University of Ottawa

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Does Sequencing Matter? Evaluating AI and Human Simulations for High-Stakes Communication Training in Law Enforcement

Training professionals in high-stakes, trauma-informed communication is critical across domains such as law enforcement, healthcare, and counseling. While live role-play with trained actors remains the gold standard, it is resource-intensive and emotionally demanding. We developed an AI-powered sexual assault victim i…

CHI '26VR Medical Training & Rehabilitation +2

Should the AI Speak First? Evaluating Proactive vs. Reactive Facilitation in Mixed-Reality Medical Training

As AI support tools become more common in immersive medical training, designers face a critical interaction-design question: When should an AI facilitator take initiative, and when should it wait for the learner? To investigate this design tension, we compared two versions of an AI facilitator in a mixed-reality (XR)…

CHI '23Social & Collaborative VR +2

From Artifacts to Outcomes: Comparison of HMD VR, Desktop, and Slides Lectures for Food Microbiology Laboratory Instruction

Despite the value of VR (Virtual Reality) for educational purposes, the instructional power of VR in Biology Laboratory education remains under-explored. Laboratory lectures can be challenging due to students' low motivation to learn abstract scientific concepts and low retention rate. Therefore, we designed a VR-base…

CHI '23Developing Countries & HCI for Development (HCI4D) +1

HCI Research on Agriculture: Competing Sociotechnical Imaginaries, Definitions, and Opportunities

Agriculture is foundational for food security on our planet. Considering climate change and other pressures on food production, HCI scholars have increasingly begun to examine how the field should approach agricultural innovation. We conducted a literature review of HCI research through the lens of competing future vi…

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2023-2026

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Education & Learning Technology

Intelligent Tutoring Systems & Learning Analytics

Virtual, Augmented & Mixed Reality (XR)

VR Medical Training & Rehabilitation

Health, Healthcare & Wellbeing

Telemedicine & Remote Patient Monitoring

Robotics & Autonomous Systems

Robots in Education & Healthcare

AI & Machine Learning Interaction

AI-Assisted Decision-Making & Automation