Following please find a current list of our Joy of Learning projects

• FacebUOC - An Open Social Learning experience at UOC. Engagement as the key for new learning in the social web.
• UOC Personas – identifying the profiles, the characteristics of each user group at UOC.
• Emotion Heuristics – developing a method to evaluate satisfaction objectively, by observing facials, gestures and oral expressions.
  • The 10 Emotion Heuristics. Authors: Eva de Lera, Muriel Garreta. UPA 2007, Usability Professionals’ Association.
  • Ten Emotion Heuristics: Guidelines for assessing the user’s affective dimension easily and cost-effectively. Authors: Eva de Lera, Muriel Garreta. Emotions in HCI workshop, British HCI 2007.
• User Lab – building the user lab to be able to execute hundreds of tests throughout the year (includes protocol, software, database management, etc.)
• ENJOY guidelines – developing engagement heuristics to integrate in a user centered heuristic evaluation of a system or service.
  • ENJOY: Guidelines for Designing e-Learning Environments. Authors: Eva de Lera, Magí Almirall, iLearnForum 2008.
• Joy of eLearning – identifying the elements of engagement and motivation in a face to face learning environment and how these can be translated into the virtual environment.
  • The Joy of e-Learning: redesigning the e-learning experience. Authors: Eva de Lera, Enric Mor, Magí Almirall. E-Learning workshop, British HCI 2007.
• Second Life – developing a new environment for UOC in SL.
• E-litigis – integrating role-play in a Law class.
• EdVideo – integrating video as the natural communication system, leveling it to text (i.e., video blogging and video chatting).

For more information please contact Eva de Lera, edelera@uoc.edu