Title :
Negotiating the border between classroom and workplace: Approaches to teaching usability
Author :
Traynor, Brian ; Hayhoe, George
Author_Institution :
Mount R. Univ., Calgary, AB, Canada
Abstract :
This workshop focuses on teaching usability at the undergraduate and master´s level, and emphasizes the potential of such courses to bring the classroom and workplace together, aid student learning, and allow businesses to influence the training of the next generation of professional communicators.
Keywords :
professional communication; teaching; classroom; professional communicators; student learning; teaching usability; workplace; Conferences; Educational institutions; Employment; Industries; Standards; Testing; Usability; Academic-industry partnerships; teaching usability; usability testing;
Conference_Titel :
Professional Communication Conference (IPCC), 2013 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0010-7
DOI :
10.1109/IPCC.2013.6623897
