GenAI in HCI Ed

GenAI's emergence requires educators to evaluate its impact on HCI learning.

Grade analysis prompts deeper reflection on GenAI's impact on learning.

Interactive device design course with ideation, prototyping, and full app development.

Study focuses on GenAI use, perceptions, benefits, drawbacks, and long-term impacts.

Qualitative approach with group interviews, coding process, and data collection.

Permissive but transparent approach to GenAI, requiring documentation and citation.

All student groups used GenAI tools organically, more than initially disclosed.

Identified nine distinct use cases, including prototyping, coding assistance, brainstorming.

GenAI excelled in implementation but struggled with initial conception and reflection.

Student sentiments varied across use cases, with six sentiment categories identified.

Student approaches mediate success; benchmarking, boosting, executing, amplifying AI usage.

Rethinking learning objectives, emphasizing critical thinking, using tangible methods, customizing GenAI.

GenAI transforms HCI education; adapt curricula, teach effective human-AI collaboration.