Evaluating the Embodiment Benefits of a Paper-Based TUI for Educational Simulations
CHI, Vancouver, Canada · May 7 - 12, 2011
Tia Shelley, Leilah Lyons, Emily Minor, and Moira Zellner

This poster presents a proof-of-concept implementation of an RFID-based interaction strategy for the EcoCollage project.

 
   

RFID Localization for Tangible and Embodied Multi-User Interaction with Museum Exhibits
UBICOMP, Copenhagen, Denmark · September 27 - 29, 2010
Francesco Cafaro & Leilah Lyons

This poster presents a proof-of-concept implementation of an RFID-based interaction strategy for the CoCensus project.

 
         
   

Paper to Parameters: Designing Tangible Simulation Input
UBICOMP, Copenhagen, Denmark · September 27 - 29, 2010
Tia Shelley & Leilah Lyons

This poster presents a proof-of-concept implementation of the Paper-to-Parameters input strategy for the EcoCollage project.

 
         
   

Mobile devices transforming the museum experience: Opportunistic User Interfaces to exhibits
ICLS 2010, Chicago, IL, USA · June 29 - July 2, 2010
Leilah Lyons

Presented in the Technologies and Tools to Support Informal Science Learning Poster Symposium. This poster presents three studies of Opportunistic User Interfaces (O-UIs) to digital museum exhibits.

  
         
   

Designing for an Informal Learning Environment: Towards a Participatory Simulation Design Process for Public Policy Planning
ICLS 2010, Chicago, IL, USA · June 29 - July 2, 2010
Chandan Dasgupta, Leilah Lyons, Moira Zellner, & Andrew Greenlee

This poster presents preliminary findings from an interview-based study of how urban planning stakeholders respond to the use of simulations in the urban planning process, as part of the Systems Simulations for Stakeholders project.

  
         
   

Studying Different Methods of Providing Input to a Collaborative Interactive Museum Exhibit Using Mobile Devices
6th IEEE WMUTE 2010, Kaohsiung, Taiwan · April 12- 16, 2010
Priscilla Jimenez & Leilah Lyons

This poster presents preliminary findings from a study of the impact of different Opportunistic User Interface (O-UI) input modalities on two-dimensional manipulation and small group collaboration.

 
         
   

Enhancing Collabora;ve Solu;on‐Building for Urban Sustainability with Computer Simulations: Water Management in the Chicago Region
Shirley Jackson Poster session on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and Environment, Chicago, IL, USA · February 8, 2010
Moira Zellner & Leilah Lyons

This poster was presented at a poster session to highlight UIC research on renewable energy, sustainability and environment for Shirley Jackson, member of United States President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. The poster presents the concepts underlying the Systems Simulations for Stakeholders project.

 
         
   

Integrated Study of Natural resources, Human Impact, and Environmental Policy: Making complex systems accessible for secondary learners
Shirley Jackson Poster session on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and Environment, Chicago, IL, USA · February 8, 2010
Leilah Lyons, Moira Zellner, & Emily Minor

This poster was presented at a poster session to highlight UIC research on renewable energy, sustainability and environment for Shirley Jackson, member of United States President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. The poster presents the concepts underlying the EcoCollage project.

 
         
   

Designing for the Cooperative Use of Multi-User, Multi-Device Museum Exhibits
What Research Can Teach Us about Science Learning: A Poster Session, ASTC, Los Angeles, CA, USA · October 16 - 16, 2007
Leilah Lyons

This poster was presented at the Association of Science - Technology Centers, as part of a poster session showcasing recent results from academic research. The poster presents preliminary findings from the study I conducted the summer of 2007 at the Exploratorium in San Francisco.

 
         
   

Scaffolding Cooperative Multi-Device Activities in an Informal Learning Environment
Doctoral Consortium, ACM SIG CHI, San Jose, CA, USA · April 28 - May 3, 2007
Leilah Lyons

This poster was presented as a component of the CHI '07 doctoral consortium, and was an opportunity for me to specify the problem space for encouraging participation in multi-device cooperative learning activities. See Papers for the accompanying short paper.

 
         
   

Preliminary Evaluation of a Synchronous Co-located Educational Simulation Framework
Work-in-Progress, ACM SIG CHI, Montreal, QC, CAN · April 22 - 27, 2006
Leilah Lyons, Joe Lee, Chris Quintana, & Elliot Soloway

This poster summarizes the studies we had performed in lab and classrooms of the MUSHI (Multi-User Simulation with Handeld Integration) framework. See Papers for the accompanying short paper.