The role of HCI models in service front-end development

This article discusses how human-computer interaction (HCI) models can support the development of interactive applications based on Web services. It also introduces a specific method exploiting such models for this purpose and the associated tool support. An example application of the method for an educational scenario is presented. The results of an early test of the development environment are reported as well. Lastly, some conclusions are drawn along with indications for future work.