Blogs
Category: Covid-19
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The best tech for contact tracing? Systems designed for healthcare workers
Margaret Bourdeaux, Mary Gray, Barbara Grosz Posted: Fri, June 26, 2020 - 1:37:22
Given the ongoing sense of urgency, some, particularly in technology circles, wonder if waiting for a healthcare worker to track down the virus makes sense. In a fight that depends…
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We need to talk about digital contact tracing
Ali Alkhatib Posted: Mon, June 15, 2020 - 3:34:49
Recently, Apple and Google discussed developing and distributing a digital contact-tracing system that will inform people when they’ve been exposed to someone who’s contracted Covid-19, and communicate to people that…
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Comics as Covid-19 response: Visualizing the experience of videoconferencing with aging relatives
Ernesto Priego, Peter Wilkins Posted: Fri, June 12, 2020 - 9:40:33
In the period between March and May 2020, we have been working on simultaneous projects employing qualitative methods to create comics in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. We have been…
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How can designers fight the coronavirus?
Nikhil Welankar Posted: Wed, June 10, 2020 - 8:41:53
Most of us had never imagined that countries would have to declare lockdowns to protect their citizens from the coronavirus outbreak. In its wake, government authorities, health departments, doctors, nurses,…
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What Is the future of data sharing for research?
Giovanna Vilaza Posted: Mon, June 08, 2020 - 8:30:55
Digital data collection for health research usually follows well-established methods. In many of the labs that work with mobile sensing, research subjects are provided with consent forms, task instructions, and…
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Is remote the new normal? Reflections on Covid-19, technology, and humankind
Yvonne Rogers Posted: Thu, May 28, 2020 - 12:46:39
Covid-19 forced governments to urge full or partial lockdown measures to slow the progression of the pandemic. By the end of March, more than 100 countries had “locked down” billions…
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After the iron horse: Covid-19 responses in education
Jonathan Grudin Posted: Wed, May 27, 2020 - 9:25:09
Research from the distant past regains relevance! From 1998 to 2000 and 2017 to 2020, I focused on higher education. Suddenly, some of the early work is again relevant. I’ll…
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A crash course in online learning
David Youngmeyer Posted: Fri, May 22, 2020 - 4:58:53
As in many countries, when New Zealand went into lockdown in response to the Covid-19 pandemic in late March, tertiary education providers had to suddenly move from face-to-face teaching to…
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Evaluating immersive experiences during Covid-19 and beyond
Anthony Steed, Francisco Ortega, Adam Williams, Ernst Kruijff, Wolfgang Stuerzlinger, Anil Ufuk Batmaz, Andrea Won, Evan Suma Rosenberg , Adalberto Simeone, Aleshia Hayes Posted: Tue, May 19, 2020 - 3:52:13
The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted life as we once knew it. The safety and well-being of people are paramount, and there is no exception for the human-computer interaction (HCI) field.…
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On physical and social distancing: Reflections on moving just about everything online amid Covid-19
Mikael Wiberg Posted: Mon, May 18, 2020 - 9:55:04
On March 11, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the spread of Covid-19 constituted a pandemic. They stated that that the virus was not just a threat to public…