USAB 2008 – Usability and HCI for Education and Work
USAB 2008 - Usability & HCI for Education and Work
4th Symposium of the WG HCI&UE of the Austrian Computer Society
From data, information and knowledge to the support of education and work
Thursday, 20 & 21 November 2008
Graz University of Technology
Michael Kickmeier-Rust (University of Graz) presented a critical contemplation of challenges in the development and evaluation of educational computer games at the 4th Usability and Human-Computer Interaction Symposium of the Austrian Computer Society at the Technical University Graz. Michael emphasized the importance and pitfalls of a scientifically sound design and application of usability engineering methods in educational and serious games. He tried to raise awareness that in the context of usability engineering, computer games are a substantially different genre then regular software applications.
