Academic Background: Human Centred Computing, Cognition Computing & Psychology, Language Teaching & Linguistics, Biochemistry
Current Interests: Understanding context and supporting learning across contexts (e.g. in school, at home, in rural Kenya, etc...). Design of appropriate technology to support collaboration & learning around scientific data and processes
Keywords: Context, e-Science, Methods for participatory learning design, Mobile Learning
Current projects: VeSel (Design of educational technology for rural Kenya) and e-Science Usability (e-Science for teaching and learning)
Past projects:Homework (Linking Home and School Primary Numeracy), Public Understanding of e-Science (e-Science for teaching and learning), INTERPRET (Designing Decision Support for Brain Tumor Diagnosis).
Current Position: Research Officer at LKL, IOE, London. Previously Research Fellow at IDEAs lab & Interact lab, HCT Group, University of Sussex.
Recent:
Publication: e-Science in the Classroom: Towards Viability
Workshop Organised: hct4d at HCI 2007