A National Initiative forSocial Participation

Ben Shneiderman ben@cs.umd.edu

Founding Director (1983-2000), Human-Computer Interaction LabProfessor, Department of Computer Science

Member, Institute for Advanced Computer Studies

University of MarylandCollege Park, MD 20742

Design Issues

• Input devices & strategies• Keyboards, pointing devices, voice

• Direct manipulation

• Menus, forms, commands

• Output devices & formats• Screens, windows, color, sound

• Text, tables, graphics

• Instructions, messages, help

• Collaboration & Social Media

• Help, tutorials, training

• Search & Visualization www.awl.com/DTUI

Fifth Edition: March 2009

911.Gov article in Science (Feb. 16, 2007)

www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/911govShneiderman & Preece, Science (Feb. 16,

2007)www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/911gov

Wikipedia

Encyclopedia of Life

Abducted Children

www.ncmec.orgwww.missingkids.com

www.amberalert.gov

Earthquakes & Storms

earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/dyfi weather.kimt.com

Wildfires

Wildfires

Local incidents

watchjeffersoncounty.net

Wildfires

Disaster Response: Gov’t, NGOs, victims

www.sahana.lk sourceforge.net/projects/sahana/

Coordinating Professionals

reliefweb.int

Connected Giving

katrinahelp.info

citizenactionteam.org

(Torrey et al., HICSS2008)

Connected Giving

http://www.katrinasangels.org

Reader Contributor Collaborator `AllUsers

From Reader to Leader:Motivating Technology-Mediated Social Participation

Preece & Shneiderman, AIS Trans. On Human-Computer Interaction1 (1), July 2009)http://aisel.aisnet.org/thci/vol1/iss1/5/

Leader

A National Initiative for Social Participation

• Turning playful, discretionary social media dealing with national priorities:• Disaster Response

• Healthcare

• Energy sustainability

• Environmental preservation

• Community safety

• Business innovation

• Life-long Learning

• Etc.Science 319 (March 13, 2009), 1426-1427.

www.sciencemag.org/cgi/pdf_extract/323/5920/1426

A National Initiative for Social Participation

• White paper outlining action by:• Federal & local governments

• Universities & schools

• Corporations & NGOs

• Research Agenda• Compelling national priorities

• Deep scientific questions

• Computer science challenges

A National Initiative for Social Participation

• April 28th meeting

• Promoting NSF interest

• Engaging with DC policy community

• Getting industry support

• Shifting academic priorities

UN Millennium Development Goals

• Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger• Achieve universal primary education• Promote gender equality and empower women• Reduce child mortality• Improve maternal health• Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases• Ensure environmental sustainability• Develop a global partnership for development

To be achieved by 2015

Road ahead

• Much work to be done

• Difficult to attain all our goals

• But we can make important contributions

• Shift public policy• National Initiative for Social Participation

26th Annual SymposiumMay 28-29, 2009

www.cs.umd.edu/hcil