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Papers by Leshell Hatley
Traditionally, researchers have portrayed informationseeking as systematic, orderly, and procedur... more Traditionally, researchers have portrayed informationseeking as systematic, orderly, and procedural. But as this child shows (Figure 1), seeking information using a keyword search interface on the Internet can lead to uncertainty and confusion, with a search process that can be repetitive, complex and at times end in frustration. This is a child we have come to call a Developing Searcher. He has challenges with spelling, typing, query formulation and results interpretation. Over the last year, our work with 83 children, ages 7, 9, and 11, have shown that these young people demonstrate seven distinctive search roles, sometimes with multiple roles present during any given information-seeking experience. To define these roles we examined their behavioral patterns by age and gender with particular interest in what triggered searching and what the barriers were.
When children learn how to program, they gain problemsolving skills useful to them all throughout... more When children learn how to program, they gain problemsolving skills useful to them all throughout life. How can we attract more children in K-8 to learn about programming and be excited about it? To answer this question, we worked with a group of children aged 7-12 as our design partners. By partnering with the children, we were able to discover approaches to the topic that might appeal to our target audience. Using the children’s input from one design partnering session, we designed a prototype tangible programming experience based upon the theme of cooking. The children evaluated this prototype and gave us additional design ideas in a second session. We plan to use the children’s design ideas to guide our future work.
Proceedings of the 2022 ACM Conference on Information Technology for Social Good
Language is an act of identity, but AI has no identity other than that which its creators assign ... more Language is an act of identity, but AI has no identity other than that which its creators assign it. Technology creators who do not fully consider how identity information is encoded in AI dialogue risk creating representational harms that negatively impact users' Permission to make digital or hard copies of part or all of this work for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and that copies bear this notice and the full citation on the first page. Copyrights for third-party components of this work must be honored. For all other uses, contact the owner/author(s).
As technology for children becomes more mobile, social, and distributed, our design methods and t... more As technology for children becomes more mobile, social, and distributed, our design methods and techniques must evolve to better explore these new directions. This paper reports on “Layered Elaboration, ” a co-design technique developed over the past year. Layered Elaboration allows design teams to generate ideas through an iterative process in which each version leaves prior ideas intact while extending concepts. Layered Elaboration is a useful technique as it enables co-design to take place asynchronously and does not require much space or many resources. Our intergenerational team used the technique to design a prototype of an instructional game about energy conservation
and distributed, our design methods and techniques must evolve to better explore these new direct... more and distributed, our design methods and techniques must evolve to better explore these new directions. This paper reports on “Layered Elaboration, ” a co-design technique created to support these evolving needs. Layered Elaboration allows design teams to generate ideas through an iterative process in which each version leaves prior ideas intact while extending concepts. Layered Elaboration is a useful technique as it enables co-design to take place asynchronously and does not require much space or many resources. THE FOUNDATIONS OF LAYERED ELABORATION The concept for Layered Elaboration has its roots in storyboarding for interactive media [5], paper prototyping [8], and annotation tools [6]. Storyboards and drawings have been used as a method in participatory design research
2018 Research on Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology (RESPECT)
ABSTRACT Ms. Leshell Hatley will discuss an online collaborative approach to effectively manage t... more ABSTRACT Ms. Leshell Hatley will discuss an online collaborative approach to effectively manage the Juxtopia® Imhotep Open-Wear Platform development team dispersed across various geographical locations. Ms. Hatley will discuss effective approaches to remotely manage business, clinical teams, engineering, and health policy teams that contributed to the Juxtopia® Imhotep Open-Wear Platform.
Educational Technology archive, 2009
For more than a decade, scholars have identified culturally responsive pedagogy as a teaching met... more For more than a decade, scholars have identified culturally responsive pedagogy as a teaching method for improving the academic achievement of culturally and linguistically diverse students. Scholarly research on the intersection of culturally responsive teaching and educational technology, however, remains scant. The purpose of this literature review is to highlight research-based examples of culturally responsive applications and to provide recommendations for the design of technology-based learning environments.
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Culture, Learning, and Technology
Journal of Software Engineering and Applications
The case study presented here uses an interpretivist (qualitative, humanistic) approach to illust... more The case study presented here uses an interpretivist (qualitative, humanistic) approach to illustrate and describe a range of interactions and behaviors that occur during design meetings where mentoring and design simultaneously occur within a software engineering firm, during a portion of the design phase for a software project. It attempts to examine the interaction between two design team members (one novice and one expert) and describes how these observations intersect with the theoretical and applied literature and actual design processes. Taking cues from two theoretical descriptions of the design process, the study presented here suggests that modes and models of mentorship should be added, when applicable, as a descriptive portion of the design process.
The case study presented here uses an interpretivist (qualitative, humanistic) approach to illust... more The case study presented here uses an interpretivist (qualitative, humanistic) approach to illustrate and describe a range of interactions and behaviors that occur during design meetings where mentoring and design simultaneously occur within a software engineering firm, during a portion of the design phase for a software project. It attempts to examine the interaction between two design team members (one novice and one expert) and describes how these observations intersect with the theoretical and applied literature and actual design processes. Taking cues from two theoretical descriptions of the design process, the study presented here suggests that modes and models of mentorship should be added, when applicable, as a descriptive portion of the design process.
ABSTRACT In this video we describe Energy House. Energy House is a game designed with the Coopera... more ABSTRACT In this video we describe Energy House. Energy House is a game designed with the Cooperative Inquiry Method through the Layered Elaboration technique. Children power items in a virtual house by jumping up and down.
The paper that accompanies this poster contains the design, findings, and critique of a qualitati... more The paper that accompanies this poster contains the design, findings, and critique of a qualitative case study implemented during the summer of 2013 to uncover and understand African-American (Black) students’ perspectives of computer programming and computer science as they progress through learning and applying simple to complex computer programming concepts. The case contains courses offered by Uplift, Inc., a nonprofit organization in Washington, DC that provides courses in science, technology, engineering, arts, mathematics in computer science (STEAM+CS). It begins with an introduction to the challenge in the United States of attracting minority populations to these fields and introduces some current programs that expose African American students to CS, including those offered by Uplift, Inc. The importance of understanding these student perspectives and the necessity to uncover how their perspectives may change over time as they gradually learn and apply more complex programmi...
• Why? Programming allows children to explore creative topics and learn problem-solving skills. •... more • Why? Programming allows children to explore creative topics and learn problem-solving skills. • How? With tangible programming, children can easily work together and move around. • Design partnering [2] refers to a design process in which children actively help create the design. • The Kidsteam project is a vehicle for design partnering at the University of Maryland. • In our two 2-hour design sessions, there were 4 or more children (aged 7-12) and 6 or more adults. • To demonstrate our goals, we began by presenting a prototype for collaborative music programming made by Tarkan. • Musically-themed tangibles reappropriated as cooking objects • System supported iteration, deletion, and audio-tutorial • Wizard-of-oz execution • Sounds, Alice [1] simulation of cooking, and Java-like code as output
Traditionally, researchers have portrayed informationseeking as systematic, orderly, and procedur... more Traditionally, researchers have portrayed informationseeking as systematic, orderly, and procedural. But as this child shows (Figure 1), seeking information using a keyword search interface on the Internet can lead to uncertainty and confusion, with a search process that can be repetitive, complex and at times end in frustration. This is a child we have come to call a Developing Searcher. He has challenges with spelling, typing, query formulation and results interpretation. Over the last year, our work with 83 children, ages 7, 9, and 11, have shown that these young people demonstrate seven distinctive search roles, sometimes with multiple roles present during any given information-seeking experience. To define these roles we examined their behavioral patterns by age and gender with particular interest in what triggered searching and what the barriers were.
When children learn how to program, they gain problemsolving skills useful to them all throughout... more When children learn how to program, they gain problemsolving skills useful to them all throughout life. How can we attract more children in K-8 to learn about programming and be excited about it? To answer this question, we worked with a group of children aged 7-12 as our design partners. By partnering with the children, we were able to discover approaches to the topic that might appeal to our target audience. Using the children’s input from one design partnering session, we designed a prototype tangible programming experience based upon the theme of cooking. The children evaluated this prototype and gave us additional design ideas in a second session. We plan to use the children’s design ideas to guide our future work.
Proceedings of the 2022 ACM Conference on Information Technology for Social Good
Language is an act of identity, but AI has no identity other than that which its creators assign ... more Language is an act of identity, but AI has no identity other than that which its creators assign it. Technology creators who do not fully consider how identity information is encoded in AI dialogue risk creating representational harms that negatively impact users' Permission to make digital or hard copies of part or all of this work for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and that copies bear this notice and the full citation on the first page. Copyrights for third-party components of this work must be honored. For all other uses, contact the owner/author(s).
As technology for children becomes more mobile, social, and distributed, our design methods and t... more As technology for children becomes more mobile, social, and distributed, our design methods and techniques must evolve to better explore these new directions. This paper reports on “Layered Elaboration, ” a co-design technique developed over the past year. Layered Elaboration allows design teams to generate ideas through an iterative process in which each version leaves prior ideas intact while extending concepts. Layered Elaboration is a useful technique as it enables co-design to take place asynchronously and does not require much space or many resources. Our intergenerational team used the technique to design a prototype of an instructional game about energy conservation
and distributed, our design methods and techniques must evolve to better explore these new direct... more and distributed, our design methods and techniques must evolve to better explore these new directions. This paper reports on “Layered Elaboration, ” a co-design technique created to support these evolving needs. Layered Elaboration allows design teams to generate ideas through an iterative process in which each version leaves prior ideas intact while extending concepts. Layered Elaboration is a useful technique as it enables co-design to take place asynchronously and does not require much space or many resources. THE FOUNDATIONS OF LAYERED ELABORATION The concept for Layered Elaboration has its roots in storyboarding for interactive media [5], paper prototyping [8], and annotation tools [6]. Storyboards and drawings have been used as a method in participatory design research
2018 Research on Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology (RESPECT)
ABSTRACT Ms. Leshell Hatley will discuss an online collaborative approach to effectively manage t... more ABSTRACT Ms. Leshell Hatley will discuss an online collaborative approach to effectively manage the Juxtopia® Imhotep Open-Wear Platform development team dispersed across various geographical locations. Ms. Hatley will discuss effective approaches to remotely manage business, clinical teams, engineering, and health policy teams that contributed to the Juxtopia® Imhotep Open-Wear Platform.
Educational Technology archive, 2009
For more than a decade, scholars have identified culturally responsive pedagogy as a teaching met... more For more than a decade, scholars have identified culturally responsive pedagogy as a teaching method for improving the academic achievement of culturally and linguistically diverse students. Scholarly research on the intersection of culturally responsive teaching and educational technology, however, remains scant. The purpose of this literature review is to highlight research-based examples of culturally responsive applications and to provide recommendations for the design of technology-based learning environments.
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Culture, Learning, and Technology
Journal of Software Engineering and Applications
The case study presented here uses an interpretivist (qualitative, humanistic) approach to illust... more The case study presented here uses an interpretivist (qualitative, humanistic) approach to illustrate and describe a range of interactions and behaviors that occur during design meetings where mentoring and design simultaneously occur within a software engineering firm, during a portion of the design phase for a software project. It attempts to examine the interaction between two design team members (one novice and one expert) and describes how these observations intersect with the theoretical and applied literature and actual design processes. Taking cues from two theoretical descriptions of the design process, the study presented here suggests that modes and models of mentorship should be added, when applicable, as a descriptive portion of the design process.
The case study presented here uses an interpretivist (qualitative, humanistic) approach to illust... more The case study presented here uses an interpretivist (qualitative, humanistic) approach to illustrate and describe a range of interactions and behaviors that occur during design meetings where mentoring and design simultaneously occur within a software engineering firm, during a portion of the design phase for a software project. It attempts to examine the interaction between two design team members (one novice and one expert) and describes how these observations intersect with the theoretical and applied literature and actual design processes. Taking cues from two theoretical descriptions of the design process, the study presented here suggests that modes and models of mentorship should be added, when applicable, as a descriptive portion of the design process.
ABSTRACT In this video we describe Energy House. Energy House is a game designed with the Coopera... more ABSTRACT In this video we describe Energy House. Energy House is a game designed with the Cooperative Inquiry Method through the Layered Elaboration technique. Children power items in a virtual house by jumping up and down.
The paper that accompanies this poster contains the design, findings, and critique of a qualitati... more The paper that accompanies this poster contains the design, findings, and critique of a qualitative case study implemented during the summer of 2013 to uncover and understand African-American (Black) students’ perspectives of computer programming and computer science as they progress through learning and applying simple to complex computer programming concepts. The case contains courses offered by Uplift, Inc., a nonprofit organization in Washington, DC that provides courses in science, technology, engineering, arts, mathematics in computer science (STEAM+CS). It begins with an introduction to the challenge in the United States of attracting minority populations to these fields and introduces some current programs that expose African American students to CS, including those offered by Uplift, Inc. The importance of understanding these student perspectives and the necessity to uncover how their perspectives may change over time as they gradually learn and apply more complex programmi...
• Why? Programming allows children to explore creative topics and learn problem-solving skills. •... more • Why? Programming allows children to explore creative topics and learn problem-solving skills. • How? With tangible programming, children can easily work together and move around. • Design partnering [2] refers to a design process in which children actively help create the design. • The Kidsteam project is a vehicle for design partnering at the University of Maryland. • In our two 2-hour design sessions, there were 4 or more children (aged 7-12) and 6 or more adults. • To demonstrate our goals, we began by presenting a prototype for collaborative music programming made by Tarkan. • Musically-themed tangibles reappropriated as cooking objects • System supported iteration, deletion, and audio-tutorial • Wizard-of-oz execution • Sounds, Alice [1] simulation of cooking, and Java-like code as output