Interaction Design, 6th Edition

About the Authors

The authors are senior academics with a background in teaching, researching, and consulting in the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, India, Australia, South Africa, and Europe. Having worked together on five previous editions of this book, as well as an earlier textbook on human-computer interaction, they bring considerable experience in curriculum development using a variety of media for online learning as well as face-to-face teaching. They have expertise in creating learning texts and websites that motivate and support learning for a range of students and collaborating with professionals. All three authors are specialists in interaction design and human-computer interaction (HCI). In addition, they bring skills from other disciplines; for instance, Yvonne Rogers started off as a cognitive scientist, Helen Sharp is a software engineer, and Jenny Preece works in information systems. Their complementary knowledge and skills enable them to cover the breadth of concepts in interaction design and HCI to produce an interdisciplinary text and website that will motivate readers.

Yvonne Rogers is the Director of the Interaction Centre at University College London, a Professor of Interaction Design, and a Deputy Head of the Department for Computer Science. She is internationally renowned for her work in HCI and ubiquitous computing and, in particular, for her pioneering approach to innovation and ubiquitous learning. Yvonne is widely published, and she is the ...