Marta E. Cecchinato
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Marta E. Cecchinato
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Asst Prof in Human-Computer Interaction at Northumbria University

CHI & CHIWORK steering committee

Working on #HCI #Productivity #FutureOfWork #WorkLifeBalance #DigitalWellbeing #Neurodiversity #EquitableWork #InclusiveFutures

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Love the “rejected author”! Will be getting one too 🤣 see you around!
April 26, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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We are recruiting Lecturers/Assistant Profs in our School of Computer Science - looking for more HCI people to join us! #chi2025

Deadline to apply: 8th May

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMO320/a...
Associate Professor/Assistant Professor/Lecturer in Computer Science at Northumbria University
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Associate Professor/Assistant Professor/Lecturer in Computer Science on jobs.ac.uk!
www.jobs.ac.uk
April 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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And if you are looking for job/PhD - we are recruiting!

We’re recruiting PhD students for our Citizen-Centred AI CDT #CCAI #CHI2025

www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/aca...
www.linkedin.com
April 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Come along to our #CHI2025 SIG on Designing for Neurodiversity in Academia: Addressing Challenges and Opportunities in HCI.

📆Tuesday 29th April
🕑2:10pm
📍G217

Everyone welcome, whether you are neurodivergent, an ally, or just curious. See you there! 🧩✨
April 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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I forgot to say, it was @dbpharrison.bsky.social ideas! I thought students would find it lame but they were smiling and laughing so maybe not…? 😅
December 9, 2024 at 4:04 PM
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Did it take me more than it should have to make this review? Absolutely. I probably should have started marking in that time, but it was fun. And I'll try to keep this up every year if I can.
December 9, 2024 at 1:58 PM
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Overall, some of these numbers surprised me and made me look at the module in a slightly different light. Was it all positive? No, plenty of people didn't engage, but I wanted it to be a positive reflection for those who had been attending and engaging.
December 9, 2024 at 1:58 PM
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I must have repeated this sentence a million times... "you are not the user". Let's see how many WEIRD personas I get this year...
A slide with a red gradient background. The text reads: ‘You are not the user… but your role is critical.’ At the bottom, the quote: ‘This is bigger than you, and you are not me’ from R.E.M. – Losing My Religion is displayed.
December 9, 2024 at 1:58 PM
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This year the assessment was all about Future of work. Students had to pick one of 4 challenges to design for and research:

1. worker-centred gig economy
2. inclusive work environments for neurodiversity
3. managing work-life balance for working students
4. designing transparent & ethical bossware
A slide with a bright yellow background and pink abstract shapes. The title reads: ‘Your top choices.’ Four images are listed with percentages: 41% (Work-Life Balance), 21% (Gig Economy), 21% (Neurodiverse Workplaces), and 17% (Ethical Bossware).
December 9, 2024 at 1:58 PM
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Last year the module feedback said my lectures needed to be more engaging. So every week I've included a Mentimeter quizzing them on previous lectures, debating topics, or getting them to reflect on their assumptions:

Shoutout to Simone Strumpf, & Margaret Burnett's (et al.) GenderMag resources!
A slide with a black and yellow gradient background. The title reads: ‘Your most engaged moments.’ Below it lists: ‘1. Stages in the UCD process – most answered Mentimeter question (week 2), 2. Speak up or go along? – most divisive ethical dilemma (week 4), 3. What features avoid bias when creating more inclusive personas? – most wrong Mentimeter answer given (week 7).’
December 9, 2024 at 1:58 PM
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This student also gave me some really lovely feedback:

"...Following the slides, the points that are made and the general QoL additions that you have put in (one free paper, then going through each and the heaps of additional tips) are truly helpful and quite a breath of fresh air."
A slide with a pink and red wavy gradient background. The text reads: ‘And another one of you had a lot of good questions to ask, sending 13 emails alone.’ At the bottom, the quote: ‘Tell me more, tell me more’ from Grease – Summer Nights is displayed.
December 9, 2024 at 1:58 PM
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Students thought I would have received more emails from them. I don't have data from previous years to compare, but I do think we received more in the past.... maybe my explanations are better now? 😜
A slide with a purple gradient background. The text reads: ‘You have sent 44 emails asking engaged questions and giving valuable feedback. That is 2% of the emails I received since the start of this semester.’ At the bottom, the quote: ‘Hello from the other side, I must have called a thousand times’ from Adele – Hello is displayed.
December 9, 2024 at 1:58 PM
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No surprises here for week 1 attendance, but week 3 was all about doing literature reviews. I want to give a shout out to Leysia Palen who shared her approach to annotated literature with me last year and students absolutely loved it! Highest reading rates ever!
A slide with a black background and blue gradient shapes. The title reads: ‘Your favorite module content.’ Below it lists: ‘1. Week 1 lecture – most attended, 2. Week 3 lecture – most viewed on Panopto, 3. Williams et al. (2023) paper – most read and annotated on Talis Elevate.’
December 9, 2024 at 1:58 PM