I'm a research fellow in the Culture Lab within Newcastle University. At present I'm working on the PATINA project, exploring how pervasive technologies can transform the process of research, and the research space. [more]
I'm a research fellow in the Culture Lab within Newcastle University. At present I'm working on the PATINA project, exploring how pervasive technologies can transform the process of research, and the research space. [more]
A selection of my most recent publications:
Kim, C., Balaam, M. (2011.) Monitoring Affective and Motivational Aspects of Learning Experience with the Subtle Stone Paper to be presented at the DULP workshop as part of ICALT 2011. Full position paper will be available on my site after the ICALT conference.
Type of Publication: Workshop.
Balaam, M., Rennick Egglestone, S., Fitzpatrick, G., Rodden, T., Hughes, A., Wilkinson, A., Nind, T., Axelrod, L., Harris. E., Ricketts, I., Mawson, S., Burridge, J. (2011.) Motivating Mobility: Designing for Lived Motivation in Stroke Rehabilitation Proceedings of the Twenty-Ninth Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Vancouver, Canada, ACM (CHI 2011). © Copyright 2011 by ACM, Inc.
Type of Publication: Conference.
Balaam, M., Fitzpatrick, G., Good, J., Harris, E. (2011.) Enhancing Interactional Synchrony with an Ambient Display Proceedings of the Twenty-Ninth Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Vancouver, Canada, ACM (CHI 2011). © Copyright 2011 by ACM, Inc.
Type of Publication: Conference.
Balaam, M. (2011.) An autoethnographical design: using autoethnographic methods to understand and portray experience through design .
Type of Publication: Workshop.
Balaam, M., S. Rennick Egglestone., Hughes, A.M., Nind, T., Wilkinson, A., Harris, E., Axelrod, L. and Fitzpatrick, G. (2010.) Rehabilitation centred design Proceeding of the Twenty-Eighth Annual SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Atlanta, USA, ACM. 4583 - 4586. © Copyright 2010 by ACM, Inc.
Type of Publication: Conference.
Balaam, M., Fitzpatrick, G., Good, J., Luckin, R. (2010.) Exploring Affective Technologies for the Classroom with the Subtle Stone Proceeding of the Twenty-Eighth Annual SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Atlanta, US, ACM. pp 1623 - 1632. © Copyright 2010 by ACM, Inc Received “Honourable Mention” award.
Type of Publication: Conference.
Balaam, M. (2010.) Designing for social connectedness in shyness, schools and stroke patients Workshop on Designing and Evaluating Affective Aspects of Sociable Media to Support Social Connectedness as part of Twenty-Eighth Annual SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Atlanta, USA, ACM.
Type of Publication: Workshop.
Balaam, M., Harris, E., Fitzpatrick, G. (2009.) Encouraging classrooms that care Proceedings of Artificial Intelligence in Education 2009, pp. 798.
Type of Publication: Conference.
Balaam, M., Luckin, R., Good, J., Harris, E. (2009.) Supporting affective communication in the classroom with the Subtle Stone International Journal of Learning Technologies 4(3/4): pp. 188-215.
Type of Publication: Journal.