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View article: A scoping review of women’s experiences and barriers in automated vehicle research
A scoping review of women’s experiences and barriers in automated vehicle research Open
Automated vehicles (AVs) have the potential to enhance transportation for all, but current research suggests that women remain less engaged and more hesitant toward their adoption. This scoping review systematically analyses 34 peer-review…
View article: Mentorable Interfaces for Automated Vehicles: A New Paradigm for Designing Learnable Technology for Older Adults
Mentorable Interfaces for Automated Vehicles: A New Paradigm for Designing Learnable Technology for Older Adults Open
We introduce a conceptual framework exploring the learning methods for older adults in navigating automated vehicle interfaces. Through semi-structured interviews, we observed distinct approaches to learning, and based on these, offer a no…
View article: Design and evaluation of a social and embodied multiplayer reading game to engage primary school learners in Namibia
Design and evaluation of a social and embodied multiplayer reading game to engage primary school learners in Namibia Open
Namibia, a southern African country with an Ubuntu culture that emphasizes interrelations, generally displays a low reading culture. In this study, we explored a social approach to reading to engage Namibian primary learners. Inspired by p…
View article: Augmenting Community Engagement in City 4.0: Considerations for Digital Agency in Urban Public Space
Augmenting Community Engagement in City 4.0: Considerations for Digital Agency in Urban Public Space Open
An engaged community that reflects a diverse set of experiences is key to an equitable and livable city. However, maximizing engagement activities is often difficult when competing with residents’ busy schedules and hectic daily lives. To …
View article: Tangible ‘Design Non-Proposals’ for Relationship Building in Community-Based Co-Design Projects
Tangible ‘Design Non-Proposals’ for Relationship Building in Community-Based Co-Design Projects Open
We present tangible design non-proposals as a technique for establishing and growing relationships in community-based co-design projects, particularly with Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Prior tangible design…
View article: Enhancing Urban Conversation for Smarter Cities – Augmented Reality as an enabler of digital civic participation
Enhancing Urban Conversation for Smarter Cities – Augmented Reality as an enabler of digital civic participation Open
This paper presents a perspective on the role immersive technologies can play in the future of urban transformation. Specifically, this paper looks to answer the following questions – How can Augmented Reality be implemented as an enabler …
View article: Enhancing Urban Conversations for Smarter Cities:Augmented Reality as an enabler of digital civic participation
Enhancing Urban Conversations for Smarter Cities:Augmented Reality as an enabler of digital civic participation Open
This paper presents a perspective on the role immersive technologies can play in the future of urban transformation. Specifically, this paper looks to answer the following questions – How can Augmented Reality be implemented as an enabler …
View article: Designing the Past
Designing the Past Open
This paper challenges the position that design is a future oriented discipline, and rather turns an eye to the past as potential material for re-design. We claim that what we call 'the past' is far from static, monolithic, immutable, and i…
View article: The Adventures of Older Authors
The Adventures of Older Authors Open
This paper presents co-design fiction as an approach to engaging users in imagining, envisioning and speculating not just on future technology but future life through co-created fictional works. Design fiction in research is often created …
View article: New literacy theories for participatory design
New literacy theories for participatory design Open
Literacy and power are closely entwined, and not all literacy practices are equally supported and recognised within dominant discourses and political structures. Technology design offers new possibilities for supporting culturally-diverse …
View article: Make and connect
Make and connect Open
Staying connected is vital to maintaining good relationships, yet feelings of disconnection or isolation distance, time differences, or simply busy lives. Everyday interactions, family rituals and habits are often lost, in spite of the per…
View article: Proceedings of the 29th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference (OzCHI 2017): Brisbane 28th November -1st December, 2017
Proceedings of the 29th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference (OzCHI 2017): Brisbane 28th November -1st December, 2017 Open
The theme of the OzCHI 2017 conference in Brisbane, Australia is Human-Nature. Our theme highlights both the need for socio-technical systems which bring out our better human nature, and the need to better engage people with the natural en…
View article: Minding the Gap: Reconciling Human and Technical Perspectives on the IoT for Healthy Ageing
Minding the Gap: Reconciling Human and Technical Perspectives on the IoT for Healthy Ageing Open
There are two distinct bodies of literature on the Internet of Things, one that derives from a technical perspective, while the other comes from a human perspective. From a technical perspective, sensors can automatically detect physical a…
View article: “Situational When”: Designing for time across cultures
“Situational When”: Designing for time across cultures Open
We propose the concept of “Situational When”, an approach to understanding time in interface design not as a point on a calendar or clock, but as a set of converging circumstances that constitute “the time” for happenings to take place. Ti…
View article: Designing evaluation beyond evaluating design: Measuring success in cross-cultural projects
Designing evaluation beyond evaluating design: Measuring success in cross-cultural projects Open
This paper considers the issue of evaluation in cross- cultural contexts, where the focus on Western principles of technology quality can be problematic. We present a case study of designing a Digital Community Noticeboard with an Australi…
View article: Cross-cultural dialogical probes
Cross-cultural dialogical probes Open
This paper explores the use of probes in a very remote Australian Aboriginal community where the rich traditional and post-colonial culture is worlds away from the urban Australian home of the research team. Cultural probes and technology …
View article: Bi-Cultural Content Publication on a Digital Noticeboard
Bi-Cultural Content Publication on a Digital Noticeboard Open
We present our observations of Aboriginal Australian practices around a custom digital noticeboard and compare our insights to related research on cultural differences, literacy and ICT4D. The digital noticeboard was created, upon a reques…
View article: The internet of playful things
The internet of playful things Open
This one-day workshop brings together researchers and practitioners to share knowledge and practices on how people can connect and interact with the Internet of Things in a playful way. Open to participants with a diverse range of interest…
View article: The Messaging Kettle: It’s IoTea time
The Messaging Kettle: It’s IoTea time Open
It’s time to consider people in designing the Internet of Things (IoT). We demonstrate a working prototype of a Messaging Kettle. It is designed to facilitate asynchronous communication and enable a sense of presence between adult children…
View article: The Messaging Kettle
The Messaging Kettle Open
A prototype "messaging kettle" is described. The connected kettle aims to foster communication and engagement with an older friend or relative who lives remotely, during the routine of boiling the kettle. We describe preliminary encounters…