Dr Pamela Andrade

Pamela works as a Research Associate at the School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences of the University of Leicester. Her work as a HCI Lead involves conducting research and development for the Personalised Space Technology Exercise Platform (2021-present). P-STEP is a multidisciplinary project funded by the European Space Agency that aims to design an interactive mobile application to provide support and exercise guidance to people with long-term conditions based on health and satellite data combined with artificial intelligence.

In the past, Pamela worked as an HCI Specialist at the University of Leicester for two projects. These projects were funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 and they are known as the GO-LAB Initiative (2017-2019) and ARETE (2021). GO-LAB's ecosystem facilitates the use of innovative learning technologies in STEM education, with a particular focus on online laboratories and inquiry learning apps. ARETE'S ecosystem studies and develops AR technologies and content to stimulate interactive learning.

Pamela's main research interest is in Human-Centered Computing, as defined by the ACM Computing Classification System.

Areas where Pamela has conducted research in the last few years include: Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), User Experience (UX), Interaction and User Interface Design, Gamification, Mobile Health Applications, Educational Technologies, and Augmented and Virtual Reality.

Heintz, M., Law, E. L. C., & Andrade, P. (2021, September). Augmented Reality as Educational Tool: Perceptions, Challenges, and Requirements from Teachers. In European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning (pp. 315-319). Springer, Cham.

Andrade, P., & Law, E. L. C. (2021, August). Improving student experience and learning performance with traditional instructional methods and new digital media. In IFIP Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (pp. 97-106). Springer, Cham.

Andrade, P., & Law, E. L. (2021, July). Can Educational Software Support Learning in the Global North and South Equally? A Comparison Case Study. In 34th British HCI Conference 34 (pp. 294-305).

Andrade, P., Law, E. L. C., Farah, J. C., & Gillet, D. (2020, December). Evaluating the effects of introducing three gamification elements in STEM educational software for secondary schools. In 32nd Australian Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (pp. 220-232).

Law, E. L. C., Heintz, M., & Andrade, P. (2019). Plug and learn: Online labs for next-generation learning experiences. School Science Review, 101(375), 36-39.

Andrade, P., & Law, E. L. C. (2018, July). User-based evaluation of gamification elements in an educational application. In Proceedings of the 32nd International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference 32 (pp. 1-13).

Heintz, M., Law, E., & Andrade, P. (2018, July). Comparison of paper-and tool-based participatory design approaches: A case study with PDotcapturer. In Proceedings of the 32nd International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference 32 (pp. 1-12).

Working as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of Leicester (2016-2020), Pamela assisted in modules such as Databases and Web Applications, Semantic Web, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Architecture, Requirements Engineering and Professional Practice, Software Project Management, Understanding Statistical Information. Pamela is currently not required to have any academic duties as part of her role as a Research Associate.

Reviewer

• CHI 2022

Presenter

• BHCI 2021

• INTERACT 2021

• OzCHI 2020

• BHCI 2018

Pamela holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Leicester (2016-2021) and since 2018 Pamela is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Pamela graduated with Distinction as a Master in Cloud Computing at the University of Leicester (2015-2016) and she also graduated with Distinction as an Information Systems Engineer at the Metropolitan University of Ecuador (2007-2013).