This document outlines an orientation for a course on the psychology of technology. It introduces the instructors, Dave Miller and Lorin Dole, and discusses that the course will examine human-computer interaction from a psychological perspective and consider topics like cognition, agents, interfaces, and ethics. It also reviews housekeeping items like the research resources and learning management system to be used and includes a discussion of perceptions of technology at different scales and both utopian and dystopian visions.

1. PSYCHOLOGY OF
TECHNOLOGY:
COMM 109s
DAVE MILLER
LORIN DOLE

2. ITINERARY
 INTRODUCTIONS
 ORIENTATION TO THE COURSE
 EXPECTATIONS
 SYLLABUS
 DISCUSSION OF WHERE WE’RE GOING TO GO

3. DAVE MILLER
 4th Year PhD Candidate
 Major research area: Interaction with
Agentic Systems
 Hobbies: cycling, cooking

4. LORIN DOLE
 5th year PhD Candidate

5. ORIENTATION TO THE COURSE
 Considering Human-Computer Interaction from a psychology perspective
 Grounding in Communication Research

6. TOPICS
 Cognition and Perception
 Technological Agents
 Philosophy of Computers
 Mental Models and Interfaces
 Ubiquitous Computing
 Social interaction with computers
 Ethics
 Interface Design
 Virtual Reality

7. HOUSEKEEPING
 RESEARCH RESOURCES – A BRIEF INTRODUCTION
 CANVAS

8. POWERS OF TEN

9. BLOWING UP OUR PERCEPTIONS
 Where do we fit in the scale of things?
 Where do our technologies fit in the scale of things?
 How should we consider our technologies to work with us?

10. UTOPIAN VISIONS

11. DYSTOPIAN VISIONS

12. DISCUSSION
THE GOOD THE BAD