Through my Ph.D. research and work, I have developed a personal philosophy informed by human-centred design when developing technology for people. I am passionate about ensuring that interactive technology is truly designed for people so that it supports what is important to them within the specific context that they are using that technology. I believe that the best way to do this is to work with a team that has a mixture of disciplines that involves the people that we are designing for as part of that team.
I’m very happy now to be working on a project that seeks to support people living with dementia as it’s definitely continuing my learning journey. For me, working with a diverse multidisciplinary team is a clear benefit of the project as it is exposing me to many different viewpoints, something which I think is critical for successful design. IMHO design must be applied through working with people who have different experiences and perspectives on the condition that is sought to be changed or improved. Most importantly, Design must include the actual lived experience of that condition throughout its process. The Florence project is guided by a reference group of people with lived experience (established through the vision of Jacki Liddle) and I think this is an important step towards a deeper collaboration in the development of technology.
As an interaction designer I accept that, when designing and developing technology, I have a clear responsibility both to my employer/client and the person who will be using that technology. I have developed an interest in the ethics of the design and development of technology. I have one foot firmly in the de-colonialisation of design camp.
My interests extend across design theory and practice, human-computer interaction and user experience, and the application of the theory of these domains into practical and novel contexts. I have a strong interest in developing a vision for technology that supports a citizen-centric smart city and am seeking to extend my understanding of design research in complex and contested environments.
Journal Article: Design thinking, wicked problems and institutioning change: a case study
Matthews, Ben, Doherty, Skye, Worthy, Peter and Reid, Janine (2022). Design thinking, wicked problems and institutioning change: a case study. CoDesign, 1-17. doi: 10.1080/15710882.2022.2034885
Journal Article: “Building the threads of connection that we already have”: The nature of connections via technology for older people
Liddle, Jacki, Stuart, Avelie, Worthy, Peter, Levine, Mark, Kastelle, Tim, Wiles, Janet, Pachana, Nancy A. and Clare, Linda (2020). “Building the threads of connection that we already have”: The nature of connections via technology for older people. Clinical Gerontologist, 44 (4), 1-12. doi: 10.1080/07317115.2020.1852638
Journal Article: Musical agency and an ecological perspective of DMIs: collective embodiment in third wave HCI
Worthy, Peter, Hunter, Trevor, Matthews, Ben and Viller, Stephen (2020). Musical agency and an ecological perspective of DMIs: collective embodiment in third wave HCI. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 25 (4), 797-807. doi: 10.1007/s00779-020-01429-9
(2021–2025) NHMRC MRFF Dementia, Ageing and Aged Care Mission
Measuring, Monitoring, and Motivating Adherence to Self-Managed Aphasia Treatment
(2021–2023) NHMRC MRFF - Cardiovascular Health Mission
(2020–2021) Queensland University of Technology
Connecting Making and Health in a Communal Makerspaces
Master Philosophy
Delirium in hospital. Challenging times call for digital measures.
Doctor Philosophy
Chapter 6: evaluating ALURE outcomes
Pedwell, R., Rowland, S., Lawrie, G., Zimbardi, K. and Worthy, P. (2019). Chapter 6: evaluating ALURE outcomes. Engaging undergraduate students in authentic science research: a large-scale approach. (pp. 33-44) edited by Susan Rowland, Gwendolyn Lawrie and Rhianna Pedwell. Hammondville, NSW Australia: Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia.
Design thinking, wicked problems and institutioning change: a case study
Matthews, Ben, Doherty, Skye, Worthy, Peter and Reid, Janine (2022). Design thinking, wicked problems and institutioning change: a case study. CoDesign, 1-17. doi: 10.1080/15710882.2022.2034885
Liddle, Jacki, Stuart, Avelie, Worthy, Peter, Levine, Mark, Kastelle, Tim, Wiles, Janet, Pachana, Nancy A. and Clare, Linda (2020). “Building the threads of connection that we already have”: The nature of connections via technology for older people. Clinical Gerontologist, 44 (4), 1-12. doi: 10.1080/07317115.2020.1852638
Musical agency and an ecological perspective of DMIs: collective embodiment in third wave HCI
Worthy, Peter, Hunter, Trevor, Matthews, Ben and Viller, Stephen (2020). Musical agency and an ecological perspective of DMIs: collective embodiment in third wave HCI. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 25 (4), 797-807. doi: 10.1007/s00779-020-01429-9
Sketching: a method for imagining journalistic tech
Doherty, Skye and Worthy, Peter (2020). Sketching: a method for imagining journalistic tech. Digital Journalism, 10 (2), 1-18. doi: 10.1080/21670811.2020.1764373
An automated approach to examining pausing in the speech of people with dementia
Sluis, Rachel A., Angus, Daniel, Wiles, Janet, Back, Andrew, Gibson, Tingting Amy, Liddle, Jacki, Worthy, Peter, Copland, David and Angwin, Anthony J. (2020). An automated approach to examining pausing in the speech of people with dementia. American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias, 35, 1-8. doi: 10.1177/1533317520939773
Oogjes, Doenja, Bruns Alonso, Miguel, Wakkary, Ron, Lo, Joanne, Lee, Doris Jung Lin, Wong, Nathan, Bui, David, Paulos, Eric, Gatehouse, Cally, DiSalvo, Alyssa, Yu, Zishan, Worthy, Peter, Weigel, Jason, Viller, Stephen and Matthews, Ben (2016). Demo Hour: Minimize. Interactions, 23 (6), 13-13. doi: 10.1145/3001768
Zimbardi, Kirsten, Colthorpe, Kay, Dekker, Andrew, Engstrom, Craig, Bugarcic, Andrea, Worthy, Peter, Victor, Ruban, Chunduri, Prasad, Lluka, Lesley and Long, Phil (2016). Are they using my feedback? The extent of students’ feedback use has a large impact on subsequent academic performance. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 42 (4), 1-20. doi: 10.1080/02602938.2016.1174187
The ALURE of Massified Undergraduate Research
Rowland, Susan, Green, Matthew, Lawrie, Gwendolyn, Myatt, Paula, Pedwell, Rhianna, Wang, Jack, Worthy, Peter and Zimbardi, Kirsten (2014). The ALURE of Massified Undergraduate Research. Australian Biochemist, 45 (3), 15-19.
Soundscape : Participatory design of an interface for musical expression
Hunter, Trevor, Worthy, Peter, Matthews, Ben and Viller, Stephen (2019). Soundscape : Participatory design of an interface for musical expression. 14th International Audio Mostly Conference: A Journey in Sound on ZZZ, Nottingham, United Kingdom, September 18 - 20, 2019. New York, NY, United States: ACM Press. doi: 10.1145/3356590.3356640
Hunter, Trevor, Worthy, Peter, Matthews, Ben and Viller, Stephen (2019). Using participatory design in the development of a new musical interface : Understanding musician's needs beyond usability. 14th International Audio Mostly Conference: A Journey in Sound on ZZZ, Nottingham, United Kingdom, September 18 - 20, 2019. New York, NY, United States: ACM Press. doi: 10.1145/3356590.3356635
Designing for citizen-centric smart cities: supporting people's needs of a community garden
Hunter, Trevor, Worthy, Peter, Viller, Stephen and Matthews, Ben (2018). Designing for citizen-centric smart cities: supporting people's needs of a community garden. OzCHI '18: 30th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 4-7 December 2018. New York, United States: ACM Press. doi: 10.1145/3292147.3292217
Outpost : A proposal for libraries of the future
Khan, Awais Hameed, Hunter, Trevor and Worthy, Peter (2018). Outpost : A proposal for libraries of the future. OzCHI '18, Melbourne, Australia, 4 - 7 December, 2018 . New York, New York, USA: ACM Press. doi: 10.1145/3292147.3292244
Exploring journalistic values through design: a student perspective
Doherty, Skye and Worthy, Peter (2017). Exploring journalistic values through design: a student perspective. 29th Australian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction, Brisbane, Australia, 28 November-1 December 2017. New York, NY United States: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/3152771.3156140
Soundscape: building connection between digital musicians and their audience
Hunter, Trevor, Balachandran, Shiva, Worthy, Peter, Matthews, Ben and Viller, Stephen (2017). Soundscape: building connection between digital musicians and their audience. 29th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2017, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 28 November-1 December 2017. New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/3152771.3156176
Karimi, Arafeh, Worthy, Peter, McInnes, Paul, Bodén, Marie, Matthews, Ben and Viller, Stephen (2017). The community garden hack: Participatory experiments in facilitating primary school teacher's appropriation of technology. 29th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2017, Brisbane, Australia, November 28-1, 2017. New York, New York, USA: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/3152771.3152787
The sixth sense: augmenting sensory perception through critical design
Khan, Awais Hameed, DiSalvo, Alyssa , Wang Ng, Ki , Balachandran, Shiva, Hunter, Trevor and Worthy, Peter (2017). The sixth sense: augmenting sensory perception through critical design. 11th ACM International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction, TEI 2017, Yokohama, Japan, 20 - 23 March 2017. New York, NY, United States: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/3024969.3035533
Could the inherent nature of the internet of things inhibit person-to-person connection?
Cervantes, Maria, Ramani, Ramya, Worthy, Peter, Weigel, Jason, Viller, Stephen A. and Matthews, Benjamin Robert (2016). Could the inherent nature of the internet of things inhibit person-to-person connection?. 11th ACM SIGCHI Conference on Designing Interactive Systems, DIS 2016, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 4 - 8 June, 2016. New York, NY, United States: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/2908805.2909418
Hand in hand: tools and techniques for understanding children's touch with a social robot
Hensby, Kristyn, Wiles, Janet, Boden, Marie, Heath, Scott, Nielsen, Mark, Pounds, Paul, Riddell, Joshua, Rogers, Kristopher, Rybak, Nikodem, Slaughter, Virginia, Smith, Michael, Taufatofua, Jonathon, Worthy, Peter and Weigel, Jason (2016). Hand in hand: tools and techniques for understanding children's touch with a social robot. 11th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, HRI 2016, Christchurch, New Zealand, 7-10 March 2016. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE Computer Society. doi: 10.1109/HRI.2016.7451794
IoT: designing for human values
Viller, Stephen, Worthy, Peter, Boden, Marie, Weigel, Jason, Fitzpatrick, Geraldine, Rodden, Tom and Matthews, Ben (2016). IoT: designing for human values. 11th ACM SIGCHI Conference on Designing Interactive Systems, DIS 2016, Brisbane, Australia, 4 - 8 June 2016. New York, NY, United States: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/2908805.2913019
Social cardboard: pretotyping a social ethnodroid in the wild
Wiles, Janet, Worthy, Peter, Hensby, Kristyn, Boden, Marie, Heath, Scott, Pounds, Paul, Rybak, Nikodem, Smith, Michael, Taufotofua, Jonathon and Weigel, Jason (2016). Social cardboard: pretotyping a social ethnodroid in the wild. 11th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, HRI 2016, Christchurch, New Zealand, 7-10 March 2016. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/HRI.2016.7451841
StoryLamp: Sentimentality is killing the world
Disalvo, Alyssa, Watson, Leila, Yu, Zishan, Worthy, Peter, Weigel, Jason, Viller, Stephen and Matthews, Ben (2016). StoryLamp: Sentimentality is killing the world. 11th ACM SIGCHI Conference on Designing Interactive Systems, DIS 2016, Brisbane, Australia, 4-8 June, 2016. New York, United States: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/2908805.2909409
Trust me: doubts and concerns living with the internet of things
Worthy, Peter, Matthews, Ben and Viller, Stephen A. (2016). Trust me: doubts and concerns living with the internet of things. DIS 2016 - Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems: Fuse, Brisbane, Australia, 4-8 June 2016. New York, NY, United States: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/2901790.2901890
ALURE: The Apprenticeship-Style Large-Scale Undergraduate Research Experience Project
Rowland, Susan, Lawrie, G., Wang, J., Zimbardi, K., Myatt, P., Pedwell, R., West, J., Veenstra, A., Kappler, U., Milward, L., LeBard, R., Howitt, S. and Worthy, P. (2015). ALURE: The Apprenticeship-Style Large-Scale Undergraduate Research Experience Project. HERDSA 2015: Learning for Life and Work in a Complex World, Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, 6-9 July 2015.
Children's expectations and strategies in interacting with a Wizard of Oz Robot
Worthy, Peter, Boden, Marie, Karimi, Arafeh, Weigel, Jason, Matthews, Ben, Hensby, Kristyn, Heath, Scott, Pounds, Paul, Taufatofua, Jonathon, Smith, Michael, Viller, Stephen and Wiles, Janet (2015). Children's expectations and strategies in interacting with a Wizard of Oz Robot. OZCHI '15, Melbourne, Australia, 7-10 December 2015. New York, NY, United States: ACM. doi: 10.1145/2838739.2838793
Designer client communication in web design: a case study on the use of communication in practice
Dekker, Andrew, Worthy, Peter, Viller, Stephen, Zimbardi, Kirsten and Robinson, Ricky (2014). Designer client communication in web design: a case study on the use of communication in practice. Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference (OzCHI 2014), Sydney, NSW, Australia, 2-5 December 2014. New York, NY, United States: ACM. doi: 10.1145/2686612.2686681
Enhancing feedback provision and use through in situ audio commenting
Colthorpe, K. L., Zimbardi, K., Dekker, A., Hay, P., Engstrom, C., Bugarcic, A., Long, P., Lluka, L. J., Chunduri, P., Worthy, P. and Marrington, J. (2013). Enhancing feedback provision and use through in situ audio commenting. IUPS 2013: International Union of Physiological Societies XXXVII Congress, Birmingham, UK, 21-26 July, 2013. Oxford, UK: London Physiological Society.
Enhancing feedback provision and use to promote learning through assessment
Colthorpe, Kay, Zimbardi, Kirsten, Dekker, Andrew, Hay, Peter, Engstrom, Craig, Bugarcic, Andrea, Long, Phil, Lluka, Lesley, Chunduri, Prasad and Worthy, Pete (2013). Enhancing feedback provision and use to promote learning through assessment. 36th HERDSA Annual Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, 1-4 July, 2013.
Zimbardi, Kirsten, Bugarcic, Andrea, Kibedi, Judit, Rowland, Susan, Lawrie, Gwen, Wang, Jack, Myatt, Paula and Worthy, Peter (2013). The impact of authenticity and student ownership on learning gains derived from undergraduate research experiences in physiology. IUPS 2013: IUPS & ADInstruments Teaching Workshop, Bristol, UK., July 18-21, 2013. Bristol, UK: University of Bristol.
Examining the use of in-situ audio annotations to provide feedback to students
Dekker, Andrew, Zimbardi, Kirsten, Long, Phil, Hay, Peter, Engstrom, Craig, Bugarcic, Andrea, Colthorpe, Kay, Lluka, Lesley, Chunduri, Prasad, Marrington, Justin and Worthy, Peter (2012). Examining the use of in-situ audio annotations to provide feedback to students. SoLAR Southern Flare Conference, Sydney, Australia, 29-30 November 2012.
Colthorpe, K., Dekker, A., Zimbardi, K., Long, P., Lluka, L. J., Chunduri, P., Bugarcic, A., Hay, P., Engstrom, C., Worthy, P. and Marrington, J. (2012). UQMarkUP: effective feedback and consistent assessment for large cohorts with e-learning enabled ‘in situ’ commenting. 2nd Annual CUBEnet Forum, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 10-11 December 2012.
Worthy, Peter Harold (2020). Setting wicked problems using design methods: People’s hesitancy to engage with the Internet of Things. PhD Thesis, School of Information Technology & Electrical Engineering, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2020.229
Doherty, Skye, Worthy, Peter and Lloyd, David (2017). JxD process. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: University of Queensland.
Rowland, Susan, Pedwell, Rhianna, Lawrie, Gwendolyn and Worthy, Peter (2016). Developing and resourcing academics to help students conduct and communicate undergraduate research on a large scale. Final Report 2016.. Sydney, Australia: Office for Learning and Teaching.
ALURE Implementer’s Checklist: Design and Logistics
Myatt, Paula, Worthy, Peter, Green, Matthew, Lawrie, Gwendolyn, Pedwell, Rhianna, Wang, Jack, Zimbardi, Kirsten and Rowland, Susan (2015). ALURE Implementer’s Checklist: Design and Logistics. Sydney, Australia: Office for Learning and Teaching..
ALURE Implementer’s Checklist: Evaluation
Myatt, Paula, Worthy, Peter, Green, Matthew, Lawrie, Gwendolyn, Pedwell, Rhianna, Wang, Jack, Zimbardi, Kirsten and Rowland, Susan (2015). ALURE Implementer’s Checklist: Evaluation. Sydney, Australia: Office for Learning and Teaching.
ALURE Implementer’s Checklist: Motivation and Value
Myatt, Paul, Worthy, Peter, Green, Matthew, Lawrie, Gwendolyn, Pedwell, Rhianna, Wang, Jack, Zimbardi, Kirsten and Rowland, Susan (2015). ALURE Implementer’s Checklist: Motivation and Value. Sydney, Australia: Office for Learning and Teaching.
ALURE Implementer’s Checklist: Support for Students
Myatt, Paula, Worthy, Peter, Green, Matthew, Lawrie, Gwendolyn, Pedwell, Rhianna, Wang, Jack, Zimbardi, Kirsten and Rowland, Susan (2015). ALURE Implementer’s Checklist: Support for Students. Sydney, Australia: Office for Learning and Teaching..
(2021–2025) NHMRC MRFF Dementia, Ageing and Aged Care Mission
Measuring, Monitoring, and Motivating Adherence to Self-Managed Aphasia Treatment
(2021–2023) NHMRC MRFF - Cardiovascular Health Mission
(2020–2021) Queensland University of Technology
vMarks: On-The-Go Video Feedback for Assessment in Large Courses
(2015–2016) UQ Early Career Grants (Scholarship of Teaching and Learning)
Connecting Making and Health in a Communal Makerspaces
Master Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Delirium in hospital. Challenging times call for digital measures.
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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