) Design Methodologies – paper: Fischer, G., Ye, Y., Giaccardi, E., DiGiano, C, Nakakoji, K A.: “Converging on a Science of Design through the Synthesis of Design Methodologies”; http://l3dswiki.cs.colorado.edu:3232/dlc-2007/31

28 (W) Guest Lecture (Jim Sullivan and Andy Gorman and Demonstration): “Universal Design and Design-for-All” and Demo of Clever Project — location: L3D Lab — please watch the multi-media representation at: http://l3d.cs.colorado.edu/clever/index.html — activate link “Load Flash Movie”

March


5 (M) Learning: From Speculation to Science ‡ Introduction to Bransford, J. D., Brown, A. L., & Cocking, R. R. (Eds.) (2001) How People Learn — Brain, Mind, Experience, and School, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C. (article distributed on paper)

7(W) Lifelong Learning and Self-Directed Learning - Fischer, G. (2002) Beyond 'Couch Potatoes': From Consumers to Designers and Active Contributors, in FirstMonday (Peer-Reviewed Journal on the Internet), at http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue7_12/fischer/

12 (M) Guest Lecture (Elisa Giaccardi): IT and the Creative Practices

14 (W) Beyond One-Sided Approaches of Learning ‡ Rogoff, B., Matsuov, E., & White, C. (1998) "Models of Teaching and Learning: Participation in a Community of Learners." In D. R. Olsen & N. Torrance (Eds.), The Handbook of Education and Human Development — New Models of Learning, Teaching and Schooling, Blackwell, Oxford, pp. 388-414. (article distributed on paper)

19 (M): Pea, R. D. (2004) "The Social and Technological Dimensions of Scaffolding and Related Theoretical Concepts for Learning, Education, and Human Activity," The Journal of the Learning Sciences, 13(3), pp. 423-451. http://l3d.cs.colorado.edu/~gerhard/courses/dlc06/Pea-Roy-2004-JLS.pdf
and / or:
Carmien, S., & Fischer, G. (2005) "Tools for Living and Tools for Learning" In, Proceedings of the HCI International Conference (HCII), Las Vegas, July 2005, (published on CD). http://l3d.cs.colorado.edu/~gerhard/papers/tools-hcii-2005.pdf

21 (W) Guest Lecture (Chris DiGiano, SRI International and CU Boulder): "Designing for distributed control in collaborative tools"

26 (M): Spring Break
28 (W): Spring Break


April


2 (M) : Progress Reports on Independent Research (presentations by student teams)

4 (W) Learning on Demand and High-Functionality Applications ‡ Fischer, G. (2001) "User Modeling in Human-Computer Interaction," User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction (UMUAI), Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 11(2), pp. 65-86. http://l3d.cs.colorado.edu/~gerhard/papers/umuai2000.pdf

9 (M) Progress Reports on Projects (presentations by student teams)

11 (W): Guest Lecture (Yunwen Ye): Collaboration in Software Engineering

16 (M) Creativity — Fischer, G., Giaccardi, E., Eden, H., Sugimoto, M., & Ye, Y. (2005) "Beyond Binary Choices: Integrating Individual and Social Creativity," International Journal of Human-Computer Studies (IJHCS) Special Issue on Computer Support for Creativity (E.A. Edmonds & L. Candy, Eds.), 63(4-5), pp. 482-512. http://l3d.cs.colorado.edu/~gerhard/papers/ind-social-creativity-05.pdf


18 (W) Ivan Illich: Chapter 6: “Learning Webs” in “Deschooling Society” (1971):
http://reactor-core.org/deschooling.html
http://reactor-core.org/deschooling.html#chapter6
and / or:
Tim O'Reilly: “What Is Web 2.0: Design Patterns and Business Models for the Next Generation of Software”
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html

23 (M) Presentation of Independent Research (presentations by student teams)

25 (W) Presentation of Independent Research (presentations by student teams)


30 (M): Role Play Session 2 with the Envisionment and Discovery Collaboratory — meet in the L3D Lab


May


2 (W) Andy Gorman and Jim Sullivan: "Hands-on" exploration in sketching human activities (meet in L3D Lab)
This lesson will explore two concepts:
  • sketch:  a rapidly executed freehand drawing that is not intended as a finished work, often consisting of a multitude of overlapping lines. Sketches usually serve quickly to record ideas for later use
  • activity theory:  complex, socially situated phenomena. Activity theory is aimed at understanding the mental capabilities of a single human being, however, it rejects the isolated human being as an adequate unit of analysis, focusing instead on cultural and technical mediation of human activity
  • This class will be a "hands-on" exploration in sketching human activities … bring sharp minds and dull pencils!


**** May 4: Last Day of Classes ****

Exam date/time: Wed., May 9, 7:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m
Presentation of Projects by student teams



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