Exception Handling Education Approach Incorporating Role- Changing Brainstorming Technique in HCI Design Process

Human Computer Interaction (HCI) is a discipline dealing with the study, planning, and design of interactions between humans and computers. The prevalent use of digital devices is increasing the need for research and education on HCI. Paying a close attention to HCI is important as poorly designed user interfaces can lead to unexpected problems. This work is focused on a new education method geared towards reducing errors and exceptions while developing a program, incorporating role-changing brainstorming techniques during HCI design process. According to the proposed approach, two evaluation elements, including the ability to find errors and exceptions and the ability to present alternative solutions when faced with these errors, are considered. Through a role-changing brainstorming based design exploration, a low-fi prototype was developed to set up an assessment method incorporating quantitative and qualitative factors for a team-based HCI project.