Associate Professor
Selen Turkay
Faculty of Science,
School of Computer Science
Biography
Dr Selen Turkay has a PhD in Instructional Technology and Media from Columbia University Teachers College, New York, NY. Prior to joining QUT in 2017, she worked as a Research Fellow at Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching (2013-2015); and as a Research Scientist at Vice Provost for Advances in Learning (2015-2017) at Harvard University.Personal details
Positions
- Associate Professor in Computer Human Interaction
Faculty of Science,
School of Computer Science
Research field
Information systems
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- PhD in Education in Instructional Technology & Media (Teachers College Columbia University)
Teaching
I taught the following units at QUT:
- IGB321: Immersive Level Design (2017, SEM2)
- IGB300: Capstone Unit (2018-2020, SEM1)
- IFN691: Gamification and Persuasive Computing (2019, SEM2)
In 2021, I teach the following units:
- IGB388: Design and Development of Immersive Environments (SEM 1)
- IGB200: Game Studio 2 - Applied Game Development (SEM 2)
Publications
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Selen, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Selected research projects
- Title
- Enabling Situated Immersive Science Collaboration with Remote Sensing Data
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP210103889
- Start year
- 2021
- Keywords
- Title
- Augmented Sociality: Enabling a Socialised Experience of Augmented Reality
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP200102478
- Start year
- 2020
- Keywords
Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.
Supervision
Current supervisions
- Understanding our Natural World via Situated Learning in Immersive Geology Field Trips
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Ross Brown, Professor Daniel Johnson - Problematic Videogame Play in Young People
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Daniel Johnson, Adjunct Professor Leanne Hides - The role of immersive reality technologies to support science collaboration
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Daniel Johnson, Associate Professor Ross Brown - The Role of Psychological Needs and Passion in the Wellbeing of Recreational and Esports Players
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Daniel Johnson - Designing Augmented Reality experiences in hybrid learning spaces to enhance learner autonomy
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Markus Rittenbruch - Convenient Ground Truth: Virtual Reality Improvements to Veridical Cognition when Conducting and Communicating Geological Research
MPhil, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Daniel Johnson, Associate Professor Ross Brown - Videogame Rewards and Prosocial Behaviour
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Daniel Johnson, Dr Stephanie Tobin - Remedial Game Prototype for Hand Rehabilitation of Burns Patients
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Dimitri Perrin, Dr Frederic Maire
Supervision topics
- Exploring the effects of interactions with intelligent agents in immersive systems
- Enhancing women's belongingness in esports and gaming communities
- Avatar customisation for diversity training in virtual reality
- Enabling effective novice-expert interactions: co-designing immersive systems for complex remote data analysis
The supervisions listed above are only a selection.