Case Studies: Weblog Entry Details
September 1, 2003
Back in the blog update business (Posted by Con at 10:25 a.m.)
I assume missing the entire month of August does not engender any confidence that this blog will be updated on a regular basis. But there is reason for optimisim now that fall semester HCI classes have started at Virginia Tech, the Carrolls are a fixture at Penn State, and Con is working on his dissertation in the are of case studies...
I did not mean to miss the entire month of August. So far I am the only one who is posting to this blog. There is room and means for others to do so as well, but it will take a bit of training to get another blog writer up to speeed. We do have plans at this end to make this process much easier, but unfortunately this particular bit of work is not high on our developers' priorities. Philip, are you reading this?
But there is optimism in the air that I can make this a more interesting blog than was possible in the summer.
For one, the beginning of fall semester at Virginia Tech means there are three relevant HCI classes in progress, with two of them using case studies in a big way. Scott McCrickard and Doug Bowman are teaming to teach two sections of introductory HCI to junior CS students. This course will be using the case study library and other resources. Rex Hartson is back from his retirement last year to teach the graduate course in usability engineeing. Rex's course will rely less on case studies and more on the user action framework.
Jack Carroll and Mary Beth Rosson left Virginia Tech over the summer to new postions at Penn State. They will continue to stay in touch with Virginia Tech in many ways including the on-going research into case studies.
I have decided to do my dissertation in the are of case studies. That means I will have a significant interest in continuing and expanding the interest group we began last spring. In addition, I will be posting snippets of my research progress on this blog.
So I think it's safe to consider the month of August as an anomaly. Look for more postings in the coming days.
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