Toward the Development of HCI Pedagogical Content Knowledge

The number of students enrolled in human-computer interaction (HCI) courses is continually increasing. In a recent set of qualitative studies, we identified a set of learning difficulties which may arise when computing students try to learn HCI design concepts, contributing a foundation for developing a body of HCI pedagogical content knowledge (PCK). However, our investigation extended only to the identification of these learning difficulties, not so far as strategies educators might use to mitigate these risks to learning, nor to how these difficulties might manifest differently across different educational contexts. Proposing the unsolved challenge of developing a body of HCI PCK, we hope to leverage the extensive expertise and diverse perspectives of the EduCHI community to tackle the next steps of PCK development, in order to promote more effective and equitable HCI education.