Title:	STUDENT PERCEPTIONS ON THE USE OF PROJECT BASED LEARNING TO TEACH HCI TO 4TH YEAR IT STUDENTS
Author(s):	Juanita Terblanche, Roelien Goede
ISBN:	978-989-8533-22-7
Editors:	Katherine Blashki and Yingcai Xiao
Year:	2014
Edition:	Single
Keywords:	Human-computer interaction, project based learning, student perceptions, interpretive research methods
Type:	Short Paper
First Page:	249
Last Page:	253
Language:	English
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Paper Abstract:	Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) is a sub-discipline of Information Systems that focusses on the interaction between humans (users of the computers) and the computer systems. It is argued that the discipline requires understanding of behavioural matters of humans as well as technical matters of computer program design. IT students are often more interested in the technical functionality of programs than in the HCI aspects thereof. It can be argued that this is motivated by the artificial nature of their assignments as they do not have contact with real users (clients). Project based learning (PBL) focusses on learning by implementing knowledge in a realistic environment. This paper reports on a pilot study done as part of a future action research project, to develop a PBL module on HCI for 4th year IT students. Students had to develop interactive glossaries and had to demonstrate their understanding of HCI through the development process. This paper reports on the instructional process to teach HCI using PBL. It also presents the perspectives of the HCI students on the course after completion in order to develop an improved instructional design for the HCI module. Interpretive questionnaires were completed by past-students and the data were analysed using interpretive content analysis.
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