From darylk at unimelb.edu.au Thu Jul 2 02:02:26 2009 From: darylk at unimelb.edu.au (Daryl Ku) Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:02:26 +1000 Subject: [chisigmail] Reminder: PhD Completion Seminar: Self-Initiated Individual Digitalization: A Study About Transition Mechanism Of ICT Beginners Among The Rural-Urban Migrants In Beijing In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: (Apologies for cross posting) Here is a reminder regarding the below seminar taking place tomorrow: You are cordially invited to a PhD completion seminar. PRESENTER: Weizhen Lei, Department of Information Systems, University of Melbourne TITLE: Self-Initiated Individual Digitalization: A Study About Transition Mechanism Of ICT Beginners Among The Rural-Urban Migrants In Beijing VENUE: University of Melbourne, IDEA Lab, Level 4, 111 Barry Street, Carlton DATE and TIME: Friday 03 Jul 2009, 3-4 pm ABSTRACT: In discussing and planning interventions around the "digital divide" people tend to think in terms of the binary oppositions of digital "haves" and "have-nots". Information and communications technologies (ICT) programs sponsored by governments and other agencies to address the "digital divide" also tend to be "top-down" initiatives that focus on the provision of institutional aid and the development of infrastructure. This study conducted a survey of 495 samples and a series of in-depth interviews with 44 people among the rural-urban migrants in Beijing. It has applied and synthesized theories of migration, digitalization and self-identity to understanding the use of digital technologies by rural-urban migrants in China. This study has explored the process through which rural-urban migrants adopt digital technologies (individual digitalization), and found that this process is spontaneous and largely self-motivated by the need of these migrants to create new identities for themselves in the city. This study also explained the interaction between this self-initiated digital transition and the migrants' need for autonomy. Please forward to others if interested. All are welcome. -- Daryl Ku PhD Candidate & Interaction Design Group Coordinator Interaction Design Group Department of Information Systems Room 4.65, ICT Building University of Melbourne +61 3 834 41516 darylk at unimelb.edu.au From mitchm at hiser.com.au Thu Jul 2 03:59:39 2009 From: mitchm at hiser.com.au (Malek, Mitch (Hiser)) Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 17:29:39 +0930 Subject: [chisigmail] VIC CHISIG -- Next event Monday 20th July, Mobile usability -- Keep the date free Message-ID: <576EE91CBA338A498A6E1C528A765D790B93CA@ADLEX01.ap.serco.com> Hello everyone, I know it has been a while between drinks, but we have been working hard behind the scenes to line up the next speaker and activity. We haven't confirmed the venue details yet, but I want you to keep the evening of Monday 20th July free for a presentation (and possible panel discussion) on Mobile usability. If you have any particular burning questions about this topic, please let me know as soon as you can and I will forward it to our presenter Oliver Weidlich from Ideal Interfaces, who said he is happy to tailor his presentation to the audience. Thanks, Mitch (on behalf of VIC CHISIG) Mitch Malek | Senior Consultant | The Hiser Group P: (03) 9648 4317 | F: (03) 9648 4390 | E: mitchm at hiser.com.au www.hiser.com.au | Level 18, 535 Bourke Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia | A member of the UX Alliance www.UXalliance.com ***Disclaimer*** This email and any attachments may contain confidential and/or privileged material and/or material subject to copyright; it is for the intended addressee(s) only. If you are not a named addressee you shall not use, retain or disclose such information. The views expressed in this email are those of the originator and do not necessarily represent the views of The Hiser Group or its parent company, Serco Group Pty Ltd. 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URL: From Duncan.Stevenson at csiro.au Thu Jul 2 04:04:36 2009 From: Duncan.Stevenson at csiro.au (Duncan.Stevenson at csiro.au) Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 18:04:36 +1000 Subject: [chisigmail] [HCSNet] Workshop on Social Technologies for Health and Medicine --- NEW DATES Message-ID: <93B651F999304D41AF520188488E101F14E6CFE813@exvic-mbx03.nexus.csiro.au> We have had to change the dates of the HCSNet Workshop on Social Technologies for Health and Medicine to be held in Melbourne. The NEW dates are: September 21/22 2009. Full information, including submission and registration details can be found at http://www.hcsnet.edu.au/hcsnetevents/2009/socialtechnology09 Please register interest and submit an abstract as early as possible as we need an indication of number of participants. We hope you can join us! Lawrence Cavedon, Nathalie Colineau, Cecile Paris ------- We intend this workshop to be a place to foster communication across relevant disciplines in order to design and develop effective tools and user experience to support online health communities. Issues of interest may include: * support for patients vs. support for carers * tools for developing online communities * designing effective user experience for online patient communities * strategies for building online health communities and developing long-term engagement * motivating information-sharing, content development, and contribution to policy * health education and policy development: developing trusted content * tailoring health information * methods/techniques to provide motivational support * trust, ethics, and related issues in online health-related communities. Please visit http://www.hcsnet.edu.au/hcsnetevents/2009/socialtechnology09 for further information, important dates, and submission instructions. Submitted on behalf of the event organisers by: Duncan Stevenson Visiting Scientist CSIRO ICT Centre, Networking Technologies Laboratory Mail: GPO Box 664, Canberra, ACT 2601 Phone: +61 2 6216 7076, Mobile: 0419 140 209, Fax: +61 2 6216 7111 Email: duncan.stevenson at csiro.au, Web: www.ict.csiro.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tania at peakusability.com.au Thu Jul 2 05:00:48 2009 From: tania at peakusability.com.au (Tania Lang) Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 19:00:48 +1000 Subject: [chisigmail] CHISIG Seminar-Key learnings from government websites Message-ID: <4B8DF005C2B44C94A05CD7A0085E1730@TaniaLangPC> CHISIG Seminar - Key learnings from government websites Note: Applicable to all websites You are invited to attend the following CHISIG event. When: Wed 8th July Time: 3.30-5pm (drinks, nibbles and networking from 3.30pm, presentation will start at 4pm) Location: Microsoft, Level 9, Waterfront Place 1 Eagle Street Brisbane Cost: $5 for non-CHISIG Members, Free for CHISIG members Speakers: Justin Wilson from Brisbane City Council Justin will present a case study regarding the redesign of the Brisbane City Council website. He will outline the User Centred Design process they went through and how the new design addresses some of the issues identified with the old website. Even though this is a council website, the learnings are applicable to all types of websites. Tania Lang from Peak Usability Tania will present key findings and common usability issues that have been captured when usability testing many local and state government websites. She will discuss best practice interaction design guidelines and processes to address these common issues. Click on this link to RSVP http://spreadsheets .google.com/viewform?formkey=cm53VHpXb2wtaU5BYnhpeDdfWDJOdUE6MA.. Hurry, only 9 places left (maximum 100 people) Regards Tania Lang QLD CHISIG Representative -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jonmp at unimelb.edu.au Sun Jul 12 20:44:14 2009 From: jonmp at unimelb.edu.au (Jon Pearce) Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:44:14 +1000 Subject: [chisigmail] Invitation - Courtesy Copy of Being Human Report Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, As BCS Interaction SG Education Sub-Group Chair, I received this request from Microsoft Research to circulate this invitation amongst educators and researchers in HCI. Pls contact them directly (see below) if you wish to receive a complimentary physical copy of the "Being Human" report. ta - WW Professor B.L. William Wong PhD MBCS FNZCS BCS Interaction, Education Sub-Group Chair. Head, Interaction Design Centre School of Engineering and Information Sciences Middlesex University The Burroughs, Hendon London NW4 4BT UK. Tel. +44 (0)208 411 5000 DID +44 (0)208 411 2684 Fax. +44 (0)208 411 6943 Skype: wwong33 email: w.wong at mdx.ac.uk http://www.cs.mdx.ac.uk/research/idc http://www.mdx.ac.uk/cs/staff/academics/w_wong.asp ............................................................................ ............................................................................ ............................................................................ ................ In April last year, Microsoft Research, in collaboration with a number of internationally distinguished academic and industry collaborators, launched a report entitled ?Being Human: Human-Computer Interaction in the Year 2020?. The report investigates how the field of Human Computer Interaction (HCI) has adapted and matured over the last 20 years, how the design of computers impact on socio-digital landscapes and what HCI might look like in the year 2020. Our aim with this report is to widely deliver important messages about the field of HCI. We hope to provoke challenging debate and discussion amongst the community and provide support for the next generation of HCI researchers. Amongst the feedback we have received to date is that lecturers and students in the HCI field find it particularly useful as a reference and study resource. This report is available online to download, but we would also like to offer you a courtesy hardcopy of this report for your perusal. If you would like to receive a copy of this report, or know of anyone else who you think would be interested, please just emailbhuman at microsoft.com . We would be very pleased to send you any number of additional copies free of charge, to distribute to your colleagues and students and would welcome any comments on the report itself. Yours sincerely, Prof. Richard Harper 1, Prof. Tom Rodden2, Prof. Yvonne Rogers3 and Prof. Abigail Sellen1 (Co-editors of the Being Human report) www.research.microsoft.com/hci2020 1 Microsoft Research 2 University of Nottingham 3 Open University --- Posted for William Wong by Jon Pearce -- Jon M Pearce, PhD Senior Lecturer Interaction Design Group Department of Information Systems ICT Building, University of Melbourne, Australia, 3010. Phone: (613) 8344 1495 email: jonmp at unimelb.edu.au Fax: (613) 9349 4596 Web: www.dis.unimelb.edu.au/staff/jon/ Location: Room L4.58, ICT Building, 111 Barry St, Carlton. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From m.foth at qut.edu.au Mon Jul 13 18:09:35 2009 From: m.foth at qut.edu.au (Marcus Foth) Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:09:35 +1000 Subject: [chisigmail] CfP: OZCHI 2009 - Short Papers, Industry Case Studies, Demos, Posters, Doc Consortium, 24 Hour Design Challenge Message-ID: Call for Short Papers, Industry Case Studies, Demos & Posters, Doctoral Consortium, and 24 Hour Design Challenge OZCHI 2009 ? Design: Open 24 | 7 21st Annual Conference of the Australian Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group (CHISIG) of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia (HFESA) 23 ? 27 November 2009, The University of Melbourne, Australia http://www.ozchi.org/ OZCHI is Australia?s leading forum for research and development in all areas of Human-Computer Interaction. OZCHI attracts an international community of practitioners, researchers, academics and students from a wide range of disciplines including user experience designers, information architects, software engineers, human factors experts, information systems analysts, and social scientists. The main conference will be held from Wed 25 to Fri 27 Nov 2009, and will be preceded by two days of Workshops, Tutorials and a Doctoral Consortium on Mon 23 and Tue 24 Nov 2009. OZCHI will take place back-to-back with HFESA 2009: http://www.hfesaconference.org.au/ scheduled to run from 22-25 Nov 2009. The venue for both conferences is the ICT building of the University of Melbourne, 111 Barry St, Parkville. We are very excited to announce a 24 hour design challenge ( http://www.ozchi.org/24 ) as well as the following keynote speakers for this year?s OZCHI conference: .. Bill Moggridge, Co-founder of IDEO.com .. Patrick Hofmann, Head of User Experience, Google Australia .. Yvonne Rogers, Director, Pervasive Interaction Lab, Open University, UK We look forward to welcoming you to an exciting conference in Australia?s design capital. Marcus Foth, QUT Conference Chair chair at ozchi.org IMPORTANT DATES Short papers, industry case studies, demos & posters, and doctoral consortium 28 Aug 2009 Submission deadline 25 Sep 2009 Notification of acceptance 02 Oct 2009 Camera ready papers deadline CONFERENCE THEME The 2009 conference theme is Design: Open 24/7. Accessibility, inclusivity and dissolving boundaries are core to the Open 24/7 theme for the design of human interaction with and through digital technologies. The integration of digital technologies into our everyday life allows for a seamless transitioning between open and closed, work and leisure, public and private. Open implies participation and collaboration across traditional borders between individuals, organisations and disciplines. OZCHI 2009 provides a forum to discuss all aspects of openness, open borders, open participation, open source and open architecture. Theme-related submissions may address these topics: .. Open always-on real-time ubiquitous and pervasive designs .. Open design and universality versus situatedness, contextualisation and personalisation .. Open source for design ? design for open source .. Open mind ? new ideas, concepts and approaches from outside HCI .. Beyond open ? never closed: design for escapism CONFERENCE TOPICS Submissions in all areas of HCI are encouraged. In addition, we particularly invite authors to address any of the following topics: .. Augmented Reality .. Context and Location Awareness .. Education and HCI .. Health Care and HCI .. Innovative Design Methodologies .. Smart Service Delivery .. Sustainability .. Universal Usability and Accessibility .. Urban Informatics .. Tangible User Interfaces .. Visualisation Techniques .. Working across Cultures SHORT PAPERS Short length papers, up to 4 pages, should present ideas that could benefit from discussion with members of the HCI community. These papers may include work-in-progress, experiences of reflective practitioners, and first drafts of novel concepts and approaches. Stephen Viller, UQ & Rebecca Schultz, WorkSafe Victoria Short Papers Chairs shorts at ozchi.org SUBMISSIONS All submissions must be written in English. Both long and short papers will undergo a double blind review process by an international panel and evaluated on the basis of their significance, originality, and clarity of writing. Accepted long papers and short papers will be available in the published proceedings. At least one author of any accepted submission must register and attend the conference and present the paper for publication in the proceedings. All submissions must use the two column OZCHI proceedings template: http://www.ozchi.org/mediawiki/ozchipaper_template2009.doc and be submitted to the conference submission site: http://precisionconference.com/~ozchi Jesper Kjeldskov & Jeni Paay, Aalborg University, Denmark Technical Program Chairs program at ozchi.org INDUSTRY CASE STUDIES Industry Case Studies demonstrate how user experience professionals have applied human-computer interaction to create practical solutions to commercial situations. Presentations may include areas such as: challenges faced in implementing methods and techniques; development of new or improved techniques; or incorporating usability into an organisation. Submissions should contain: 1. A 250 word summary for the conference program including: the issue addressed; what will be presented; and relevance to the HCI community. 2. A proposal outlining the presentation and the rationale behind it, including: ? Session title ? Presenter(s) name and organisation ? A brief background of the presenter(s) and organisation ? The business problem addressed ? The approach and/or solution ? Challenges and issues that emerged throughout the project ? Benefits and limitations ? If applicable, how a similar approach or solution could be used in other contexts ? Relevance of the case study to other HCI professionals ? Technical requirements for delivering the presentation Submit Industry Case Studies by email to: industry at ozchi.org Ash Donaldson, Produxi Consulting & Shane Morris, Microsoft Industry Chairs industry at ozchi.org DEMOS & POSTERS Demonstrations and posters provide an attractive way to showcase real outcomes of human-computer interaction research and development. These sessions offer a platform to share ideas, concepts and work-in- progress face-to-face with the OZCHI community in a way that a paper presentation cannot. Proposals for demos and posters should be submitted on 2 pages using the OZCHI proceedings template, and sent to demos at ozchi.org . Ben Kraal, QUT & Ricky Robinson, NICTA Demos & Posters Chairs demos at ozchi.org DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM The Doctoral Consortium is scheduled prior to the main conference program on 24 Nov 2009. The Doctoral Consortium offers PhD students a special forum where they can present, discuss and progress their research plans with peers and established senior researchers. PhD candidates wishing to attend the consortium should submit a 2 page research proposal following the OZCHI Proceedings template and submitted via email to dc at ozchi.org. Positions at the consortium will be offered based on a review of the submitted proposals. Margot Brereton, QUT Doctoral Consortium Chair dc at ozchi.org 24 HOUR DESIGN CHALLENGE This year OZCHI will be preceded by a student design challenge in two rounds organised as two 24 hour events. The first round takes place online on 12 September 2009, 8am (AEST). The second round will be held at OZCHI on 24 November 2009. In both rounds teams of 2-5 students are invited to develop a solution for a state-of-the-art research problem acquiring interaction design and HCI skills. Top entries will be awarded a travel scholarship for the conference (round 1) and prizes sponsored by our industry partners (round 2). For more information visit http://www.ozchi.org/24 Martin Tomitsch, Andrew Vande Moere, The University of Sydney & Jeremy Yuille, ACID/RMIT Student Design Challenge Chairs sdc at ozchi.org VOLUNTEERS OZCHI actively encourages students to volunteer at the conference. Being a student volunteer is a great way to support the HCI community, meet other students in the field, and attend the premier HCI conference Australia. You will help the conference organisers with the running of the conference and support the setting-up of presentations and workshops. You will see the latest in HCI, and have fun while learning about running the conference. In return, you will get free registration. To apply, email volunteers at ozchi.org with your contact details (email, phone, university), an abstract of your research project, a resume, and the reasons why you would like to be a student volunteer. Applications close on 28 Aug 2009. Hilary Davis, University of Melbourne & Debra Polson, QUT/ACID Volunteers Chairs volunteers at ozchi.org -- Dr Marcus Foth Senior Research Fellow Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation Queensland University of Technology (CRICOS No. 00213J) Victoria Park Rd, Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia Phone +61 7 313 x88772 - Fax x88238 - Office K506, KG m.foth at qut.edu.au - http://www.urbaninformatics.net/ From mitchm at hiser.com.au Wed Jul 15 21:06:47 2009 From: mitchm at hiser.com.au (Malek, Mitch (Hiser)) Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:36:47 +0930 Subject: [chisigmail] Reminder VIC CHISIG event ** Monday 20th - Mobile User Experience Message-ID: <576EE91CBA338A498A6E1C528A765D790B95B6@ADLEX01.ap.serco.com> Hi Everyone, Just a friendly reminder for you to come along next Monday night for an awesome evening. Here are the details again: Please join us for an exciting evening to hear our expert panel discuss issues and ideas around the mobile user experience. Date: Monday 20th July Location: Horse Bazaar - 397 Little Lonsdale Street Time: 6:00 - 8:00pm Cost: Gold coin donation - drinks can be purchased at the bar Firstly, Oliver Wiedlich will present on: 1. The history of the mobile user experience - interaction issues, market forces 2. Key numbers from research into Australian mobile usage (including findings of the AIMIA Australian Mobile Phone Lifestyle Index) 3. Why the mobile experience is getting better, including good & bad mobile experiences 4. The future of the mobile user experience Following the presentation, we will open up the discussion to our panel: * Oliver Weidlich, UX Specialist & Owner, Ideal Interfaces (www.idealinterfaces.com.au) * Ben Green, UX Designer - Mobile Specialist, Symplicit (www.symplicit.com.au) * Rod Farmer, Senior UX Manager, Vodafone Hutchison Australia * Julian Wong, Mobile UX Manager, Sensis If you have any burning questions about this topic that you'd like the panel to discuss, please contact: Mitch Malek (mitchm at hiser.com.au) or Eleanor Tan (eleanor at symplicit.com.au) Mitch Malek | Senior Consultant | The Hiser Group P: (03) 9648 4317 | F: (03) 9648 4390 | E: mitchm at hiser.com.au www.hiser.com.au | Level 18, 535 Bourke Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia | A member of the UX Alliance www.UXalliance.com ***Disclaimer*** This email and any attachments may contain confidential and/or privileged material and/or material subject to copyright; it is for the intended addressee(s) only. 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It will bring 20-30 researchers together to collaborate, discuss and workshop diverse topics related to research and learning in Second Life. We will pursue a schedule in which participants will discuss their work and interests on three different topics: learning in Second Life, research practices in virtual worlds, and ethical research methods. In the end we will try to come to terms with how can we better integrate our research learning practices in this sphere? This workshop is targeted at people who have experience in virtual worlds and wish to work with others to improve their research and their learning experiences in world. The workshop encourages researchers to share papers by submitting them before hand and to send a short biography to jeremy.hunsinger at gmail.com. The papers and bios will be distributed amongst participants before the workshop. These papers and bios have the purpose of providing a common platform for understanding our research together during the workshop. We welcome professionals, faculty and graduate students to participate. This workshop is organized by Jeremy Hunsinger and Ross Brown Sponsored by QUT, Faculty of Creative Industries. Contact Dr Ross Brown ? r.brown at qut.edu.au for any further details. QUT Location - http://tinyurl.com/l3hd97 Campus Map - http://www.qut.edu.au/about/location/pdf/gardenspoint_map_colour.pdfAccess the list, archives and filestore via the web on http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/VIRTUALWORLDS -- Dr Marcus Foth Senior Research Fellow Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation Queensland University of Technology (CRICOS No. 00213J) Victoria Park Rd, Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia Phone +61 7 313 x88772 - Fax x88238 - Office K506, KG m.foth at qut.edu.au - http://www.urbaninformatics.net/ From darylk at unimelb.edu.au Sun Jul 19 22:24:04 2009 From: darylk at unimelb.edu.au (Daryl Ku) Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:24:04 +1000 Subject: [chisigmail] IDG Seminar: Investigating the Impact of the Interaction between Consumers and Service-Providers on Consumers' Adoption of Advanced Mobile Commerce Services Message-ID: (Apologies for cross posting) You are cordially invited to an IDG Seminar. PRESENTER: Yousuf S. Al Hinai, Department of Information Systems, University of Melbourne TITLE: Investigating the Impact of the Interaction between Consumers and Service-Providers on Consumers' Adoption of Advanced Mobile Commerce Services VENUE: University of Melbourne, IDEA Lab, Level 4, 111 Barry Street, Carlton DATE and TIME: Friday, 24 Jul 2009, 3.00 - 4.00 pm ABSTRACT: This research examined the adoption of more advanced mobile services by existing users of mobile communication technology. This is to find out which factors make the user more or less likely to use that technology in more advanced ways (and how the user influences that decision). The aim is to offer a better understanding of the unique adoption-related characteristics of mobile communication technologies, and how those characteristics impact on the broader question of why some existing users of a basic technology (or technology-dependent service) upgrade to a more advanced version while others do not. This type of adoption, which is common for technologies that have a high penetration rate such as mobile technologies, is not explained adequately by existing adoption models. These models do not take into account the relational nature of communication technologies but merely describe the process leading to initial use of a technology, as opposed to the adoption of more advanced features after that point. Through a quantitative and a qualitative study, the research found the impact of the factors that relate to the interaction between the consumer and the mobile service provider plays an important role in shaping consumer adoption perceptions of more advanced mobile services; and that the impact of these factors is more influential than the impact from other well-established factors (e.g. usefulness, ease of use, social influence). The findings offer several implications to both theory and practice. BIO: Yousuf S. Al Hinai is a PhD candidate with the Department of Information Systems, University of Melbourne. Please forward to others if interested. All are Welcome. http://www.dis.unimelb.edu.au/research/groups/interactiondesign/seminars.html -- Daryl Ku PhD Candidate & Interaction Design Group Coordinator Interaction Design Group Department of Information Systems Room 4.65, ICT Building University of Melbourne +61 3 834 41516 darylk at unimelb.edu.au From darylk at unimelb.edu.au Sun Jul 26 22:59:08 2009 From: darylk at unimelb.edu.au (Daryl Ku) Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:59:08 +1000 Subject: [chisigmail] IDG Seminars: 'Voice in Virtual Worlds' and 'Collaborative Building in Second Life' Message-ID: (Apologies for cross posting) You are cordially invited to two Interaction Design Group seminars. SEMINAR 1 ---------------------------------------- PRESENTER: Greg Wadley, Interaction Design Group, University of Melbourne TITLE: PhD Completion Seminar: Voice in Virtual Worlds VENUE: University of Melbourne, IDEA Lab, Level 4, 111 Barry Street, Carlton DATE and TIME: Friday 31 Jul 2009, 3.00 - 3.45 pm ABSTRACT: For his PhD, Greg has conducted four studies of communication in online virtual environments, focusing on voice and text modalities and how these interact with three-dimensionality, multiple contexts, and fluid identity. The studies included ethnographies of voice use in MMORPGs and Second Life, and studies of collaboration at large and small scales of virtual distance. Greg's website contains some publications from these studies. This talk will run from 3.00 to 3:45 pm, including time for discussion. BIO: Greg is a PhD candidate in the Interaction Design Group at the University of Melbourne, supervised by Martin Gibbs and Steve Howard. He plans to submit his thesis this year. ---------------------------------------- SEMINAR 2 ---------------------------------------- PRESENTER: Greg Wadley, Interaction Design Group, University of Melbourne TITLE: Collaborative Building in Second Life VENUE: University of Melbourne, IDEA Lab, Level 4, 111 Barry Street, Carlton DATE and TIME: Friday 31 Jul 2009, 3.50 - 4.15 pm ABSTRACT: Greg will preview a talk he is giving at ECSCW09 on collaboration around objects in Second Life. This study, conducted at PARC in 2008, re-enacted classic 'quasi-experiments' into problems of reference to objects and places. The detachable camera feature of SL makes it especially hard to deduce a collaborator's focus of attention via their avatar's gaze or gesture; yet users discovered interesting ways to directly refer to locations. This talk will run from 3.50 to 4:15 pm, including time for discussion. The paper is "The 'out-of-avatar experience': object-focused collaboration in Second Life" by Greg Wadley and Nicolas Ducheneaut. ---------------------------------------- Please forward to others if interested. All are Welcome. http://www.dis.unimelb.edu.au/research/groups/interactiondesign/seminars.html -- Daryl Ku PhD Candidate & Interaction Design Group Coordinator Interaction Design Group Department of Information Systems Room 4.65, ICT Building University of Melbourne +61 3 834 41516 s.ku at pgrad.unimelb.edu.au