Dr Jim Eales
Senior Lecturer
Department: Computing and Multimedia Technology
Contact
- Telephone: +44 (0)20 8411 4396
- E-mail: j.eales@mdx.ac.uk
Qualifications
PhD, MSc, Cert. Ed.
Research Interests
- Interaction Design and HCI - "IT and creativity", focussing on the creative user and the design of creativity support systems
- Various aspects of collaborative computing, especially online communities and expertise networks
- The educational application of IT. In particular, computer supported collaborative learning (CSCL)
Teaching Interests
- BIS3021 Enterprise Database Systems
Biography
Publications:
- Eales, R. T. J. Creativity in Action: Some implications for the design of Creativity Support Systems. In the proceedings of CHINZ'05, Auckland, NZ, July 2005
- Eales, R. T. J. The Artist and the Computer: Understanding the Creative User. In the proceedings of OZCHI 2004, Wollongong, Australia, November, 2004
- Eales, R. T. J. Crossing the Border: Comparing partial and fully online learning. In the proceedings of e-Society 2004, Avila, Spain, July 2004
- Eales, R. T. J. A Knowledge Management Approach to User Support. Australian Computer Science Communications, Vol. 26, No. 3, pp.33-38, 2004
- Eales, R. T. J., Hall, T. and Bannon, L. J. The Motivation is the Message: Comparing CSCL in different settings. In the proceedings of CSCL2002 (International conference on Computer Support for Collaborative Learning), Boulder, Colorado, USA, January 2002
- Eales, R. T. J. Supporting Informal Communities of Practice within Organizations. In Ackerman, M., Pipek, V. and Wulf , V. (eds). Beyond Knowledge Management: Sharing Expertise. Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 2002
- Eales, R. T. J. Brewing ALE's: Creating Authentic Learning Environments. In the proceedings of WebNet 2001 (World conference of the WWW and Internet), Orlando, USA, October 2001
