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The idea of the series of seminars "Mobile HCI" is to reflect on the last decade of HCI research on mobility, to discuss what we know about mobility, and what issues still need to be addressed by further research.

The seminars are organized into the following themes:

1-Empirical studies accounting for (i) the situated practices of mobile technologies use, (ii) the nature of mobility and possible related conceptualizations;
2– Analytical and methodological approaches for the study of "people on the move";
3 – Design issues in mobile HCI.

All the seminars are held in Stockholm and are available on distance on the following address:

https://connect.sunet.se/r6h8phmzbdl/

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The schedule for the series of seminars is the following:

On the 2nd of February 2012 - "Mobile methods & Analysis" by Barry Brown, Mobile life center
Abstract
In this seminar I'll talk about some methods for collecting and analysing data on mobile technology use.  I'll talk about the use of ethnography, system trials and video recording as ways of getting data about how we are mobile and how we use mobile technology.  What is key though is that it is in the analysis of this data that the real challenge arises, so I will develop my thoughts about how to go about analysis and in particular ways of describing the 'what everyone knows' that is important for system design.

On the 20th of March 2012 - "Designing for Mobile HCI - Landscapes, Long tails & Digital Materialities" by Professor Mikael Wiberg, Uppsala University
Abstract
Mobile HCI is changing. From being about, for example, UI design for small devices, interaction via limited input modalities, and design for small screens, these important aspects of mobile HCI are now heavily interwoven in complex arrangements of computational devices, platforms and services. With a point of departure taken in these processes of current development, this seminar sets out to describe and envision a research agenda for mobile HCI carefully crafted out in relation to three specific and recent developments in this field. More specifically, these strands of developments include the formation of new interaction landscapes, the long tail of interaction, and digital materialities. In this seminar I will present the background for this development followed by examples illustrating how these three manifest themselves in practice. With a point of departure taken in these three cornerstones a research agenda is presented followed by a discussion on the implications of this agenda for mobile HCI research and design.

Mikael Wiberg is a chaired professor in Human-Computer Interaction at Uppsala university and this seminar will be based upon his recent publication:

Wiberg, M. (2012) Landscapes, Long tails & Digital Materialities – Implications for Mobile HCI research,  International Journal of Mobile Human Computer Interaction, Issue 4(1).

www.letstudio.gu.se/studio-3

Based on ongoing design-oriented ethnographic fieldwork in museums and science centers, this presentation explores the ways new mobile technologies are currently used to understand their potential and challenges. The presentation will examine ways that museum visitors broaden and share their experiences of exhibitions by using the newest generation of mobile technologies. In particular, the practice of sharing video recorded within a museum, both in real-time with co-visitors and asynchronously through the Internet will be discussed. Through examination of observational video of visitor practices inside exhibitions, visitor-produced video, and visitor contributions to video sharing sites such as YouTube, the findings reveal changed and expanded museum experiences. Our results question the nature of the ‘principal user’ of an exhibit, and illustrate ways that mobile technologies re-configure the interactivity of exhibitions. We show that such technologies mediate the local experiences of visitors extending both the physical and temporal reach of those experiences outside museum walls. These new generations of technology create challenges for museums and science centres, but also, through sensitivity to the emerging ways that young people document and share their experiences, the opportunity for supporting new forms of activity.

Workshop at MobileHCI 2011, Aug 30–Sept 2, 2011, Stockholm.

http://www.mobilehci2011.org/

Organizers: Chiara Rossitto, Teresa Cerratto-Pargman, Daniel Spikol, Leif M. Hokstad 

The use of portable technologies, social media and mobile applications has become pervasive in the field of education. Such burgeoning technological development encourages the exploration of new geographies of learning, in formal and informal settings, at school and within organizations, as well as in leisure, lifelong situations. The goals of this workshop are to promote a dialogue between research on nomadic work and mobile learning. To discuss how different accounts of mobility and mobile interactions can assist in defining the analytical and design issues involved in designing technologies for learning at several locations. Such a conversation becomes relevant as mobile applications and devices are used ubiquitously across contexts and situations, in workplaces and homes, for private and leisure use, and with different ensembles of people.

This workshop will explore how accounts of mobility in work and leisure settings, together with the adoption of Interaction Design and HCI methodologies, could assist in designing technologies for mobile learning. Whereas pedagogical theories provide a set of tenets to frame and organize educational objectives and curricula, we feel that designing supporting technologies could benefit from: i) understanding the nature of the mobile interactions entailed in learning at several sites; ii) reflecting on how to frame and design new models of mobile interactions with technologies and between devices and applications. Such an inter-disciplinary dialogue could assist pedagogical design by bringing to the forefront the social, spatial, temporal and contextual issues related to people's active engagement with the "here" and "now" of learning experiences.

We invite contributions from heterogeneous backgrounds to explore aspects concerning the design of technologies for mobile learning, and the issues arising when different disciplines merge together. Contributors may wish to address a range of topics including, but not restricted to:

§ Aspects related to the use of design methodologies. We invite papers addressing the value of novel methods and techniques – map-drawing exercises, place walkthrough, diary keeping, collection of probes, user self-documenting techniques, sketching, experience prototyping, and other experience-centered methods.

§ Design and pedagogical challenges for learning technologies to be used across locations (i.e. indoors vs outdoors) and settings (i.e. formal vs informal). This could include the reciprocal interactions between design methods for mobile learning and pedagogical approaches to learning.

§ Issues of multi-mediation emerging from using constellations of technologies. Investigations of how Social media and Web 2.0 applications are used within workplaces and leisure time could contribute to research on mobile learning, and help understanding the potential and disadvantages of using them in educational settings.

§ The design of interactions models and how they come to shape, and be shaped by, social interactions among learners. Aspects of meaningful engagement with the range of formal and informal learning practices occurring at different sites are central to this point.

Important dates

Deadline Extended! April 30, 2011 paper submission.

May 15, 2011 notification of acceptance to authors.

Contributors are invited to submit position papers of max 4 pages following the MobileHCI template to chiara(AT)dsv.su.se.
The delegates can also submit demos or other interactive material in addition to the position papers. The workshop is open to scholars and developers who are actively involved in designing mobile technologies and interested in current state-of-the art research and development.

At least one author of the accepted papers must register to the workshop and the conference.

More about the organizers
Chiara Rossitto is a lecturer at the Dep. Of Information and Systems Sciences at Stockholm University. Chiara holds a PhD in Human-Computer Interaction from the Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden) and a Master Degree in Communication Sciences from the University of Siena (Italy). She has worked on a variety of research topics, including the analytical investigation of mobility in collaborative work settings, mobile learning, web-based support for collaborative writing, and technological support for the cultural heritage.

Daniel Spikol is a researcher at the Center for Learning and Knowledge Technologies (CeLeKT) and Senior Lecturer in the School of Computer Science, Mathematics, and Physics at Linnaeus University in Växjö, Sweden. His current research interests include the design and development of mobile and ubiquitous environments that explore different modes of collaboration that explore formal and informal inquiry-based learning and epistemic gaming. Spikol holds a PhD in Computer Science from Linnaeus University, a MSc from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and BFA from Rhode Island School of Design.

Teresa Cerratto-Pargman is Associate Professor of Human-Computer Interaction at the Dep. of Computer and Systems Sciences (DSV), Stockholm University. Teresa is interested in the relationship between writing and technology from socio-cultural perspectives of literacy and tool use. She works with a focus on design, adoption and use of technologies for reflective and collaborative purposes. She serves as a program committee member in a number of international scientific conferences and as reviewer in international journals. Teresa is the scientific leader of LEAF, a research network on Technology-Enhanced Learning funded by the NordForsk research council.

Leif Martin Hokstad is associate professor in ICT didactics at the section for university pedagogy at the Program for teacher training at NTNU. He has also worked as a consultant on educational technology for the Ministerial Task Force, the Datasecretariat, under the Royal Ministry of Church and Education. His research interests now are connected to the impact of computers in education, with a focus upon developing didactic approaches, the development of digital literacies, and the relationship between technology and knowledge development.