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Human Technology : Toward the Second Decade

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The inaugural issue of Human Technology: An Interdisciplinary Journal on Humans in ICT Environments was published in 2005. The 10 volumes of two to three issues comprise well over 2000 pages. Upon starting as editor in chief in January 2015, I browsed through the archives and noticed that just over 100 articles had been published in the journal. Examining these titles, it is evident that they address a wide variety of topics. Nevertheless, four broad themes emerge:  The user of technology, with such foci as user experience, user characteristics, usability, user interface, and, on a more theoretical level, cognition;  The learner in a technological environment, covering aspects such as informal learning, formal education, literacy, collaborative learning, and communities of practice;  The design of services, including processes such as interaction design, software design, coding, and implementation; and  The invention of technologies and services, highlighting creativity, innovation, diffusion of innovation, creative network communities, and more.