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.

This paper presents work conducted towards the automatic recognition of negative emotions like boredom and frustration, induced due to the subject’s loss of interest during HCI. Focus was on the basic pre-requisite for the future development of systems utilizing an “affective loop”, namely effective recognition of the human affective state. Based on the concept of “repetition that causes loss o...

In the current work, we introduce Applab as a pedagogical framework and a transdisciplinary design approach to innovate HCI education. Students do not work for a client, but work together with urban stakeholders to better frame the problem in order to deal with societal challenges. In this way, Applab embraces design thinking as an approach to leverage a crossdisciplinary collaboration between ...