Projects

Type: TEL Research Project
Funded by: EPSRC/ESRC (2009-2012)
Site: ldse.org.uk
Tech: Flex, NetBeans, Processing, Adobe CS4

An RCUK-funded research project working on an interactive Learning Design Support Environment (LDSE) to scaffold teachers’ decision-making from basic planning to creative Technology-Enhanced Learning (TEL) design. As a Research Fellow on the project I have been designing user requirements research, information architecture and the UI for the software.

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Type: TEL Research Project
Funded by: EPSRC (2011-present)
Site: LKL Website for ToT
Tech: Paper, Pencils, Digital Cameras

The project is part of he UK Transforming Energy Demand through Digital Innovation Scheme (TEDDI) and is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). It is the first energy efficiency scheme in the UK to engage directly with teenagers, who are involved as co-investigators of the project and are being encouraged to report their findings using online communities and social networking. We are using collaborative research methods and the Ecology of Resources model (Luckin, 2010) to gain a better understanding of teenagers' conceptualisations of their own energy use, toward developing supporting technologies to assist them in making informed choices. (Note: ethics requirements limit the number of images of this project.)

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Type: BECTA Research Project
Funded by: BECTA (2008)
Site: LKL Website for SPOT On
Tech: Infrared Pointers, Arduino, BoeBOTS, Sun SPOTs, Processing, JAVA

This research investigated how learners may understand 3-D and non-Euclidean geometries by using bespoke Tangible Widgets and Sun Microsystems SPOTs as a digital extension of their bodily movements. These interactive objects served as an interface to connect learners’ capacity for kinaesthetic thinking with digital learning environments. We built on 40 years of previous research with technologies such as Logo and programmable “Turtles”, but using tangibles to explore possibilities for new kinds of learning experiences in mathematics and science.

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Type: Interactive installation (2009)
For: Dare Digital/Sony Ericsson
Site: sonyericsson.com
Tech: Arduino, mixed hardware, twitter API, streaming video

This was an installation linking twitter with an array of inflatable spacehoppers for a mobile phone campaign. Visitors to the campaign website could watch live video feeds as their tweets inflated a grid of spacehoppers, which was tended by technicians 24/7 over a two week period. I managed the design and production of the project while a Partner at TinkerLondon.

I'm featured in the "making of" video.

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Type: Interactive Event (2008)
For: Client Project at Tinker London
Site: Tinker London
Tech: Arduino, RFID tags, mixed hardware

This was a client project at Tinker London for YCN, who host an designers' showcase event annually. We created an interactive kiosk system that allowed guests to select their favourite work using RFID VIP cards. We also created a ballon display that used Atmel CPUs (ATTINY) to display a glowing pattern within hundreds of giant helium balloons. These were released "into the wild" in London, after the event.

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