Dr Dianna Hardy ~ Senior Lecturer

Dr Dianna Hardy is a Senior Lecturer in the Indigenous Education and Research Centre at James Cook University. Dianna holds a PhD in Information Technology and Indigenous Studies along with a master’s degree in Social Science which strongly inform her expertise in the development and use of Information Technology to support user experience  in cross-cultural settings, with emphasis on Aboriginal health and wellbeing. Her research is focused on co-design methods with varied participants from cross-disciplinary silos in Indigenous Studies, education, health, anthropology/archaeology, and biological science utilising Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality, multi-platform delivery and user-centred design.

Currently Dianna is highly engaged in research which seeks to use co-design methods such as Participatory Action Research and Design Thinking to enable community groups to solve complex problems and empower individuals to expand their ability to make a difference in the world.

Dianna is an  expert in Design Thinking and leads the development and delivery of the annual JCU Technology Design sprint which is the largest education-based Design Thinking sprint in Australia. Last year over 55 organisations (including Optus, HP, Technology One, IBM, Glencore and others) along with over around 400 students from Information Technology and Engineering at JCU engaged in innovative problem solving and protyping activities to solve complex, real-world issues.

 

Teaching

• IA1011: Indigenous Australians (Level 1; CNS & TSV)
• IA1012: Indigenous People of North Queensland (Level 1; CNS & TSV)
• IA5013: Indigenous Australians (Level 5; CNS & TSV)

Research Disciplines

• Human-centred computing (4608)
• Curriculum and pedagogy (3901)
• Information systems (4609)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Expanding knowledge (2801)

Awards

• 2020 - Australian Award for University Teaching - Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning
• 2019 - College of Science & Engineering - Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning
• 2014 - School of Business, Law, Governance and Information Technology - Sessional Staff Teaching Award for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning

These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.

Journal Articles

• Zhu R, Hardy D and Myers T (in press) Community led co-design of a social networking platform with adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, , DOI:10.1007/s10803-021-04918-9.
• Otto T and Hardy D (2016) Transforming artefacts into digital heritage: developing interactive databases for use by Aboriginal communities. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, Cultural Heritage Series, 10, pp. 117-132.
• Madden D, Cadet-James Y, Atkinson I and Watkin Lui F (2014) Probes and prototypes: a participatory action research approach to codesign. CoDesign, 10 (1), pp. 31-45, DOI:10.1080/15710882.2014.881884.

Book Chapters

• Hardy D, Forest E, McIntosh Z, Myers T and Gertz J (2016) Moving beyond "just tell me what to code": inducting tertiary ICT students into research methods with aboriginal participants via games design. In: OzCHI '16 Proceedings of the 28th Australian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, pp. 557-561

Conference Papers

• Addanki k, Holdsworth J, Hardy D and Myers T (2020) Academagogy for enhancing adult online learner engagement in higher education. Proceedings of the 2020 AIS SIGED International Conference on Information Systems Education and Research. 12-13 December 2020, Online Event
• Simon , Myers T, Hardy D and Mason R (2019) Variations on a theme: academic integrity and program code. Proceedings of the 21th Australasian Computing Education Conference. In: ACE2019: 21th Australasian Computing Education Conference, 29-31 January 2019, Sydney, NSW, Australia
• Zhu Z, Hardy D and Myers T (2019) Co-designing with adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder: from ideation to implementation. Proceedings of the 31st Australian Conference on Human-Computer-Interaction. In: OZCHI'19: 31st Australian Conference on Human-Computer-Interaction, 3-5 December 2019, Perth, WA, Australia
• Hardy D, Myers T and Sankupellay M (2018) Cohorts and cultures: developing future design thinkers. Proceedings of the 20th Australasian Computing Education Conference. In: ACE2018: 20th Australasian Computing Education Conference, 30 January - 2 February 2018, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
• Kingsun M, Myers T and Hardy D (2018) C-DOM: a structured co-design framework methodology for ontology design and development. Proceedings of the Australasian Computer Science Week Multiconference. In: ACSW'18: Australasian Computer Science Week Multiconference, 29 January - 2 February 2018, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
• Zhu R, Hardy D and Myers T (2018) Building applications that matter: co-designing with adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. In: HIS 2018: 7th International Conference of Health Information Science, 5-7 October 2018, Cairns, QLD, Australia
• Hardy D, Forest E, McIntosh Z, Gertz J and Myers T (2016) Co-creation of a digital game to support language revitalisation. Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Cooperative Design, Visualization and Engineering. In: CDVE 2016: 13th International Conference on Cooperative Design, Visualization and Engineering, 24-27 October 2016, Sydney, NSW, Australia
• Jalil S, Hardy D, Myers T and Atkinson I (2014) But it doesn't go with the décor: domesticating a telemedicine diabetes intervention in the home. Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference of the Australian Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group. In: OzCHI 2014: Annual Conference of the Australian Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group, 2-5 December 2014, Sydney, NSW, Australia

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 22+ research outputs authored by Dr Dianna Hardy from 2006 onwards.

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These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.

Current

• Enhancing adult learner engagement to online learning activities in higher education (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Calf Clan Culture: Rock art of the Khorat Plateau (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Indigenous Student Perceptions and Assumprions about Digital Technology Curriculum and Opportunities (Masters , Secondary Advisor)
• Designing physical interface for application of augmented reality in toddler toys (Masters , Primary Advisor)
• Using online and mobile gamification to orient Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to Library services and resources. (Masters , Primary Advisor)
• Identifying characterstics of long term missing person (LTMP) within Australia (Masters , Primary Advisor)

Completed

• Co-Designing with adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A participatory action research approach (2020, PhD , Primary Advisor)