Carolina Islas

Employment

• University of Turku Senior Researcher
  2023 - Present
• University of Turku University Teacher
  2017 - 2022
• Itä-Suomen yliopisto Lecturer and academia advisor
  2013 - 2015
• Ubium Founder / Contextual Designer
  2010 - Present

Education

• Itä-Suomen yliopisto Doctoral degree at the Educational Technologies research group
  2005 - 2012
• Hochschule Offenburg MSc, Communication and Media Engineering
  2000 - 2003
• Universidad Iberoamericana BSc, Electronic Engineering and Communication Systems
  1994 - 2002
• University La Salle Studies of Electronic Engineering and Electronic Systems
  1990 - 1994

Projects & Funding

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Publications (20)

• Digitalization and Emerging Technologies for Resilience and Recovery
  2022
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• Online communication strategies of the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe
  Preceedings” of the Heritage, Tourism and Hospitality International Conference – HTHIC2020: “Living Heritage and Sustainable Tourism 2020
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• Filling an engineering specialist void: FITech University Network - a cooperative education initiative to support the growth of Southwestern Finland
  2019 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE) 2019 DOI: 10.1109/FIE43999.2019.9028659
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• Triggering Interest in Outdoor Gallery Exhibitions through Touch, Sound and Games
  Proceedings of the Second African Conference for Human Computer Interaction: Thriving Communities 2018 DOI: 10.1145/3283458.3283533
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• Game Co-design with and for Refugees: An Intercultural Approach
  Kultur und Informatik: Mixed Reality 2017
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• Making Construals as a New Digital Skill: Dissolving the Program - And the Programmer - Interface
  Proceedings - 2015 International Conference on Interactive Technologies and Games, ITAG 2015 2016 DOI: 10.1109/iTAG.2015.10
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• Hypercontextualizing a game workshop in Tanzania
  2010 IST-Africa 2010
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• On designing a pervasive mobile learning platform
  ALT-J: Research in Learning Technology 2010 DOI: 10.1080/09687761003657606
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• Virtually Escaping Lock down - Co-designing a mixed reality escape room narrative with Namibian learners-
  DOI: 10.1145/3448696.3448700
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• Online communication strategies of the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe
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