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Thank you to @juanfermaestre from @SwanseaUni for discussing “#ParticipatoryDesign as a Method for More Ethical Computer Science” in our Lab Talks! 🎉
Bringing us insights into how to use PD to work with vulnerable and marginalized populations & how PD could lead to more ethical technology design in the future.
ALT Fernando giving a talk with a slide that says: I heart Participatory Design.
ALT A design of several Smart Objects for people living with HIV including a phone app, Smart Watch and Smart Glasses.
🥂 Congratulations to @LMagariti for successfully defending her thesis “Understanding and Designing Data Experiences for Environmental Awareness in the Context of Wellbeing for the Quantified Workplace!” 🎉
She continues her journey at @OpenLab_Ncl as a postdoctoral researcher on the TORUS programme, focusing on new treatments for Parkinson’s disease & working with the @digi_citizens#PhDviva#PhDsuccess#HCI#InteractionDesign 🎉🎉🎉🎉
ALT Photo of Lenia in the Urban Sciences Building foyer.
🔎 Discover the Treasures of The Lit & Phil, Newcastle’s exquisite independent library! From 8 July, explore stories from various artworks and even leave comments & share your own stories.
Simply scan the QR codes on the artworks with your phone.
This project is in conjunction with Open Lab using our Sticker Stories web app.
Join in. It is free for all.
Learn more ➡️ lit-and-phil.openlab.dev/
Congratulations to Bobbie Bailey for successfully defending his thesis on 'Prefiguring Places: Using design provocations to support community-led re-imaginations of urban voids'!
#PhDViva#VivaSuccess
🥳🎉🥳
ALT A photo of Bobbie wearing a grey sweater in front of a laptop smiling.
Big thanks to Sara Wolf for her fascinating talk on "Rituals and Interactive Technologies: An HCI Perspective"! 🌟 Her PhD research bridges #RitualStudies and #HCI, exploring real-world rituals and designing tech for ritualistic experiences.
ALT Sara Wolf giving her presentation. The screen says: P4 Results. And has photos of the device they made as part of her research where couples can use it to bring their pulses together.
Help one of our MSc students with their project on #traditionalcraft looking at how #tech can increase people's understanding of the traditional Chinese art form of #Nijincaiqi in a British context.
All you need to do is fill out this simple survey! ➡️ oplb.uk/craftsurvey#ChineseArt#CraftTech
ALT A photo of a traditional craft object in the traditional Chinese art form of Nijincaiqi. It is a red bowl with ornate blue and gold carvings on the lid and sides. On the top is a golden carved dragon.
Don't forget about our talk with Elizabeth Buie tomorrow!
Learn about researching the #transcendent user experience, with both fascinating stories from her own PhD journey & practical techniques on how to use game and design fictions in your own #research.
Sign up to take part online here. ⬇️
eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-lab-…
Attending the Digital Economy Nexus today in London, representing the Centre for Digital Citizens. Looking forward to absorbing the impacts and contributions of research from the six DE centres, and also 15 years of UKRI DE programme funding. lnkd.in/e9kZ5u6u#DeNexus
✨ How can we research the transcendent user experience? Join us online or in-person for an Open Lab talk with Elizabeth Buie! She’ll share her research on designing for profound, artefact-facilitated connections. 🌟
Learn more about:
🔍 Research insights
🎮 "Transcendhance" game
📚 Design fiction methods
💡 "Peripheral design"
Sign up via Eventbrite.
#TranscendentExperience#UX#DesignInnovation#Research#NorthumbriaUniversityeventbrite.co.uk/e/open-lab-…
Join us for a workshop on Human-Building Interaction and Design for Climate Change #DIS2024 led by @LMagariti@OpenLab_Ncl 👉 Check here for more information and send us an expression of interest/abstract or pictorial by May 27th ✍️
design4climate.openlab.dev/
ALT AI-generated visual of city buildings (including both houses and skyscrapers) with a background of the planet earth and some graphics of what AI hallucinates/thinks is technology.
Thx @CoramLifeEd team for a fun, inspiring conference bringing educators together from different regions to share insights on #PHSE — I came away motivated to champion #researchthroughdesign w children exploring their digital creativity & literacy — to be happy, healthy & safe
The Realities of Evaluating Educational Technology in School Settings
@Mwycher, @ankharrufa, Susan Lechelt, @RSENicholson, Kate Howland, Abra Almjally, Anthony Trory, and Vidya sarangapani
➡️ programs.sigchi.org/chi/2024…