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Personal profile
Research interests
Website for Dr Kirsten Ellis - https://sites.google.com/site/drkirstenellis/home
Biography
Dr Kirsten Ellis has a creative and technical background and has experience in designing, developing and evaluating systems for people with unique requirements. Her research interests include human computer interaction and how technology can create a more inclusive society. She had developed multiple resources using a variety of technologies including on the Nintendo DS lite, iPad, iPhone, Android and the Microsoft Kinect. She also plays with maker technologies including eTextiles to make creative pieces and artefacts to assist people. In addition, she also researches innovative technologies to create tangible objects as authentic learning experiences.
Making for All
Dr Kirsten Ellis is involved with creating a variety of activities to engage everyone, no matter what their abilities are, in STEM Making. By redesigning activities we can make it possible for everyone to engage in the making process. The items use off the shelf technology that are hacked, modified and used in different ways to facilitate activities that show the creative and fun side to technology that is then of interest to a more diverse range of users and developers.
Australian Sign Language
Dr Kirsten Ellis researches teaching sign language to hearing people so that they can interact with deaf people in a common language that is fully accessible to all participants and she has designed and developed multiple resources to enable this. Kirsten has conducted research in how the use a whole range of technologies to improve the learning experience and learning outcomes.
Young Children and Technology
Kirsten Ellis has researched two year old children using technology in terms of behavior, interaction style and concentration span. This work has tracked how new technologies are making computer accessible to even the youngest members of the community.
Digital Health
Kirsten is currently undertaking research on how to utilise the distributed nature of the internet to facilitate large scale medical projects. These project deal with the collection and distribution of information in a medical context that has not been previously possible.
Monash teaching commitment
Dr Kirsten Ellis has experience as the Chief Examiner for the following units in the Faculty of IT:
- FIT3149 Maker Lab
Kirsten has experience as the Lecturer for the following units in the Faculty of IT:
- FIT1012/FIT9027 Website authoring
- FIT2032/FIT3045 Industry-based learning
- FIT2003 IT professional practice
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Information Technology, Doctor of Philosophy, Monash University
Award Date: 16 Oct 2008
Information Technology, Masters of IT (Research), Monash University
Award Date: 1 Jan 2002
Information Management, Bachelor of Applied Science, Deakin University
Award Date: 1 Jan 1995
Research area keywords
- Children's play
- Computer Education/Literacy
- Computer Graphics
- Computer Interface
- Computers and information technology in education
- Deaf Culture
- Deafness
- Development of CD ROMs
- Developmental Disabilities
- Developmental dyslexia
- Devices for the blind and deaf
- Disability
- Early Childhood Development
- Early Childhood Education
- Early childhood
- Education development and assessment
- Education research
- Educational/Instructional Technology
- Ethics in education
- Ethics in information technology
- Human Learning and Memory
- Human computer interaction, multimedia
- Information technology in education
Network
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Making eMaking Accessible for People with Intellectual Disabilities
Ellis, K., Kidman, G., Ananthanarayan, S., Tan, H. & Callaway, E.
1/02/23 → 31/01/26
Project: Research
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MakerVan: A mobile makerspace delivering STEM engagement to disability communities across Victoria
Ellis, K. & Ananthanarayan, S.
1/11/22 → 26/05/23
Project: Research
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Engaged Exchanges: Teaching and integrating inquiry learning in online environments
Kidman, G., Tan, H., Kewalramani, S., Ellis, K., Rady, D., Kinnaird, N., Daujat, S. & Bourke, S.
27/10/20 → 10/12/20
Project: Research
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COVID-19: Pedagogical Opportunities for students' Online Inquiry-Based-Learning
Kidman, G., Ellis, K., Kewalramani, S. & Tan, H.
1/10/20 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
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A critical review of multimodal-multisensor analytics for anxiety assessment
Senaratne, H., Oviatt, S., Ellis, K. & Melvin, G., Oct 2022, In: ACM Transactions on Computing for Healthcare. 3, 4, 42 p., 3556980.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
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Animations at your fingertips: using a refreshable tactile display to convey motion graphics for people who are blind or have low vision
Holloway, L., Ananthanarayan, S., Butler, M., De Silva, M. T., Ellis, K., Goncu, C., Stephens, K. & Marriott, K., 2022, ASSETS'22 - Proceedings of the 24th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. Shinohara, K. & Ludi, S. (eds.). New York NY USA: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 16 p. 32Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Research › peer-review
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Designing with and for people with intellectual disabilities
Soares Guedes, L., Gibson, R. C., Ellis, K., Sitbon, L. & Landoni, M., 2022, ASSETS'22 - Proceedings of the 24th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. Shinohara, K. & Ludi, S. (eds.). New York NY USA: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 6 p. 106Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Other
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Logic Bonbon: exploring food as computational artifact
Deng, J., Olivier, P., Andres, J., Ellis, K., Wee, R. & Mueller, F., 2022, Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Drucker, S., Williamson, J. & Yatani, K. (eds.). New York NY USA: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 21 p. 47Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Research › peer-review
4 Citations (Scopus) -
Therapist-Informed design directions for mobile assistive technologies for anxiety
Senaratne, H., Melvin, G., Oviatt, S. & Ellis, K., 2022, 15th EAI International Conference, Pervasive Health 2021 Virtual Event, December 6–8, 2021 Proceedings. Lewy, H. & Barkan, R. (eds.). Cham Switzerland: Springer, p. 164-182 19 p. (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST; vol. 431 LNICST).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Research › peer-review
Press/Media
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How to build a more inclusive STEM program in early childhood using robotics and conductive blocks
Sarika Kewalramani, Kirsten Ellis & Gillian Kidman
4/06/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature