Module Four - Evaluating the Web

Evaluating the Web

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Brad Myers is a Professor in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. He has been a consultant to over 50 companies on user interface design and is the author or editor of over 275 publications. Myers received a PhD in computer science at the University of Toronto and has also received the MS and BSc degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The paper A Brief History of Human Computer Interaction Technology briefly summarises important research developments in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) technology covering basic interactions, application types, up and coming areas and Software Tools and Architectures. Myers looks into the importance of university research in the future of development of the future. The paper was presented to outline how important research in the field of HCI is from universities and labs.

Myers, D. (1996). A Brief History of Human Computer Interaction Technology. Retrieved April 29, 2008, from http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~amulet/papers/uihistory.tr.html.

1. in terms of your own future use, which 'body ' of information (IE. the original 'snapshot' of the site, or your own, annotated, analytical version) would be most useful to refer back to?

The annotation would be a lot more useful for giving information about what the article was actually about. It also has all the information that the other snapshot had however explains more about the authors credibility and what the paper is about

1. In term of external users (i.e. if you included this site as a hyperlink or resource on a website) which body of information would best help them judge if the site was useful or of interest to them?

For external users the same as above would probably apply. They would be able to understand more of what the paper was about and its usefulness to them.