Nuno Otero

My research groups

Center for Learning and Knowledge Technologies The research in the subject Media Technology at Linnaeus University revolves a lot around mobility, social media and learning, and is mainly carried out…
Computational Thinking and Coding Skills in Schools (CoCoS) The Computational Thinking and Coding Skills in Schools research group deals with research, teaching and courses for skills development of…

My ongoing research projects

Project: Development of a new master programme in Digital Humanities at Linnaeus University The project aims to further develop the Digital Humanities, Master Programme and establish new ways of…
Project: Enriched Reality for Education and Digital Well-Being (EREDWeB) This project explores the potential of state-of-the-art virtual reality technology for teaching, aiming at digital well-being.…
Project: Science4Girls This project intends to design and implement learning activities withing the theme of climate change that encourage girls to enroll in science, technology, engineering, and…
Project: The graduate school Learning, interacting, and knowing in a digitalised world (LIKED) The graduate school LIKED (Learning, interacting, and knowing in a digitalised world) is a joint venture…
Project: The research school Upgrade The research school Upgrade – teacher education and the digitalization of the school system is a national research school in which nine Swedish universities work…

Publications

Article in journal (Refereed)

José, R., Otero, N., Cardoso, J. (2014). Dimensions of situatedness for digital public displays. Advances in Human-Computer Interaction.
Status: Published
Otero, N., Milrad, M., Rogers, Y., Santos, A.J., Verissimo, M., et al. (2011). Challenges in Designing Seamless Learning Scenarios: Affective and Emotional Effects on External Representations. International Journal of Mobile Learning and Organisation. 5 (1). 15-27.
Status: Published
José, R., Rodrigues, H., Otero, N. (2010). Ambient Intelligence: Beyond the Inspiring Vision. Journal of universal computer science (Online). 16 (12). 1480-1499.
Status: Published
José, R., Otero, N., Izadi, S., Harper, R. (2008). Instant Places : Using Bluetooth for Situated Interaction in Public Displays. IEEE pervasive computing. 7 (4). 52-57.
Status: Published

Conference paper (Refereed)

Jansen, M., Kohen-Vacs, D., Otero, N., Milrad, M. (2018). A Complementary View for Better Understanding the Term Computational Thinking. Proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Thinking Education 2018. 2-7.
Müller, M., Alissandrakis, A., Otero, N. (2016). There is more to come : Anticipating content on interactive public displays through timer animations. PerDis 2016 : Proceedings of the 5th ACM International Symposium on Pervasive Displays. 247-248.
Barth, K., Georgiou, K., Hadzilacos, T., Libbrecht, P., Mavroudi, A., et al. (2016). Let me do it : towards the implementation of instructional patterns of ICT usage in schools. DeLFI 2016 : Die 14. E-Learning Fachtagung Informatik. 305-307.
Mavroudi, A., Miltiadous, M., Libbrecht, P., Mueller, W., Hadzilacos, T., et al. (2016). Let me do it : towards the implementation of sustainable instructional patterns. 2016 IEEE 16TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCED LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES (ICALT). 414-415.
Müller, M., Otero, N., Milrad, M. (2016). Shared Interactive Music Experiences in Public Spaces : User Engagement and Motivations. Proceedings of the 2016 ACM International Conference on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces. 287-296.
Rühmann, L.M., Otero, N., Oakley, I. (2016). A Tangible Tool for Visual Impaired Users to Learn Geometry. Proceedings of the TEI’16 : Tenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction. 577-583.
Otero, N., Schimdt, J. (2016). Exploring the potential of using digital displays and social media channels to promote connectedness for the third culture kids community. Digital Humanities 2016 : Extended Papers of the International Symposium on Digital Humanities (DH 2016), Växjö, Sweden, November, 7-8, 2016. 161-168.
Keller, D., Otero, N., Costalonga, L. (2015). Aesthetic Heuristics in Ubimus. Electronic Visualisation and the Arts (EVA 2015). London, UK, 7 - 9 July 2015. 64-71.
Müller, M., Otero, N., Alissandrakis, A., Milrad, M. (2015). Increasing user engagement with distributed public displays through the awareness of peer interactions. Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Pervasive Displays. 23-29.
Müller, M., Otero, N., Alissandrakis, A., Milrad, M. (2015). Application features to convey peers' interactions to engage users in a display network. Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Pervasive Displays. 267-268.
Keller, D., Miletto, E.M., Otero, N. (2015). Creative Surrogates : Supporting Decision-Making in Ubiquitous Musical Activities. xCoAx 2015 : Proceedings of the Third Conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics and X. 168-183.
Cerratto-Pargman, T., Otero, N., Milrad, M., Spikol, D., Knutsson, O., et al. (2014). Purposeful Learning Across Collaborative Educational Spaces. Learning and becoming in practice : The International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) 2014 : Proceedings, Volume 3. 1597-1598.
Müller, M., Otero, N., Alissandrakis, A., Milrad, M. (2014). Evaluating usage patterns and adoption of an interactive video installation on public displays in school contexts. MUM '14 Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia. 160-169.
Cerratto-Pargman, T., Knutsson, O., Daniel, S., Milrad, M., Ramberg, R., et al. (2014). Exploring Teachers’ perspectives on the use of Mobile devices for Math and Language Learning. Conference proceedings : 4th international Designs for Learning conference, 6-9th May 2014.
Real-Delgado, Y., Gil De La Iglesia, D., Otero, N. (2014). Exploring the potential of mobile technology for creating music collaboratively. Proceedings of V Workshop on Ubiquitous Music. 15-16.
Dibra, D., Otero, N., Pettersson, O. (2014). Real-time interactive visualization aiding pronunciation of English as a second language. 2014 14TH IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCED LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES (ICALT). 436-440.
José, R., Otero, N., Rodrigues, H., Meneses, F., Coelho, O. (2013). Exploring the Design Space of Mobile Payment Systems. ADVANCES IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES. 1095-1104.
Otero, N., Müller, M., Alissandrakis, A., Milrad, M. (2013). Exploring video-based interactions around digital public displays to foster curiosity about science in schools. .
Otero, N., Alissandrakis, A., Müller, M., Milrad, M., Lencastre, J.A., et al. (2013). Promoting secondary school learners' curiosity towards science through digital public displays. Proceedings of International Conference on Making Sense of Converging Media, AcademicMindTrek '13. 204-210.
Spikol, D., Otero, N. (2012). Designing better mobile collaborative laboratories for ecology field work for upper secondary schools. Proceedings 2012 17th IEEE International Conference on Wireless, Mobile and Ubiquitous Technology in Education, WMUTE 2012. 77-81.
Sollervall, H., Otero, N., Milrad, M., Johansson, D., Vogel, B. (2012). Outdoor activities for the learning of mathematics : Designing with mobile technologies for transitions across learning contexts. Proceedings 2012 Seventh IEEE International Conference on Wireless, Mobile and Ubiquitous Technology in Education (WMUTE 2012). 33-40.
Cernea, D., Mora, S., Perez, A., Ebert, A., Kerren, A., et al. (2012). Tangible and Wearable User Interfaces for Supporting Collaboration among Emergency Workers. Collaboration and Technology : 18th International Conference, CRIWG 2012 Raesfeld, Germany, September 16-19, 2012 Proceedings. 192-199.
Ferreira, J.P., Sousa, M.N., Branco, N., Ferreira, M.J., Otero, N., et al. (2012). Thin slices of interaction : predicting users' task difficulty within 60 sec. Proceedings CHI '12 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 171-180.
Syrdal, D., Dautenhahn, K., Walter, M.L., Koay, K.L., Otero, N. (2011). The Theatre methodology for facilitating discussion in human-robot interaction on information disclosure in a home environment. Proceedings of the 20th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication. 479-484.
Müller, W., Iurgel, I., Otero, N., Massler, U. (2010). Teaching English as a second language utilizing authoring tools for interactive digital storytelling. Interactive Storytelling : Third Joint Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling, ICIDS 2010, Edinburgh, UK, November 1-3, 2010. Proceedings. 222-227.
Syrdal, D., Dautenhahn, K., Koay, K.L., Walter, M.L., Otero, N. (2010). Exploring human mental models of robots through explicitation interviews. Proceedings of the 19th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication. 638-645.
Milrad, M., Otero, N. (2009). Beyond Rationality: Affective and Emotional Effects on External Representations in Seamless Learning. Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Computers in Education. 564-568.
Otero, N., Alissandrakis, A., Dautenhahn, K., Nehaniv, C., Syrdal, D.S., et al. (2008). Human to Robot Demonstrations of Routine Home Tasks : Exploring the Role of the Robot’s Feedback. Proceedings of the 2008 3rd ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI). 177-184.
Syrdal, D.S., Otero, N., Dautenhahn, K. (2008). Video Prototyping in Human-Robot Interaction : Results from a Qualitative Study. Proceedings of the 15th European conference on Cognitive ergonomics : the ergonomics of cool interaction.
Davis, M., Otero, N., Dautenhahn, K., Nehaniv, C.L., Powell, S.D. (2007). Creating a software to promote understanding about narrative in children with autism : Reflecting on the design of feedback and opportunities to reason. IEEE 6th International Conference on Development and Learning, 2007. ICDL 2007.. 64-69.
Prada, R., Otero, N., Paiva, A. (2007). The User in the Group : Evaluating the Effects of Autonomous Group Dynamics. Proceedings of the international conference on Advances in computer entertainment technology : ACE '07. 25-32.
Syrdal, D.S., Walters, M.L., Otero, N., Koay, K.L., Dautenhahn, K. (2007). "He Knows When You Are Sleeping" : Privacy and the Personal Robot Companion. Proceedings from Workshop Human Implications of Human-Robot Interaction, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI 07). 28-33.
Saunders, J., Otero, N., Nehaniv, C.L. (2007). Issues in Human/Robot Task Structuring and Teaching. The 16th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human interactive Communication, 2007. RO-MAN 2007.. 708-713.
Otero, N., Knoop, S., Nehaniv, C.L., Syrdal, D., Dautenhahn, K., et al. (2006). Distribution and Recognition of Gestures in Human-Robot Interaction. The 15th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 2006. ROMAN 2006.. 103-110.
Koay, K.L., Zivkovic, Z., Kröse, B., Dautenhahn, K., Walters, M.L., et al. (2006). Methodological Issues of Annotating Vision Sensor Data using Subjects' Own Judgement of Comfort in a Robot Human Following Experiment. The 15th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 2006. ROMAN 2006.. 66-73.
Otero, N., Nehaniv, C.L., Syrdal, D., Dautenhahn, K. (2006). Naturally Occurring Gestures in a Human-Robot Teaching Scenario. The 15th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 2006. ROMAN 2006.. 533-540.
Otero, N., Milrad, M., Vala, A., Paiva, A. (2005). BeLife : a simulation tool to support learning about photosynthesis. Proceedings of the 2005 conference on Towards Sustainable and Scalable Educational Innovations Informed by the Learning Sciences : Sharing Good Practices of Research, Experimentation and Innovation. 857-860.

Chapter in book (Refereed)

Lazzarini, V., Keller, D., Otero, N., Turchet, L. (2020). The ecologies of ubiquitous music. Ubiquitous Music Ecologies. London, Routledge. 1-22.
Otero, N., Jansen, M., Lazzarini, V., Keller, D. (2020). Computational thinking in ubiquitous music ecologies. Ubiquitous Music Ecologies. London, Routledge. 129-154.
Otero, N., Oakley, I. (2019). External representations and the design of seamless learning systems : Toward a conceptual framework to analyze empirical evidence regarding learning benefits. Seamless Learning : Perspectives, Challenges and Opportunities. Springer. 53-72.
Yiannoutsou, N., Otero, N., Müller, W., Neofytou, C., Miltiadous, M., et al. (2019). Hanging Pictures or Searching the Web : Informing the Design of a Decision-Making System that Empowers Teachers to Appropriate Educational Resources to Their School’s Infrastructure. Empowering Learners for Life in the Digital Age : IFIP TC 3 Open Conference on Computers in Education, OCCE 2018, Linz, Austria, June 24–28, 2018, Revised Selected Papers. Springer. 112-121.
Otero, N., José, R., Silva, B. (2012). Interactive public digital displays : investigating its use in a high school context. On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems: OTM 2012 Workshops : Confederated International Workshops: OTM Academy, Industry Case Studies Program, EI2N, INBAST, META4eS, OnToContent, ORM, SeDeS, SINCOM, and SOMOCO 2012, Rome, Italy, September 10-14, 2012. Proceedings. Springer. 617-626.
Otero, N., José, R. (2011). Considering Worth and Human Values in the Design of Digital Public Displays. Emerging Pervasive and Ubiquitous Aspects of Information Systems: Cross-Disciplinary Advancements. IGI Global. 248-260.
Alissandrakis, A., Otero, N., Saunders, J., Dautenhahn, K., Nehaniv, C. (2010). Helping Robots Imitate : Metrics And Computational Solutions Inspired By Human-Robot Interaction Studies. Advances in Cognitive Systems. Institution of Engineering and Technology. 127-167.

Conference paper (Other academic)

Kamal, A.M., Otero, N., Golub, K. (2022). Digital Humanities Master’s Programme at Linnaeus University. Higher Education Programs in Digital Humanities and Social Sciences: Challenges and Perspectives.

Chapter in book (Other academic)

Keller, D., Otero, N., Lazzarini, V., Pimenta, M.S., De Lima, M.H., et al. (2015). Interaction Aesthetics and Ubiquitous Music. Creativity in the Digital Age. Springer. 91-105.

Collection (editor) (Other academic)

Lazzarini, V., Keller, D., Otero, N., Turchet, L. (2020). Ubiquitous Music Ecologies. London, Routledge. 258.