Innovative Practices in Teaching Information Sciences and Technology: Further Experience Reports and Reflections

Information Sciences and Technology (IST) is a rapidly developing, interdisciplinary area of university research and educational programs. It encompasses artificial intelligence, data science, human-computer interaction, security and privacy, and social informatics. In both research and teaching, IST ambitiously addresses interdisciplinary synergies across this broad foundation. Many articles and books discuss innovative research practices in IST, but innovations in teaching practices are less systematically shared. Although new programs and new faculty join IST each year, they basically have only their own imaginations to draw upon in developing effective and appropriate innovative teaching practices. This book presents essays by experienced faculty instructors in IST describing insights that emerged from teaching and learning classroom practice, and that have been validated through classroom experience. The book is intended to help develop and strengthen a community of practice for innovative teaching in IST. 

John M. Carroll is Distinguished Professor of Information Sciences and Technology at the Pennsylvania State University. His research is human-centered design of information technology, especially tools for collaborative and collective activity, and the transformative possibilities and risks entrained by new technology. Carroll serves on several advisory and editorial boards for journals, handbooks, and series. He is editor of the Synthesis Lectures on Human-Centered Informatics. Carroll received the Rigo Award and the CHI Lifetime Achievement Award from ACM, the Silver Core Award and Pioneer in HCI Award from IFIP, the Goldsmith Award from IEEE, an honorary doctorate in engineering from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, and the Faculty Scholar Medal in Social and Behavioral Science from Penn State. He is a fellow of AAAS, ACM, IEEE, IFIP, the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, the Psychonomics Society, the Society for Technical Communication, and the Association for Psychological Science.