The purpose of the book is to set up a framework for discussions on social and technical issues of online communities. Designing usability and supporting sociability lays a solid foundation on which online communities can grow and thrive. Intended for both students and computer professionals, the book addresses the development of new online communities as well as the improvement of existing ones. It is divided into two parts - Getting Acquainted with Online Communities and Developing Online Communities - along with a preface and a concluding chapter which explores the future of online communities. For sample chapters and other resources, please check out the web site for the book at: 
http://www.clis.umd.edu/people/preece/

Online Communities: Designing Usability and Supporting Sociability

Computers & Technology

Preece, Jennifer

Web Development & Design

wiley

A new edition of the #1 text in the human computer Interaction field! Hugely popular with students and professionals alike, the Fifth Edition of Interaction Design is an ideal resource for learning the interdisciplinary skills needed for interaction design, human-computer interaction, information design, web design, and ubiquitous computing. New to the fifth edition: a chapter on data at scale, which covers developments in the emerging fields of 'human data interaction' and data analytics. The chapter demonstrates the many ways organizations manipulate, analyze, and act upon the masses of data being collected with regards to human digital and physical behaviors, the environment, and society at large. Revised and updated throughout, this edition offers a cross-disciplinary, practical, and process-oriented, state-of-the-art introduction to the field, showing not just what principles ought to apply to interaction design, but crucially how they can be applied. <ul>
<li>Explains how to use design and evaluation techniques for developing successful interactive technologies</li> <li>Demonstrates, through many examples, the cognitive, social and affective issues that underpin the design of these technologies</li> <li>Provides thought-provoking design dilemmas and interviews with expert designers and researchers</li> <li>Uses a strong pedagogical format to foster understanding and enjoyment </li> </ul>
An accompanying website contains extensive additional teaching and learning material including slides for each chapter, comments on chapter activities, and a number of in-depth case studies written by researchers and designers.

Interaction Design: Beyond Human-Computer Interaction

Sharp, Helen

Rogers, Yvonne

A delightful, engaging, and comprehensive overview of interaction design Effective and engaging design is a critical component of any digital product, from virtual reality software to chatbots, smartphone apps, and more. In the newly updated sixth edition of Interaction Design: Beyond Human-Computer Interaction, a team of accomplished technology, design, and computing professors delivers an intuitive and instructive discussion of the principles underlying the design of effective interactive technologies. The authors discuss how to design and apply digital technologies in the real world, illustrated with numerous examples. The book explores the interdisciplinary foundations of interaction design, including skills from product design, computer science, human and social psychology, and others. The book builds on the highly successful fifth edition and draws on extensive new research and interviews with accomplished professionals and researchers in the field that reflect a rapidly-changing landscape. It is supported by a website hosting digital resources that add to and complement the material contained within. Readers will also find: <ul> <li>Explorations of the social and emotional components of interacting with apps, digital devices and computers</li> <li>Descriptions about how to design, prototype, evaluate and construct technologies that support human-computer interaction</li> <li>Discussions of the cognitive aspects of interaction design, as well as design and evaluation, including usability testing and expert reviews.</li> </ul> An essential text for undergraduate and graduate students of human-computer interaction, interaction design, software engineering, web design, and information studies, Interaction Design will also prove to be indispensable for interaction design and user experience professionals.

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Online Communities: Designing Usability and Supporting Sociability

Interaction Design: Beyond Human-Computer Interaction

Interaction Design: Beyond Human-Computer Interaction