CHI 98: Advance Program
April 18-23, 1998, Los Angeles, CA USA

Introduction to Tutorials

See Also
Tutorial Groupings for recommended sets of tutorials

Tutorial Index for details on each tutorial, from the Conference Program

Tutorials are full-day and half-day courses that afford you new skills and knowledge through extended interaction with expert instructors. The 36 tutorials available at CHI 98 represent the leading edge of current practice and research in human-computer interaction. Not only do the tutorials provide you with a solid grounding in the field of HCI, they also point the way to where our field will be in the future.

What's new for CHI 98 Tutorials?

An additional Saturday evening tutorial
A Monday evening tutorial
New topics and new views on established topics
Increased international representation

Tutorial Schedule

Saturday evening      6:00pm to 9:30pm
Full-day              9:00am to 5:30pm
Half-day, morning     9:00am to 12:30pm
Half-day, afternoon   2:00pm to 5:30pm
Monday evening        6:00pm to 9:30pm

Three Saturday Evening Tutorials

Chances are good that you will arrive in Los Angeles on Saturday, since many favorable airfares require a Saturday night stay.

Spend Saturday evening with:

Keith Butler, Rob Jacob and Bonnie John (1 Human-Computer Interaction: Introduction and Overview),
Jakob Nielsen (2 Introduction to Web Design) or
Stuart Card, Stephen Eick and Nahum Gershon (3 Information Visualization).

All three tutorials run from 6:00 pm to 9:30 pm, with a food and beverage break for the benefit of attendees who have traveled from different time zones.

Introducing Monday Evening Tutorials

For the first time, CHI 98 will offer a Monday night tutorial from 6:00 pm to 9:30 pm. Spend the evening learning about the latest developments in the WWW with:

Jakob Nielsen, Bruce Tognazzini and Erika Kindlund (36 Current Issues in Web Design)

Earn CEUs for CHI Tutorials

This year again you can earn Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for taking CHI tutorials.

SIGCHI has been approved as an Authorized CEU Sponsor by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET). This approval is a recognition of the outstanding professional training available through CHI tutorials.

The CEU is a recognized unit of measure for continuing education and professional training programs. Each CEU requires the successful completion of 10 hours of instruction. Successful completion of a CHI tutorial requires that you attend the entire session and participate fully in the learning activities of the tutorial.

If you wish, you can earn 0.6 CEUs for each full-day tutorial (6 hours of instruction), or 0.3 CEUs for each half-day (3 hours). You can earn a maximum of 1.8 CEUs by taking 3 days of instruction.

To obtain CEU credit, you must register for CEUs at the same time that you register for your tutorials. There is an administrative charge. IACET will send you a confirmation letter, maintain a record of your CEUs and issue transcripts upon your request.

Many Tutorials are New for CHI 98

CHI 98 offers 16 tutorials that are "new for 98". These brand new tutorials have never been offered at the CHI conference before. In addition, new instructors offer different perspectives on 4 classic tutorials. CHI 98 offers 16 other "classic" tutorials, updated versions of highly-rated tutorials from previous CHI conferences.

January 21, 1998
chi98-web@acm.org