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Karl Monsen

ECA, University of Edinburgh

 

PhD Candidate

Karl Monsen is undertaking collaborative software design in the healthcare sector as part of an AHRC Design in Action funded PhD at Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh. His research involves creating and evaluating smartphone and tablet apps for use by doctors and nurses in transfusion medicine. In the past his research has explored computer interventions for children with autism and geolocative mobile applications for community heritage.

Karl enjoys teaching and has developed college courses spanning digital photography, computer graphics, social media, web design and mobile app development. Karl holds a first class BSc in Information Technology, MSc degrees from the University of Edinburgh in Informatics and in Science and Technology Studies, and a MBA in Entrepreneurship from Queen Margaret University.

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kd.monsen@sms.ed.ac.uk
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Publications

2014: Crafting public space: findings from an interdisciplinary outdoor workshop on 3D printing

More information on Design in Action authors: Diego Zamora, Karl Monsen

2013: Is this patient in the risk zone? An app for checking the indications for irradiated and CMV negative blood.

In Roberts, D (ed) Abstracts of the XXXI Annual Scientific Meeting of the British Blood Transfusion Society, 16-18 October, 2013, […]

More information on Design in Action authors: Karl Monsen

2013: Profound expressive language impairment in low functioning children with autism: an investigation of syntactic awareness using a computerised learning task

Journal of autism and development disorders, 43, 9, 2062—2081.

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2012: Understanding Remote Audience Engagement: the Case for Logged User Behaviour Analysis.

In M Dima, R Coyne, and M Wright (eds) Designing for Audience Engagement, workshop proceedings of NordiCHI 2012, 14-17 October, […]

More information on Design in Action authors: Karl Monsen

2013: Transforming audiences to contributors: A development environment for enabling user-driven innovation in HTML5 apps

Moving Targets Conference. Dundee, 15th – 16th October 2013. Dundee Contemporary Arts Centre.

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2014: Evaluation of the Special Blood Request app with medical students

Presentation at SHOT Symposium Manchester. 9th July 2014.

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2015: Creating a Collaborative Space for Creativity through a Pervasive User Experience

Proceedings of the 2015 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Creativity and Cognition. Pages 255+264. New York, 2015.

More information on Design in Action authors: Chris Speed, Debbie Maxwell, Diego Zamora, Karl Monsen

 

Online learning Physical and Digital Environment creativity Knowledge exchange design thinking communities Co-Creation Design Research meaning creation Technology Workbased learning value Internet of things practice-led Bitcoin business environment temporary spaces intellectual property space appropriation social design collaboration Communications Communities of Practice Marketing Public Policy e-learning student engagement Social Metrics Design group tacit knowledge ICT Digital Design support Rural Food Sport Gamification HR economics Interaction innovation data Wellbeing Concept Development Storytelling social innovation Culture artists Participation Design Promotion Entrepreneurship creative industries Administration Industry design innovation learning Creative Professional Practice Food Sector creative potential SMEs Operations Mobile Development physiology pedagogies service design 3D printing cryptocurrencies sustainability failure Design Management Finance