In a paper at HCI International 1991, Bevan et al (1991) asked “What is usability?”, and distinguished between broad and narrow approaches to usability. This paper builds on that distinction, identifying the broad approach to usability with the higher level quality objective of “quality of use” (Bevan, 1995a). Quality of use should be the major design objective for an interactive product: does ...

This paper presented a brief outline of hardware and software problems occurred at the beginning of HCI system developments (within the framework of last 25 years), research activities and results achieved by Czech academic institutions. The summary evaluates the reached stage and briefly suggests possible progression of HCI activities in the Czech Republic within next few years.

ICT could be a powerful tool for development, but how appropriate are developed-world HCI methods? Should we 'parachute in' foreign methods, do we have more to learn than to teach?

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In this abstract we outline new developments in HCI systems and identify challenges for design and evaluation of emerging systems. We illustrate these developments and challenges with examples from research projects we are involved in.

Individual differences in cognitive flexibility may underlie a variety of different user behaviors, but a lack of effective measurement tools has limited the predictive and descriptive potential of cognitive flexibility in humancomputer interaction applications. This study presents a new computerized measure of cognitive flexibility, and then provides evidence for convergent validity. Our findi...

In this paper we advocate the development of transdisciplinary educational programs with a strong focus on HCI, which use problem based learning (PBL) as a teaching methodology. We describe a novel education called Medialogy, developed at Aalborg University Copenhagen in Denmark, outlining through different case studies how PBL supports transdisciplinarity.

In late 1907, Charles Fraser, the Victorian government entomologist, travelled to North Queensland. His observations of the flora and fauna in this part of Australia were later published in the Victorian Naturalist. However, this journey was not motivated entirely by his desire to study natural history. As a sufferer of ‘rhematic [sic] troubles’, he spent a few days soaking in the mineral-impre...