Talks | Learning Without Frontiers

Talks | Learning Without Frontiers

Recommended by one of my PHD students. Kind of interesting if your into education. Claims to be the Davos of education.

Neurodiversity for interactions

I just sent off the final draft to the editor of Interactions. I'm suddenly uncertain what he will make of it. Well let's see. I'm terrified by the lost list of people who looked at it. Still I'm got a good vibe from people about neurodiversity so I remain hopeful. 

Spatial Cognition 2012 paper in

http://sc2012.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/

Its been a busy weekend but I/we got the Spatial Cognition 2012 paper in. 20 pages pa!

Paper of the day

Comparing entropy measures of idea links in design protocols: Linkography entropy measurement and analysis of differently conditioned design sessions

http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=1339952

This paper explores using Shannon's entropy of information to measure linkographs of 12 design sessions that involved six architects in two different experimental conditions. The aim is to find a quantitative tool to interpret the linkographs. This study examines if the differences in the design processes and the design outcomes can be reflected in the entropic interpretations. The results show that the overall entropy of one design condition is slightly higher than the other. Further, there are indications that the change of entropy might reflect design outcomes.

Masters project of the day - collaborative tangible laptop

Given that most laptops now have cameras in the screens is it possible to invent uses for tangible user interfaces which would only use the hardware of a laptop or an iPad?


For a mac you would have to tilt the screen down to get the camera in the right position. This would leave sound as the the only out. With an iPad the screen would face away from the action ---. 

Masters project of the day

- Looking at skylands as an example of children's tangible interaction.