Lancaster Uni in the UK is now offering a masters course from three
departments - design, the management school and computing. It's the
MRes in HCI. There is also an extended 4 year course which adds a phd
onto that from the same departments. Might be of interest to some.
highwire.lancaster.ac.uk
Cheers
--Pete
On 25 Feb 2009, at 17:20, Phil Chung <gradlif...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Interesting, I didn't know online HCI grad programs even existed.
On a related note, I do wish that a premier design school (e.g.
RISD, Art Center, SVA, New School, CMU) would step up and address
the need for online / part-time IxD "executive MFA" program for
practitioners, along the executive MBA model with a mix of online
learning and on campus sessions. Forgive me if I've overlooked an
existing program, but it seems (just based on this discussion list)
that there is a significant demand for this option, particularly
with the current economic pressures. Employed designers could
leverage company sponsorship to work towards their "executive MFA"
using online materials with infrequent on campus (2-3 all weekend
sessions per semester) crits / intensive workshops to address the
need for face-to-face interaction. It seems like the field has
matured to a point where programs like this should exist, does it not?
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From: Becky Reed <br...@healthwise.org>
To: sharon <sharongreenfi...@gmail.com>; IxDA <disc...@ixda.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 11:45:52 AM
Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute phasing
out online HCI program
I wonder how much of it goes back to findability and information
architecture (but I can be a little biased thinking most problems
come back to these things).
Placement in search engine isn't really high (and didn't even seem
them for "online hci program" and the like) and then the description
provided seemed accidental and had an odd subdomained URL that
didn't give you the university's name or program in it.
When you go to the program site you arrive at from some of the more
obscure search terms, I didn't see a mention of format (online vs
oncampus). There was a link for "working professionals".
Mmmm...here's the mention: "live on-campus and, by electronic
means". I guess in the months I spent searching for an online
program I never Googled for "masters program HCI electronic means".
In my experience, disambiguating on-campus only programs from
distance ones was a challenge. Trying to winnow them down via search
engine alone was impossible and even as noted above...it was kind of
a treasure hunt on their program sites.
I went with an barely online Human Factors program through U of
Idaho last year and would have certainly looked at Rensselaer's HCI
program as I could have taken it "by electronic means".
Becky
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From: discuss-boun...@lists.interactiondesigners.com [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.interactiondesigners.com
] On Behalf Of sharon
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 4:23 PM
To: IxDA
Subject: [IxDA Discuss] Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute phasing out
online HCI program
Why is noone interested in this program?
There are only two online HCI programs to my knowledge - Rensselaer's
and Brigham Young University.
RPI's name has cachet and prestige. I know some nuclear engineers who
graduated from RPI - smart school for smart people.
I think they are phasing the online HCI program out because they
didn't have enough applicants.
Does no one have an interest in working while getting a degree
remotely?
Just checking the temperature here...
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