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Tentative Schedule

Greensheet

Class 1 (January 23)

1. Introduction
2. Overview of the class
3. Framework and issues
4. Examples/what lessons can be learned?
5. Shneiderman (Chaper 1: Human factors)
6. Shneiderman (Chapter 2: Theories, principles, and guidelines)
7. Discussion on theories and principles
• Karat (1998)
8. Individual discussion

Class 2 (February 6)

1. Shneiderman (Chaper 3: Managing design process)
2. Shneiderman (Chapter 4: Several methodologies)
3. Discussion on ethnography
• Simonsen & Kensing (1997)
4. Shneiderman (Chaper 12: Reading from paper vs from display )
5. Discussion on paper vs electronic documents
• Liu & Stork (2000)
• Sellen & Harper (1997)
6. Discussion on electronic publishing
• McKnight (1997)
7. Individual discussion (continued)

Class 3 (March 6)

1. Discussion on human factors in design
• Kramer (2000)
• Jones (2000)
2. Shneiderman (Chaper 14: Cooperative work)
3. Discussion on groupware
• Grudin (1988)
4. Discussion on digital reading devices
• Graham (1999).
5. Students report term project (Part I)

Class 4 (April 3)

1. Discussion on digital library
• Borgman (2000)
• Levy (1997)
• Marshall (1997)
2. Discussion on web usability
• Shneiderman (1997)
3. Discussion on document management systems
• Hull & Hart (2001)

Class 5 (May 8)

1. Summary
2. Presentation of term project (Part II)