We are now accepting applications for the EduCHI 2025 Pedagogy Workshop. See the call for participation for more details.
The EduCHI Pedagogy Workshop is a one-day event for current doctoral students, postdocs interested in academic careers, and/or first-year faculty members teaching HCI or Design. It is a space to:
- reflect upon the complexity of HCI and design teaching;
- self-reflect on strategies to engage with the teaching side of being a faculty member early in an academic career;
- identify different kinds of supports and resources for developing your teaching competence; and
- discuss challenges and build community around HCI and design pedagogy.
Featuring short talks and interactive sessions about various aspects of HCI pedagogy, participants will leave this workshop not necessarily with answers to all their questions but instead with ideas that they can explore and expand upon to improve their teaching practice.
Schedule
The 2025 Pedagogy Workshop is scheduled for Wednesday, July 30, 2025, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m ET.
9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Welcome and Introductions
Facilitated by the workshop chairs, this session will provide an overview of the workshop’s goals, outline the agenda, introduce the facilitators and participants, and review some pedagogical terminology to get everyone on the same page.
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Session 1: Designing for Teaching
In this session, experienced HCI educators delve into designing pedagogical strategies and artifacts needed as an educator to enhance student learning in HCI and design classrooms. We’ll conclude with a hands-on workshop on syllabus design, building on the insights shared throughout the session.
- What do you need when designing for teaching?- Sai Shruthi Chivukula, Assistant Professor, Pratt Institute
- Teaching and balancing theory and practice- Austin Toombs, Associate Professor, Indiana University, Bloomington
- How to make design classrooms interactive and active?- Gilly Leshed, Senior Lecturer and MPS Program Director, Department of Information Science, Cornell University
- Beyond the Syllabus: Things to know about Experienced Pedagogy- Colin M. Gray, Associate Professor, Indiana University, Bloomington
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Workshop: Syllabus Design
In this interactive session, experienced educators will guide attendees through the design of an HCI course syllabus.
12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Lunch Break
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Session 2: Content in Teaching
In these short talks, three HCI educators will delve into content knowledge aspects—practices, creative ways, critical dimensions—of teaching in HCI and design classrooms.
- How to keep content relevant or updated in a design classroom?- Presenter TBD
- Converting own research material into teaching content- Ajit Pillai, Doctoral Candidate, University of Sydney
- Building Positionality in Students- Tania Schlatter, Professor of the Practice and Design Program Lead, Wheaton College
- Open Discussion + Q&A
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Session 3: Bagging a Teaching Job
The workshop will close with an interactive panel discussion facilitated by the workshop chairs about how prospective and early-career HCI educators can best prepare for a career and job market in Academia. All workshop presenters will be invited to share their experiences and answer questions from attendees.
- Building your teaching philosophy- Presenter TBD
- Sharing Experience: How to convert from TAships → Instructor of Record (IoR)- Yuxing Wu, Doctoral Candidate, Indiana University
- Panel and Sharing: Academic Job processes and applications- Presenter TBD
Location and Format
The workshop will be a full-day hybrid session held one day before the main EduCHI 2025 conference.
- Virtual: online attendees will receive a calendar invite with the Zoom link before the event.
- In-Person: in-person attendees will receive an email with the location information before the event.
Questions?
Please direct any questions to the Pedagogy Workshop chairs:
- Sai Shruthi Chivukula, [email protected]
- Prakash Chandar Shukla, [email protected]