Project dates: 2016 - 2020
We investigated several aspects of information access with a co-design methodology. The co-design methodology involves deep engagement with participants, and we developed and refined the methodology as we employed it to address technology and design.
Information access in this project took the form of accessible search engines, accessible education to learn how to use search engines, accessible information-centered mobile applications (eg. way finding and transport), and new forms of information media (social robots).
As part of this project, we developed a research and design approach centered on people’s competencies.
Some of the key methods developed to support this approached included Techshops and Active Support.
This project has now concluded. 3 PhD students, Filip Bircanin, Andy Bayor, and Theja Kuruppu Arachchi, have taken part in this project and now graduated.
Funding / Grants
- ARC Linkage (2016 - 2020)
Chief Investigators
Other Team Members
ARC Linkage Project Investigators
- Adj Prof. Shlomo Geva
- Dr Jinglan Zhang
- Mr Stewart Adam Koplick - Endeavour Foundation
PhD Students
Partners
Publications
- Bayor, Andrew Azaabanye, Brereton, Margot, Sitbon, Laurianne, Ploderer, Bernd, Bircanin, Filip, Favre, Benoit, Koplick, Stewart (2021) Toward a Competency-based Approach to Co-designing Technologies with People with Intellectual Disability. ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing, 14 (2), pp.Article number: 6.
- Balasuriya, Saminda Sundeepa, Sitbon, Laurianne, Zhang, Jinglan, Anuar, Khairi (2021) Summary and Prejudice: Online Reading Preferences of Users with Intellectual Disability. CHIIR '21: Proceedings of the 2021 Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval, CHIIR 2021 - Proceedings of the 2021 Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval, pp.285-289.
- Mitchell, Alicia, Sitbon, Laurianne, Balasuriya, Saminda Sundeepa, Koplick, Stewart, Beaumont, Chris (2021) Social Robots in Learning Experiences of Adults with Intellectual Disability: An Exploratory Study. In Ardito, Carmelo, Lanzilotti, Rosa, Malizia, Alessio, Petrie, Helen, Piccinno, Antonio, Desolda, Giuseppe, Inkpen, Kori (Eds.), Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2021: 18th IFIP TC 13 International Conference, Bari, Italy, August 30 – September 3, 2021, Proceedings, Part I, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Information Systems and Applications, incl. Internet/Web, and HCI), pp.266-285.
- Bircanin, Filip, Brereton, Margot, Sitbon, Laurianne, Ploderer, Bernd, Bayor, Andrew Azaabanye, Koplick, Stewart A. (2021) Including adults with severe intellectual disabilities in co-design through active support. CHI '21: Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Making Waves, Combining Strengths, Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings.
- Sitbon, Laurianne, Favre, Benoit, Zhang, Jinglan, Bayor, Andrew A., Koplick, Stewart Adam, Bircanin, Filip, Brereton, Margot (2020) A framework for information accessibility in large video repositories. CHIIR '20: Proceedings of the 2020 Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval, CHIIR 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval, pp.387–391.
- Sitbon, Laurianne, Brereton, Margot (2020) Co-design to include users with intellectual disability in information interaction research. CHIIR '20: Proceedings of the 2020 Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval, CHIIR 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval, pp.481–483.
- Bircanin, Filip, Sitbon, Laurianne, Favre, Benoit, Brereton, Margot (2020) Designing an IIR research apparatus with users with severe intellectual disability. CHIIR '20: Proceedings of the 2020 Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval, CHIIR 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval, pp.412–416.
- Bayor, Andrew Azaabanye, Sitbon, Laurianne, Ploderer, Bernd, Bircanin, Filip, Koplick, Stewart, Brereton, Margot (2019) Leveraging participation: Supporting skills development of young adults with intellectual disability using social media. Proceedings of the 21st International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2019), pp.143-155.
- Bayor, Andrew Azaabanye, Sitbon, Laurianne, Ploderer, Bernd, Bircanin, Filip, Brereton, Margot (2019) 'TechShops': Engaging young adults with intellectual disability in exploratory design research. In Cox, A, Kostakos, V (Eds.), Extended Abstracts of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp.1-8.
- Sitbon, Laurianne, Brown, Ross, Fell, Lauren (2019) Turning heads: Designing engaging immersive video experiences to support people with intellectual disability when learning everyday living skills. In Bigham, J.P. (Ed.), Proceedings of the 21st International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, pp.171-182.
- Balasuriya, Saminda Sundeepa, Sitbon, Laurianne, Brereton, Margot, Koplick, Stewart (2019) How can social robots spark collaboration and engagement among people with intellectual disability?. OZCHI'19: Proceedings of the 31st Australian Conference on Human-Computer-Interaction, PervasiveHealth: Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, pp.209-220.
- Balasuriya, Saminda Sundee, Sitbon, Laurianne, Bayor, Andrew Azaabanye, Hoogstrate, Maria, Brereton, Margot (2018) Use of voice activated interfaces by people with intellectual disability. In Choi, J H J, McKay, D, Kelly, R, Waycott, J, Lugmayr, A, Morrison, A, Buchanan, G, Stevenson, D, Billinghurst, M (Eds.), Proceedings of the 30th Australian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction (OzCHI 2018), pp.102-112.
- Bayor, Andrew Azaabanye, Bircanin, Filip, Sitbon, Laurianne, Ploderer, Bernd, Koplick, Stewart, Brereton, Margot (2018) Characterizing participation across social media sites amongst young adults with intellectual disability. In Choi, J H J, McKay, D, Kelly, R, Waycott, J, Lugmayr, A, Morrison, A, Buchanan, G, Stevenson, D, Billinghurst, M (Eds.), Proceedings of the 30th Australian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction (OzCHI 2018), pp.113-122.
- Sitbon, Laurianne, Bayor, Andrew Azaabanye, Bircanin, Filip, Koplick, Stewart, Brereton, Margot (2018) An exploration of how people with intellectual disability engage with online information retrieval. In Cox, A, Perry, M (Eds.), Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp.1-6.
- Sitbon, Laurianne, Hoogstrate, Maria, Yule, Julie, Koplick, Stewart, Bircanin, Filip, Brereton, Margot (2018) A non-clinical approach to describing participants with intellectual disability. In Choi, J H J, McKay, D, Kelly, R, Waycott, J, Lugmayr, A, Morrison, A, Buchanan, G, Stevenson, D, Billinghurst, M (Eds.), Proceedings of the 30th Australian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction (OzCHI 2018), pp.128-132.
- Kuruppu Arachchi, Theja, Sitbon, Laurianne, Zhang, Jinglan (2017) Enhancing access to eLearning for people with intellectual disability: Integrating usability with learning. In Dalvi, G, Joshi, A, O'Neil, J, Winckler, M, Bernhaupt, R, K Balkrishan, D (Eds.), Human-Computer Interaction - INTERACT 2017: 16th IFIP TC 13 International Conference Proceedings, Part II (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 10514), pp.13-32.
- Sitbon, Laurianne, Brown, Ross A., Fell, Lauren, Koplick, Stewart, Beaumont, Chris (2017) Immersive digital experiences to ease people with intellectual disability into new physical spaces. Digital Outreach: Designing Technologies for Diversity, Participation and Social Inclusion [Workshop at OZCHI 2017].
- Brown, Ross, Sitbon, Laurianne, Fell, Lauren, Koplick, Stewart, Beaumont, Chris, Brereton, Margot (2016) Design insights into embedding virtual reality content into life skills training for people with intellectual disability. In Parker, C (Ed.), Proceedings of the 28th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference (OzCHI 2016), pp.581-585.