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Alaa Nousir<\/h1><\/div>\n\t\t
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School of Computing<\/div>\n\t\t
Queen’s University<\/div>\n\t\t
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Alaa finished her MSc at the iStudio, Queen\u2019s School of Computing in 2023.\u00a0She was experimenting with smart materials such as thermochromic pigments to design interactive artwork that conveys wellbeing and connectedness between people on the autism spectrum and their carers. Alaa is now working as a Digital Planning and Reporting Analyst at Queen’s University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alaa Nousir, Lee Jones, Flora Lin, Tom Everrett, Sara Nabil<\/p>

MobileMuseum: Smart, Portable, and Borrowable Museum Displays to Explore Interaction Patterns and Public Engagement<\/a> Journal Article<\/span> <\/p>

In: <\/span>Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (PACM HCI) Journal, <\/span>vol. 9, <\/span>iss. 8, <\/span>no. ISS016, <\/span>pp. 341 \u2013 370, <\/span>2025<\/span>.<\/p>

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\r\nauthor = {Alaa Nousir and Lee Jones and Flora Lin and Tom Everrett and Sara Nabil},
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\r\ndate = {2025-11-13},
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\r\nabstract = {We explore how smart, portable, tangible, and borrowable museum displays can be used to expand museum outreach, and provide tools for measuring user engagement. Our prototype, MobileMuseum, is a portable museum display on wheels, housing digitally-fabricated replicas of artifacts from a national science and technology museum. To track interactions without cameras, we embedded photo and magnetic door sensors and RFID tags and antenna. Our deployment study was carried out for 2 months and included 4 different locations (2 recreational and 2 educational). Data collected from 6 sensors, 261 hours of field observations, 17 filled questionnaires, and 14 interviews helped us understand interaction patterns. Qualitative and quantitative findings revealed that self-monitored interactions encouraged deeper open-ended exploration. Social sharing increased among people in groups while lower foot traffic increased engagement duration. We present generalizable opportunities for self-monitored Interfaces that lends themselves to social circulation, \u2018honeybee-effect\u2019, \u2018order effect\u2019, and \u2018leftovers\u2019 from users.},
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We explore how smart, portable, tangible, and borrowable museum displays can be used to expand museum outreach, and provide tools for measuring user engagement. Our prototype, MobileMuseum, is a portable museum display on wheels, housing digitally-fabricated replicas of artifacts from a national science and technology museum. To track interactions without cameras, we embedded photo and magnetic door sensors and RFID tags and antenna. Our deployment study was carried out for 2 months and included 4 different locations (2 recreational and 2 educational). Data collected from 6 sensors, 261 hours of field observations, 17 filled questionnaires, and 14 interviews helped us understand interaction patterns. Qualitative and quantitative findings revealed that self-monitored interactions encouraged deeper open-ended exploration. Social sharing increased among people in groups while lower foot traffic increased engagement duration. We present generalizable opportunities for self-monitored Interfaces that lends themselves to social circulation, \u2018honeybee-effect\u2019, \u2018order effect\u2019, and \u2018leftovers\u2019 from users.<\/div>
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