A National Initiative for Social Participation Ben Shneiderman Founding Director ( ), Human-Computer Interaction Lab Professor, Department of Computer Science Member, Institute for Advanced Computer Studies University of Maryland College 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 Fifth Edition: March 2009
911.Gov article in Science (Feb. 16, 2007) Shneiderman & Preece, Science (Feb. 16, 2007)
Wikipedia
Encyclopedia of Life
Abducted Children
Earthquakes & Storms earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/dyfi weather.kimt.com
Wildfires
Local incidents watchjeffersoncounty.net
Wildfires
Disaster Response: Gov’t, NGOs, victims sourceforge.net/projects/sahana/
Coordinating Professionals reliefweb.int
Connected Giving katrinahelp.info citizenactionteam.org (Torrey et al., HICSS2008)
Connected Giving
Reader Contributor Collaborator ` All Users From Reader to Leader: Motivating Technology-Mediated Social Participation Preece & Shneiderman, AIS Trans. On Human-Computer Interaction1 (1), July 2009) 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),
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 28 th 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
26 th Annual Symposium May 28-29,