Slavko Milekic

Slavko Milekic holds a medical degree (Belgrade School of Medicine) as well as Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology (University of Connecticut). His research interests include digital design, the psychology of human/computer interaction and building of WWW-based tools for knowledge transfer. Dr. Milekic's innovative, child-friendly digital environment (KiddyFace) has been already implemented in a museum setting. He is the co-author and principal interface designer for the "Theory of Language", the first CD ROM-based text published by the MIT Press. For teaching academic courses in the area of psychology of human/computer interaction, Milekic has received several grants from the Lemelson National Program in Innovation, Invention and Creativity. Dr. Milekic is frequently leading workshops and consulting on the educational uses of technology and human/computer interface design. He currently holds the position of an associate professor of Cognitive Science & Digital Design at the University of the Arts.

Slavko will teach Making Playful Interfaces for Serious Content.