A brief history of EduCHI
The past few years has seen rapid growth of an international Community of Practice (CoP) dedicated to Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) education. The root of these efforts began in 2011 when the ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (SIGCHI) Executive Committee sponsored a project to investigate the present and future of HCI education, with the ultimate goal of updating the ACM SIGCHI Curricula for Human-Computer Interaction (published back in 1992).
The HCI Education CoP has two parallel aims: (1) creating channels to discuss issues pertinent to HCI education and (2) providing a platform for sharing HCI curricula and teaching experiences. The EduCHI Symposia, held in conjunction with the CHI conference for the last two years, has played a vital role in growing and sustaining the HCI Education CoP by providing opportunities for educators to reflect on current and future HCI education trends and also offering a venue to share insights about successful HCI curricula, pedagogies, and teaching practices.
