Selected Publications

My PhD Thesis

Pearce, J. M. (2004) An investigation of interactivity and flow: student behaviour during online instruction. PhD thesis, Department of Information Systems, The University of Melbourne. (Direct download here)

Books

Book Chapters

Nansen, B., Smith, W. & Pearce, J.M. (2011) Gardening online: A tale of suburban informatics. In Foth, M., Forlano, L., Satchell, C., & Gibbs, M. (Eds.) (2011). "From Social Butterfly to Engaged Citizen: Urban Informatics, Social Media, Ubiquitous Computing, and Mobile Technology to Support Citizen Engagement". Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-01651-3. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/39160/

Pearce, J. and M. Ainley (2002). "Learning with ICT: the Role of Interactivity and Student Motivation" in Opportunistic Challenges: Teaching and Learning with ICT. S. Rodrigues. New York, Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

Chapter in Why? Scientists Answer Children’s Questions, Eds. Long, P. and Phemister, J., ABC Books. 1998.

Journals

Pang, P., Chang, S., Verspoor, K. & Pearce, J. (2016). Designing Health Websites Based on Users’ Web-Based Information-Seeking Behaviors: A Mixed-Method Observational Study. J Med Internet Res 2016;18(6):e145
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.5661

Pang, P. , Verspoor, K., Chang, S. & Pearce, J. (2015). Conceptualising health information seeking behaviours and exploratory search: result of a qualitative study. Health and Technology, February 2015. DOI:10.1007/s12553-015-0096-0

Taylor, S., Ryan, M. & Pearce, J. (2015) Enhancing student learning in accounting utilising web-based technology, peer review feedback and reflective practices: a learning community approach to assessment. Journal of Higher Education Research & Development. DOI:10.1080/07294360.2015.1024625 *2015 QUT Best Higher Education Publication Interdisciplinary Award*

Ploderer, B., Smith, W., Pearce, J., & Borland, R. (2014). "An Object-Centred Approach to Encourage Online Participation in the Context of Behaviour Change". Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), 1-26.

Ploderer, B., Smith, W., Pearce, J., Borland, R. (2014) "A mobile App Offering Distractions and Tips to Cope with Cigarette Cravings: A qualitative Study." JMIR mHealth uHealth, 2014; Vol. 2(2), e23.

Mulder, R., Pearce J. & Baik, C., (2014) "Peer review in higher education: Student perceptions before and after participation." Journal of Active Learning in Higher Education, 1-15.

Mulder, R., Baik, C., Naylor, R. & Pearce J. (2014) "How does student peer review influence perceptions, engagement and academic outcomes? A case study."Journal of Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education.

Ely, R., Ainley, M. & Pearce, J. (2013). "More than enjoyment: Identifying the positive affect component of interest that supports student engagement and achievement." Middle Grades Research Journal, 8(1). 13-32.

Pearce, J. M., M. Ainley and S. Howard, (2005). "The Ebb and Flow of Online Learning." Computers in Human Behavior 21(5): 745-771.(Copyright held by Elsevier)

Collings, P. and J. Pearce (2002). "Sharing designer and user perspectives of web site evaluation: a cross-campus collaborative learning experience." British Journal of Educational Technology 33(3): 267-278.

Rodrigues, S., J. Pearce and M. K. Livett, (2001). "Using video analysis and dataloggers during practical work in first year physics." Educational Studies 27(1).

Measuring Motion Using a Macintosh Computer
Pearce, J. M., Aust. Science Teachers Journal, 39, No. 2, pp 44-51. June 1993.

Exploring Concepts of Current and Voltage
Pearce, J. M., Australian Science Teachers' Journal, 37(1) p. 59 1991.

Measuring Speed Using a Computer: Several Techniques
Pearce, J. M. Physics Education, Vol 23, 1988.

Microcomputers in a Beginning Tertiary Physics Course
Pearce, J. M. & O'Brien, R. Physics Education, Vol 26, 1986

Conferences

Paay, J., Kjeldskov, J., Skov, M. B., Nielsen, P. M. & Pearce, J. Discovering activities in your city using transitory search. MobileHCI '16: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Service, Sept. 2016.

Pang P., Verspoor K., Pearce J., Chang S. (2016) Finding and exploring health information with a slider-based user interface. Health Informatics Conference. Melbourne, 25-27 July.

Taylor, S., Ryan, M., Pearce, J. & Elphinstone, L. (2016). Enhancement of Australias Globally Engaged University Sector: Bridging Cultures and Transforming Student Learning and Assessment in Accounting. INTED2016.

Nielsen, P. M., Paay, J., Pearce, J. & Kjeldskov, J. (2015). Exploring Urban Events with Transitory Search on Mobile Phone. Poster presented at MobileHCI 2015, 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services. August 2015, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Pang, P. , Verspoor, K., Chang, S. & Pearce, J. (2014). Designing for Health Exploratory Seeking Behaviour, MedIR@SIGIR 2014, Proceedings of the Medical Information Retrieval Workshop at SIGIR, p. 5-8.

Paay, J., Kjeldskov, J., Skov, M., Pathmanathan, V., & Pearce, J. (2013). Promoting Pro-environmental Behaviour: a tale of two systems. Proceedings from 2013 Australasian Computer Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2013, Adelaide.

Mulder, R., Baik, C., Naylor, R. & Pearce, J. (2013). Student peer review in higher education. Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australia Conference. July 2013, Auckland, New Zealand.

Pearce, J.M., Livett, M., Mulder, R., Baik, C. & Naylor, R. (2013). Peer review as a learning tool. Australian Conference on Science and Mathematics Education. September 2013, Canberra, Australia.

Mulder, R., Baik, C., Naylor, R., & Pearce, J. (2013). How does student peer review influence perceptions, engagement and academic outcomes? A case study. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 0(0), 1-21. DOI:10.1080/02602938.2013.860421

Ploderer, B., Smith, W., Howard, S., Pearce, J., & Borland, R. (2013). Patterns of Support in an Online Community for Smoking Cessation. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Communities and Technologies, Munich, Germany New York, NY, USA.

Pearce, J., Chang, S., Kennedy, G., Ely, R.B.W. & Ainley, M. (2012). Search and Explore: More Than One Way to Find What You Want. Proceedings from 2012 Australasian Computer Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2012, Melbourne.

Ploderer, B., Smith, W., Howard, S., PEARCE, J. and Borland, R. Things You Don't Want to Know About Yourself: Ambivalence About Tracking and Sharing Personal Information for Behaviour Change. Proceedings from 2012 Australasian Computer Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2012, Melbourne.

Ely, R. B. W., Ainley, M., & Pearce, J. M. (2012). A New Approach to Exploring and Profiling Interest. Procedings from the 2012 American Association Research Association Annual Meeting. Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada.

Ploderer, B., Smith, W., Howard, S., Pearce, J., & Borland, R. (2012). Ambivalence about (Inter)Personal Informatics for Smoking Cessation. In CHI 2012 Workshop on Personal Informatics in Practice: Improving Quality of Life Through Data, Austin, Tx.

Ploderer, B., Smith, W., Howard, S., Pearce, J., & Borland, R. (2012). Introducing the Ambivalent Socialiser. In CHI 2012 It's the Experience!, Austin, Tx.

Pearce, J. M., Chang, S., Alzougool, B., Kennedy, G., Ainley, M., & Rodrigues, S. (2011). Search or Explore: Do you know what you’re looking for? Proceedings from 2011 Australasian Computer Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2011, Canberra.

Pathmanathan, V., Pearce, J.M., Kjeldskov, J., & Smith, W. (2011). Using Mobile Phones for Promoting Water Conservation. Proceedings from 2011 Australasian Computer Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2011.

Pearce, J. (2010). Play, explore, engage! Interfaces, Vol 83, 5-7.

Ely, R. B. W., Ainley, M., & Pearce, J. M. (2010a). A new method for identifying dimensions of interest: MINE. Paper presented at the 12th International Conference on Motivation: New Directions in Mind.

Pearce, J. M. & Murphy, J. (2010) Living on the Hedge: Creating an online Smart Garden Watering Community (unpublished working paper).

Ku, D., Pearce, J., & Smith, W. (2010). The Role of a Computerised Concept Mapping Tool in the Context of the Australian PhD Candidature. Proceedings from EdMedia 2010, World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications pp. 2571-2580.

Ku, D., Pearce, J.M. and Smith, W. (2010). Can Traditional HCI Principles Be Applied to Computing Technology in Learning Contexts? Paper presented at the OzCHI Conference, Brisbane pp 328-331

Ely, R. B. W., Ainley, M., & Pearce, J. M. (2010). My Interests Now for Engagement (MINE) - Identifying the dimensions of interest to support engagement and learning. Paper presented at the Inter-Disciplinary.Net 6th Global Conference - Creative engagements: Thinking with Children.

Smith, W., Lewi, H., Darian-Smith, K., & Pearce, J. (2010). Re-connecting visual content to place in a mobile guide for the Shrine of Remembrance. Paper presented at the Electronic Visualisation and the Arts, London.

Pearce, J. M., Smith, W., Nansen, B. & Murphy, J. (2009). SmartGardenWatering: Experiences of using a garden watering simulation. Paper presented at the OzCHI Conference, Melbourne. *Best Paper Award*

Pearce, J. M. & Pardo, S. (2009). So now you’re ready to play – but with what? A system to encourage playful exploration. Paper presented at the HCI Educators 2009 Conference, University of Abertay, Dundee, UK.

Pearce, J. M., Murphy, J., & Smith, W. (2008). Supporting gardeners to plan domestic watering: a case study of designing an 'everyday simulation'. Paper presented at the OzCHI Conference, Cairns.

Pearce, J. M. & Pardo, S. (2008). To search or to explore – that is the question: a study in mindful engagement. Paper presented at the OzCHI Conference, Cairns.

Perera, N., Kennedy, G., & Pearce, J. (2008). Are you bored? Maybe an interface agent can help! Paper presented at the OzCHI Conference, Cairns.

Pearce, J. M. (2008). A System to Encourage Playful Exploration in a Reflective Environment. Paper presented at the EdMedia 2008 Conference, Vienna.

Norman, A. & Pearce, J. M. (Eds) (2007) mLearn 2007 Conference Proceedings, Melbourne.

Mulder, R. & Pearce, J. (2007). PRAZE: innovating teaching through online peer review. Paper presented at the ASCILITE 2007, Singapore.

Pearce, J. M., Murphy, J. and Patman, D. (2006) Using a scenario-planning tool to support an engaging online user experience Paper presented at the OzCHI 2006 Conference, Sydney.

Pearce, J. M. (2005). Engaging the Learner: How Can the Flow Experience Support E-learning? Paper presented at the E-Learn 2005 Conference, Vancouver.

Pearce, J. and S. Howard (2004). Designing for Flow in a Complex Activity. 6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Computer-Human Interaction, New Zealand. (Copyright held by Springer-Verlag).

Graham, C., J. M. Pearce, et al. (2001). Levels Of Interactivity And Interactivity Maps. OzCHI, 2001, Fremantle.

Graham, C., J. M. Pearce, et al. (2001). Evolving and Iterating Style Guides. OzCHI, 2001, Fremantle.

Pearce, J. M. and M. K. Livett (2001). MotionWorkshop: Tracking Motion in an On-line Environment. Apple University Consortium Conference, Townsville.

Pearce, J. M. and M. K. Livett (2000). On-line learning development: an incremental approach. Proceedings of the Apple University Consortium Conference, University of Wollongong.

Livett, M. K. and J. M. Pearce (2000). A Web-based learning environment designed for interactive learning. The 14th National Congress of the Australian Institute of Physics.

Perez, A., R. Al-Mahmood and J. M. Pearce, (2000). Teaching in the 21st Century: are students ready? Proceedings of the National Language and Academic Skills Conference, La Trobe University.

Collings, P., J. M. Pearce, et al. (1999). Learning usability testing: a collaborative approach. OzCHI’99 Proceedings, Wagga Wagga.

Pearce, J. M. and M. K. Livett. (1999). Designing a Web-based learning environment to maximise interactivity. Americas Conference on Information Systems, Milwaukee.

Nott, M., J. Pearce, et al. (1998). Why go on-line in a traditional campus-based university? Association for Learning Technologies Conference (ALT-C), Oxford, UK.

Pearce, J. M., M. K. Livett, et al. (1998). Development and use of an on-line video-analysis tool for physics learning. Apple University Consortium Conference, Melbourne.

Pearce, J. M. and M. K. Livett (1997). Real-World Physics: the development of a Web-based learning package. Doing IT at Melbourne, University of Melbourne.

Pearce, J. M. and M. K. Livett (1997). Real-World Physics: a Java-based Web Environment for the Study of Physics. Proceedings of AusWeb97, Brisbane.

Riddle, M. D., J. M. Pearce, et al. (1997). Re-examining "Interactive Multimedia" in Tertiary Science Teaching. ASCILITE 97, Perth.

Pearce, J. M. Roll Your Own Multimedia? Why Bother?, Doing IT at Melbourne, 1997

Pearce, J. M. (1997). Physics Education: a World Review. Proceedings of STAV Physics Teachers’ Conference, Monash University.

Pearce, J. M. and Livett, M. K., MotionWorkshop: an Applet for Analysing Motion
OzCUPE3, QUT, Brisbane, 1997.

Using multimedia technology to enhance the teaching of science
Pearce, J. M. and Nott, M. W., Proceedings of Education Victoria, Melbourne, 1996.

Real-World Physics Via the Web
Pearce, J. M. and Livett, M. K. Proceedings of AusWeb96 Brisbane, July, 1996.

Others

Pearce, J. & Kennedy, G. (2014) LTI: Learning and Teaching Initiative Grants 2012-2013: A Review

Pearce, J. (2010). Play, Explore, Engage! Interfaces Vol 83 pp. 5-7.

Pearce, J., Mulder, R., & Baik, C. (2009). Involving students in peer review: Case studies and practical strategies for university teaching. The University of Melbourne.

Pearce, J. M. (2004) An investigation of interactivity and flow: student behaviour during online instruction. PhD thesis, Department of Information Systems, The University of Melbourne. (Direct download here)

On-line Learning Environments in Science.
Pearce, J. M. and Riddle, M. D. Metro Magazine, No. 108, 1996.

Electronics: Transducers, Analogue, Digital, the Lot!
Pearce, J. M., School of Physics 1994 In-Service Day for Physics teachers, November, 1994.

Using Multimecia in Lectures
Multimedia News, University of Melbourne, May 1994.

Multimedia and Science Education: is there a conflict?
Multimedia News, University of Melbourne, November 1993.

Enriching Physics Teaching Through Multimedia
Pearce, J. M. UM-P-93/100(a), University of Melbourne, 1993.

Playing Around with Spreadsheets in Science (and other modelling tools)
Pearce, J. M. LabTalk, 34, No. 4, August 1990.

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