I'm a researcher/developer passionate about including the human side in data analytics and technology
Data is not as simple as numbers, there is an intrinsic relationship with the people who is represented by the data. The data collected only represents part of the people's context. In addition, the designer developing technology might have different understandings of the data and its context. However, this is rarely acknowledged in research and practice. This reaises the question: Who decides what is meaningful for the users? My aim is giving the users the power to decide what is meaningful for them via computational interactions. I bring this to the forefront and develop solutions with a human-centred approach.
Research
Human-computer interaction research with a human-centric approach
UI/UX Design
Human-centred design to build solutions with people not for people
Web Development
Full-stack web development with cutting-edge methods such as participatory design
Analytics
Analytics with interactive data visualisations to bring context to the data
Publications & Conferences
- Canizares, M (2023). Investigating interactions to enable meaning to emerge in learners-visualisations conversations. Poster at LAK23: 13th International Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference, Dallas - TX
- Canizares, M (2023). Interaction opportunities - A design strategy for visualisations for meaningful learning. Doctoral Consortium at LAK23: 13th International Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference, Dallas - TX
- Canizares, M & Gibson, A (2022). Designing Meaningful Interactive Visualisations and Dashboards in Learning Analytics. Roundtable at Australasian Learning Analytics Summer Institute 2022, Sydney - Australia
- Canizares Mena, M. A, & Isaias, P. T. (2019). Gathering researchers' requirements to develop a learning technologies dashboard. In Proceedings of the 12th IADIS International Conference Information Systems 2019, IS 2019 (pp. 51-59). IADIS Press.
Awards
- Co-leader of the team awarded "Best in Oceania" at the United Nations Big Data Hackaton 2022 in the experts track
- Queensland University of Technology Postgraduate Research Award Scholarship and accompanying Higher Degree Research Tuition Fee Award
- Society of Learning Analytics Research membership and conference scholarships
Portfolio
- All
- Visualisations
- WebApps
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Address
- Gardens Points, Block Y
- Queensland University of Technology
- Queensland, Australia