Navin Kummar interned with Anind Dey's research group from September 2014 through May 2015. He developed a cross-platform mobile app for clinical trials in hematology that is currently in use. The app supports patients self-reporting daily on their condition and determining when final surveys should be administered, which required exploring development tools and dealing with changing requirements. Navin kept Anind updated, worked independently with his teammate, and produced high quality work for this important project. Anind was extremely pleased with Navin's work and professionalism and strongly recommends him.
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ASIS&T Diane Sonnenwald Information Science as a Career ASIS&T
American Society for Information Science & Technology Board of Directors President Diane H. Sonnenwald presents "Reflections on the Journey" at European Chapter’s Celebration of ASIS&T’s 75th Anniversary. With examples from her own career, she speaks to how a career in the discipline of Information Science can be shaped.
The document provided will describe our research group’s findings pertaining to our usability test of
a newly created iteration of the IAKM public facing web site. The testing completed was performed
utilizing the ClearView eye tracking software to accurately monitor the user’s interaction on multiple
dimensions. The facility allowed us to work directly with the user, and monitor interaction via click
tracking, eye movement, audio and video. Combining those attributes, based on a time scale, our
research team was able to more accurately identify where the site changes were successful and where
they were not.
C O N T I N U I N GE D U C A T I O NThe Design, Market.docxjasoninnes20
C O N T I N U I N G
E D U C A T I O N
The Design, Marketing,
and Implementation of
Online Continuing
Education About
Computers and
Nursing Informatics
NANCY M. SWEENEY, DNSc, RN
LEMBI SAARMANN, EdD, RN
ROBERT SEIDMAN, PhD
JOAN FLAGG, PhD, RN
As long ago as 1995, an American Nurses Association
position statement supported the ‘‘computerization of
health information,’’ including computerized patient
records and the simultaneous collection of aggregate
patient care and outcome data.1 The Institute of Medi-
cine (IOM)2 brought the need for computerization to
the forefront when it reported on preventable medical
errors in 1999, errors that cost the nation between $17
and $29 billion and contributed to between 44 000 and
98 000 patient deaths annually. Noting that many of
the errors could have been prevented by automated
medication systems, a later IOM report called for the
implementation of a healthcare information infrastruc-
ture including automated patient records and drug
ordering systems.3
While healthcare systems are not yet fully automated,
nurses need to use computers and software to function
in their jobs. However, most working nurses gradu-
ated before computers and nursing informatics were
integrated into curricula and many did not return for
additional formal education that might have taught
them about those subjects. The latest National Sam-
ple Survey of Registered Nurses (2000) showed the
average age of nurses working in nursing to be 43.3
years, with 68% of the nurses older than 40 years.
Only 19% of survey respondents reported continuing
their formal nursing education after initial licensure,
with the most commonly achieved degree being the
baccalaureate.4 Thus, the job of educating nurses
to work with computers and computerized patient
records falls to employers and the purveyors of con-
tinuing education. This article describes a university-
based community project offering asynchronous online
CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing & September/October 2006 269
CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing & Vol. 24, No. 5, 269–277 & B 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.
Asynchronous online tutorials using PowerPoint
slides with accompanying audio to teach prac-
ticing nurses about computers and nursing
informatics were designed for this project,
which awarded free continuing education units
to completers. Participants had control over the
advancement of slides, with the ability to repeat
when desired. Graphics were kept to a mini-
mum; thus, the program ran smoothly on com-
puters using dial-up modems. The tutorials
were marketed in live meetings and through
e-mail messages on nursing listservs. Findings
include that the enrollment process must be
automated and instantaneous, the program
must work from every type of computer and
Internet connection, marketing should be live
and electronic, and workshops should be
offered to familiarize nurses with the online
learning system.
K E Y W O R D S
Attitude to computers & ...
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ASIS&T Diane Sonnenwald Information Science as a Career ASIS&T
American Society for Information Science & Technology Board of Directors President Diane H. Sonnenwald presents "Reflections on the Journey" at European Chapter’s Celebration of ASIS&T’s 75th Anniversary. With examples from her own career, she speaks to how a career in the discipline of Information Science can be shaped.
The document provided will describe our research group’s findings pertaining to our usability test of
a newly created iteration of the IAKM public facing web site. The testing completed was performed
utilizing the ClearView eye tracking software to accurately monitor the user’s interaction on multiple
dimensions. The facility allowed us to work directly with the user, and monitor interaction via click
tracking, eye movement, audio and video. Combining those attributes, based on a time scale, our
research team was able to more accurately identify where the site changes were successful and where
they were not.
C O N T I N U I N GE D U C A T I O NThe Design, Market.docxjasoninnes20
C O N T I N U I N G
E D U C A T I O N
The Design, Marketing,
and Implementation of
Online Continuing
Education About
Computers and
Nursing Informatics
NANCY M. SWEENEY, DNSc, RN
LEMBI SAARMANN, EdD, RN
ROBERT SEIDMAN, PhD
JOAN FLAGG, PhD, RN
As long ago as 1995, an American Nurses Association
position statement supported the ‘‘computerization of
health information,’’ including computerized patient
records and the simultaneous collection of aggregate
patient care and outcome data.1 The Institute of Medi-
cine (IOM)2 brought the need for computerization to
the forefront when it reported on preventable medical
errors in 1999, errors that cost the nation between $17
and $29 billion and contributed to between 44 000 and
98 000 patient deaths annually. Noting that many of
the errors could have been prevented by automated
medication systems, a later IOM report called for the
implementation of a healthcare information infrastruc-
ture including automated patient records and drug
ordering systems.3
While healthcare systems are not yet fully automated,
nurses need to use computers and software to function
in their jobs. However, most working nurses gradu-
ated before computers and nursing informatics were
integrated into curricula and many did not return for
additional formal education that might have taught
them about those subjects. The latest National Sam-
ple Survey of Registered Nurses (2000) showed the
average age of nurses working in nursing to be 43.3
years, with 68% of the nurses older than 40 years.
Only 19% of survey respondents reported continuing
their formal nursing education after initial licensure,
with the most commonly achieved degree being the
baccalaureate.4 Thus, the job of educating nurses
to work with computers and computerized patient
records falls to employers and the purveyors of con-
tinuing education. This article describes a university-
based community project offering asynchronous online
CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing & September/October 2006 269
CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing & Vol. 24, No. 5, 269–277 & B 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.
Asynchronous online tutorials using PowerPoint
slides with accompanying audio to teach prac-
ticing nurses about computers and nursing
informatics were designed for this project,
which awarded free continuing education units
to completers. Participants had control over the
advancement of slides, with the ability to repeat
when desired. Graphics were kept to a mini-
mum; thus, the program ran smoothly on com-
puters using dial-up modems. The tutorials
were marketed in live meetings and through
e-mail messages on nursing listservs. Findings
include that the enrollment process must be
automated and instantaneous, the program
must work from every type of computer and
Internet connection, marketing should be live
and electronic, and workshops should be
offered to familiarize nurses with the online
learning system.
K E Y W O R D S
Attitude to computers & ...
UOW Faculty Of Arts Student Engagement & Communication Review (Spring 2...Dane Cutler
Seven Marketeers was established to execute part of the course deliverables of an undergraduate class in Digital Communications at the University of Wollongong in Spring 2010.
Seven Marketeers’ mission was to engage in detailed research to provide relevant, insightful and useful recommendations to two real world clients. The goal was to undertake an analysis of current and future online behavioural trends and provide actionable insights into how these trends can best be utilised to inform improved online user interface design and communications, with user satisfaction as the key objective. Seven Marketeers aimed to deliver a set of fully grounded and researched recommendations to its clients, so as to enable them to effectively meet the needs of a user-base that is continually modifying its expectations of information consumption as technology evolves.
Design, Development, and Empowerment: My Experiences of Coaching a Best-in-Na...Yu-Chang Hsu
During the presentation, I will share how I supported a national-winning team of middle
school students to develop their STEM-related mobile app through on-site training and
other virtual scaffolding mechanism. I will discuss the tips, challenges, and lessons
learned based on my reflection as a computing educator. This presentation should provide
practical information that can be applied to other contexts of computing education as it
involves various aspects that are commonly relevant, such as project management,
communication, and technical consideration during app development. I hope my sharing
of the rewarding experiences with the community can help encourage more quality
educators and App Inventor enthusiasts to consider applying to join App Inventor
Training Corp. (AITC), and serve the common goals of contributing to computing
education through this venue. (Learn more about: 2014 Verizon Innovative App
Challenge at http://appchallenge.tsaweb.org/)
1. Human-Computer Interaction Institute
School of Computer Science
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213-3890
Anind Dey
Charles M. Geschke Chair, and Director
Associate Professor
Human-Computer Interaction Institute
anind@cs.cmu.edu
May 19, 2015
To Whom It May Concern:
I am writing this letter to you with a strong recommendation for Navin Kummar H.S. Navin was
an intern with my research group (Ubicomp Lab) in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at
Carnegie Mellon University. He interned with me from September 2014 through May 2015. Let
me begin my letter by saying that it was a wonderful experience and a real pleasure to work with
Navin.
The project that Navin worked on (as part of a team of 2) was to develop a cross-platform (iOS
and Android) mobile app that supported clinical trials in the medical domain of hematology. The
app that he built is currently in use by my clinical partners at the University of Pittsburgh Medical
Center. The app, while seemingly simple, had a number of complexities to it. At its core, it
supports patients who are receiving different treatments for hematology-related issues, in self-
reporting data about their condition every day. However, first Navin and his teammate had to
explore a number of cross-platform development tools to identify one that truly met the
requirements of the project (support database storage, setting of timers/alarms, etc.) and that
would actually produce binaries for our two platforms. Second, they had to deal with a set of
changing and strict requirements from our clinical partners. Third, they had to build the app to
prompt the user everyday until a certain condition was met, and only then, a final survey had to
be administered. The logic to determine the end of the clinical condition was non-trivial for the
clinicians to describe, and similarly, non-trivial to implement. This app is critical for my clinical
partners who are conducting a series of clinical trials.
All through the project, Navin was the consummate professional. He was very good at keeping
me up to date on the status of the project, working independently of me (with his teammate) and
did not hesitate to ask questions when he had doubts. The quality of the work he performed, in the
design of the app, the implementation and the testing was extremely high and I was very pleased
with his performance. This was not an easy project to work on, and the fact that the work was
critical to an ongoing partnership and collaboration, added to the importance of the work, and the
importance of having someone I trusted on the project.
Overall, I was extremely pleased with Navin’s work during his internship, and would be very
excited to work with him again in the future. Please consider this letter as a strong
recommendation for Navin for a job with your company.
2. Sincerely,
Anind K. Dey
Information about the recommender
From August 2001 until August 2004, I was a Senior Researcher at Intel Research Berkeley and
an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Computer Science division of UC Berkeley’s EECS
department. I am currently the head of the department (Director) of the Human-Computer
Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. I am an Associate Professor in the same
department (with a courtesy appointment in Electrical & Computer Engineering, Computer
Science Department and Machine Learning Department). My research interests lie at the
intersection of human-computer interaction (HCI), ubiquitous computing (focusing on sensor-
based computing) and machine learning. Thus my ability to evaluate candidates is based on my
many years of working in the field, my familiarity with research and faculty at highly ranked
schools in my area, on my familiarity with students and faculty at Georgia Tech, UC Berkeley
and CMU in particular, and on my familiarity with the best research being done in my community
at large.