Overview
Background
Dr Kellie Vella is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Digital Cultures & Societies, working on the Australian Research Data Commons' Australian Internet Observatory. Her research centres on human-computer interactions within social and interdisciplinary contexts. She draws upon motivational psychology and participatory research to better understand how to design, apply, and evaluate new technologies for learning and wellbeing.
Availability
- Dr Kellie Vella is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy of Computer-Human Interaction, Queensland University of Technology
Works
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2021
Conference Publication
Digital technologies in nature
Webber, Sarah, Oliver, Jessica, Smith, Wally, Hoy, Julia, Vella, Kellie, Brereton, Margot, Bender, Helena, Davies, Alasdair and Judith, Kate (2021). Digital technologies in nature. International Conference on Animal-Computer Interaction, Bloomington, IN, United States, 8-11 November 2021. New York, United States: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/3493842.3493885
2016
Conference Publication
The social context of video game play: challenges and strategies
Vella, Kellie, Klarkowski, Madison, Johnson, Daniel, Hides, Leanne and Wyeth, Peta (2016). The social context of video game play: challenges and strategies. 11th ACM SIGCHI Conference on Designing Interactive Systems, DIS 2016, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 4-8 June 2016. New York, United States: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/2901790.2901823
2015
Conference Publication
Indicators of wellbeing in recreational video game players
Vella, Kellie, Johnson, Daniel and Hides, Leanne (2015). Indicators of wellbeing in recreational video game players. 27th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2015, Parkville, VIC, Australia, 7 December - 10 December 2015. New York, NY, United States: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/2838739.2838818
2015
Conference Publication
Playing alone, playing with others: differences in player experience and indicators of wellbeing
Vella, Kellie, Johnson, Daniel and Hides, Leanne (2015). Playing alone, playing with others: differences in player experience and indicators of wellbeing. Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, London, United Kingdom, 3-7 October 2015. New York, United States: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/2793107.2793118
2013
Conference Publication
Positively playful: When videogames lead to player wellbeing
Vella, Kellie, Johnson, Daniel and Hides, Leanne (2013). Positively playful: When videogames lead to player wellbeing. Gamification '13: First International Conference on Gameful Design, Research, and Applications, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2-4 October 2013. New York, NY, United States: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/2583008.2583024
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