Workshops


The OzCHI workshop program will run prior to the conference on Tuesday 2 December 2014.

Full-day workshops cost $120 (includes morning and afternoon tea and lunch).
Half-day workshops cost $75 (includes only morning or afternoon tea).

Once you have been accepted for a workshop, you will need to register and pay for the workshop online
(link to Registration site). Please note: you don’t have to register for the conference If you only want to attend a workshop.



Full details about workshops are included below.


Workshop Title

Organisers

Length

Researching mobile experiences: New opportunities in tools and techniques

Jennifer L. Gove (Google), Hendrik Müller (Google)Half-day (morning)

HCI Education in Asia Pacific

Bimlesh Wadhwa (National University of Singapore), Eunice Sari (The University of Western Australia)Half-day (afternoon)

Health, Wellbeing and the Body

Lian Loke, Toni Robertson, Carsten Roecker, Greg Wadley, Martina Ziefle, Andreas Holzinger, Bernd Ploderer, Reeva Lederman, Fernando EstradaFull-day

Social Internet of Things

Alessandro Soro (QUT), Margot Brereton (QUT), Paul Roe (QUT)Half-day (morning)



Researching mobile experiences: New opportunities in tools and techniques


Organisers: Jennifer L. Gove (Google), Hendrik Müller (Google)
Length of workshop: half day (morning)

Would you like to learn about methods for researching mobile experiences? In this workshop you will explore how to study products while they are in development, how to understand uses of smartphones and tablets, and how to learn about human behavior through the use of smartphones and tablets as data collection tools.

You will learn about insights from recent research regarding smartphones and tablets and gain an up-­to­-date understanding of demographic patterns, primary activities, locations of use, etc. This will provide a foundation for rest of the workshop.

Case studies, tools, methods, and study design will be discussed. In a group setting you will have an opportunity to create your own research plan using structured materials provided.

You will learn:
  • Why and how research methods can help us learn about mobile device use.
  • How user research can rise to the challenge of studying cross-­device use.
  • How the unique capabilities of smartphones and tablets can be used for research.
  • How to create a high quality research plan for understanding mobile device use.
  • Join us, to develop the skills you need to conduct research both on, and about, smartphone and tablet use.
  • This workshop requires no position paper, just sign up by 20 October when registering for OzCHI.



HCI Education in Asia Pacific


Organisers: Bimlesh Wadhwa (National University of Singapore), Eunice Sari (The University of Western Australia)
Length of workshop: half day (afternoon)
Workshop website:
http://uxindo.com/ozchi-2014-call-position-papers/

The emergence of interactive technologies and their impact on human life has brought human-computer interaction (HCI) body of knowledge to the fore and has established it as a field of teaching and research in the Universities. But its interdisciplinary nature and rapid evolution brings with it challenges of having many theories and methods, and a need for continuous interaction with industry when designing a curriculum. Our aim in this workshop is to stimulate a dialogue among educators and practitioners to build a shared understanding of HCI curriculum topics, cultural-specific issues in teaching and learning of HCI, emerging topics in HCI discipline, HCI research and current industry practices.

This workshop is expected to be of special interest to HCI educators as well as to practitioners and researchers who want to contribute to the evolving body of knowledge of HCI.

Position papers (max 4-page long) are invited, but not limited to, the following themes:
  • Theories, methods, sub-areas which should form basis for shaping the HCI curriculum in an undergraduate and postgraduate degree curriculum.
  • Methods of teaching and learning of HCI.
  • Culture-specific topics for HCI education.
  • HCI education and research vs. industrial practices.



Health, Wellbeing and the Body



Organisers: Lian Loke, Toni Robertson, Carsten Roecker, Greg Wadley, Martina Ziefle, Andreas Holzinger, Bernd Ploderer, Reeva Lederman, Fernando Estrada
Length of workshop: full day
This all-day workshop on 2nd December amalgamates 'SmartHealth' and 'Body in Design', two workshops originally proposed separately but now joining to run in the same timeslot. We see this as an exciting opportunity to bring together researchers in these two overlapping and rapidly developing fields. Join us on the day to meet colleagues and start your conference on a high note.

The workshop is open to any OzCHI attendee; however if you wish to present your work, you must submit a position paper via one of the workshop websites below.
For more details, see the original calls for participation at:

http://www.comm.rwth-aachen.de/smarthealth2014/
http://research.it.uts.edu.au/idhup/workshops/3rd-body-in-design-workshop-2014/



Social Internet of Things


Organisers: Alessandro Soro (QUT), Margot Brereton (QUT), Paul Roe (QUT)
Length of workshop:
Half-day (morning)
Workshop website:
http://designparticipation.net/node/44

Why are Internet enabled objects struggling to emerge as consumer devices? What can we learn from success (and failure) stories? Who are smart objects for, what goals they serve and what skills are required to build, use and maintain them? The increasing availability of miniaturized computing and networking equipment has fuelled a multitude of research initiatives to delve into the issues and opportunities of creating smart everyday objects. Less attention has been given to how smart interconnected object can be designed so as to reveal, amplify and inspire the capacities of people, first and foremost the universal human need to gather, socialize and stay connected.

This half-day workshop will alternate theoretical contribution and experience reports/demonstration sessions to encourage and stimulate a debate on the Social Internet of Things and to help overcome the system/service centric paradigm that is dominant in IoT research, in favor of a people centric perspective.