Blogs
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Is remote the new normal? Reflections on Covid-19, technology, and humankind
Yvonne Rogers Posted: Thu, May 28, 2020 - 1:46:39
Covid-19 forced governments to urge full or partial lockdown measures to slow the progression of the pandemic. By the end of March, more than 100 countries had “locked down” billions…
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After the iron horse: Covid-19 responses in education
Jonathan Grudin Posted: Wed, May 27, 2020 - 10:25:09
Research from the distant past regains relevance! From 1998 to 2000 and 2017 to 2020, I focused on higher education. Suddenly, some of the early work is again relevant. I’ll…
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A crash course in online learning
David Youngmeyer Posted: Fri, May 22, 2020 - 5:58:53
As in many countries, when New Zealand went into lockdown in response to the Covid-19 pandemic in late March, tertiary education providers had to suddenly move from face-to-face teaching to…
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Design-led innovation: Lessons from the Scientific Revolution
Ron Gabay Posted: Thu, May 21, 2020 - 2:58:42
In recent years, design has established itself as a strategic business asset that helps organizations innovate and grow. From first being associated with aesthetics, design has become a measure for…
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Evaluating immersive experiences during Covid-19 and beyond
Anthony Steed, Francisco Ortega, Adam Williams, Ernst Kruijff, Wolfgang Stuerzlinger, Anil Ufuk Batmaz, Andrea Won, Evan Suma Rosenberg , Adalberto Simeone, Aleshia Hayes Posted: Tue, May 19, 2020 - 4:52:13
The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted life as we once knew it. The safety and well-being of people are paramount, and there is no exception for the human-computer interaction (HCI) field.…
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On physical and social distancing: Reflections on moving just about everything online amid Covid-19
Mikael Wiberg Posted: Mon, May 18, 2020 - 10:55:04
On March 11, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the spread of Covid-19 constituted a pandemic. They stated that that the virus was not just a threat to public…
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This is not the new normal: Studying during a pandemic
Ana-Catalina Sabie, Katharina Brunnmayr, Kristina Weinberger, Renée Sophie Singer, Rafael Vrecar, Katta Spiel Posted: Wed, May 13, 2020 - 2:31:59
table, th, td { padding: 10px; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; } Illustration by Renée Sophie Singer. Austria began its lockdown on March 10, 2020. Just three days later,…
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Notes on running an online academic conference, or how we got zoombombed and lived to tell the tale
Barry Brown Posted: Tue, May 12, 2020 - 10:11:09
Due to the coronavirus, the biggest conference in our research field (the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems) was canceled in April, just a few weeks before…
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Designs on solidarity
Daniela Rosner, Nicole Rosner Posted: Fri, May 08, 2020 - 10:47:48
If you have come here to help me you are wasting your time, but if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work…
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The emerging need for touchless interaction technologies
Muhammad Zahid Iqbal, Abraham Campbell Posted: Wed, May 06, 2020 - 1:47:42
With the spread of Covid-19, the world of interaction technology research has completely changed: The pandemic has created a higher demand for technologies that allow us to avoid touching devices.…
