We seek candidates that conduct research on the design, development, use and/or evaluation of the accessibility of digital technologies to support the independence and increase social participation of people with disabilities and older users.
Areas of research interest include: •Accessible/inclusive design
•Accessible #VR#XR#AR
•#AI and/or #ML for accessibility
•Digital #a11y related to #autonomousvehicles, transportation, workplaces, housing
•#HCI and device #ally
•Web #a11y
•Dataviz #a11y
Participate in an interview study to test our Alexa skill for board games.
Visit tinyurl.com/CILResearch for more details! You can also email Saman Karim at samankarim[at]cmail.carleton.ca!
Cleared by CUREB-B Clearance # 117485.
Participate in a study exploring how Alexa can be designed to improve board gaming experiences.
You must be 18 years or older, blind or low vision, and comfortable with English.
Visit tinyurl.com/msyjzpmx for more details!
Cleared by CUREB-B Clearance # 117485.
Extremely proud of Dr. @byleejones who just passed her PhD defence about E-textile Learning Scaffolds!
Lee is my very first PhD student to graduate, and the first @SoMuchInfoTech PhD of IT to graduate, so I'm doubly proud!
@CanadaHci@CarletonEngDesg
Identify as LGBTQ2IA and interested in discussing identity expression and wearable technology? Participate in an online interview and receive a $20 CAD gift card.
Reach out to adrian.bolesnikov@carleton.ca for details!
Carleton University Research Ethics Board #116259
Are you an Occupational Therapist? Participate in an online workshop imagining the future of smart clothing for accessibility and receive a $25 CAD gift card.
Contact Sarah Moore for more details sarahmoore3@cmail.carleton.ca
Carleton University Research Ethics Board #115731
ALT Are you an Occupational Therapist?
Participate in a study on Smart Clothing Visions!
In this study you’ll participate in an online workshop imagining the future of smart clothing for accessibility.
The online workshop will take around 2 hours. You will be asked to fill out a short questionnaire participate in a small group workshop using Zoom and an online whiteboard software (Miro).
This study will be audio recorded. Video is optional.
To participate in this study, you must:
- Be a licensed occupational therapist
- Be comfortable using computers to access the internet
- Be at least 18 years old
- Comfortable in the English language
Participants will be compensated with $25 CAD Amazon Gift Card.
This study has been cleared by the Carleton University Research Ethics Board B Clearance
#115731
Please contact the researcher, Sarah Moore, for more details on this study at sarahmoore3@cmail.carleton.ca
Research supported Dr. Audrey Girouard
Participate in a 60min interview about music learning and visual impairment! You must have some experience with music and visual impairment. You must also be comfortable to speak in English.
Visit: tinyurl.com/53us6xtc for more details!
So proud of my PhD student Lee Jones, as we received an honourable mention at @acm_cc 2021 for our (her, really) paper entitled:
Patching Textiles: Insights from Visible Mending Educators on Wearability, Extending the Life of our Clothes, and Teaching Tangible Crafts
ALT Screen shot of the PDF of the paper indicating the title Patching Textiles, the authors, pictures of mended socks and the beginning of the text of the article.
Sometimes I have a little too much fun editing drafts.
@AcademicChatter
ALT Screenshot of a paper draft with the sentence "All participants were compensated" linked to a comment saying "by zombies?" with an image of a zombie hand holding money
ALT Steps to the Wearable Crazy 8s method: 1) Pick 3 cards: a garment, a situation and an adverb; 2) Sketch the concept; 3 Repeat for 8 minutes (~1 sketch/minute).