Research Interests

• Child-centered design and evaluation of interactive technologies
• Embodied Interaction
• Tangible and Multi-touch Computing
• Divergent thinking/spatial problem solving
• Cartographic visualization
• Industry-based, human-centered design practice

Education

• Ph.D., Thesis: The Design and Evaluation of Interactive Visualization Tools for Spatial Data and Metadata, University of British Columbia, 2000
• B.A.Sc. (Hons), Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, 1990
• B.A. Liberal Arts, University of Waterloo, 1990

Publications

Dr. Antle's publications can be viewed on the following website:

• www.antle.iat.sfu.ca/

Industry Biography

• 2003 - 2005 Integrated media consultant, Antle Consulting
• 2000 – 2003 Advanced media consultant, CBC Radio 3
• 2002 – 2003 Co-founder & President, GoBe Media
• 2000 – 2002 Executive Director, CBC4Kids.ca Redevelopment, CBC Television
• 1996 – 2001 Executive Producer & Senior Interaction Designer, Brainium Technologies

Selected Industry Projects

• CBC Home Delivery
  Client: CBC Radio 3 2000 – 2003
  
  Description: Home Delivery uses proprietary advanced media delivery techniques to bring the best of CBC TV and Radio rich media to user’s desktops on their terms.
  
  Role: New Media Consultant
  
  Developed business case, conducted market research (incl. focus groups) and provided strategy on content development, user experience and UI design. Worked with development team on gathering and incorporating online user feedback during pilot phases.
  
  URL: http://www.cbchomedelivery.com

• CBC4Kids.ca Redevelopment
  Client: CBC Children’s Television & Radio New Media 2001 – 2002
  
  Description: The new CBC4Kids redevelopment is all about kids, not about marketing TV shows and characters. The unique combination of brand, structure and interactive approach gives kids a unique place where they can create, save, submit and email their friends high quality media that contains their own voices. The unpromoted project received over one million visits in 4 months.
  
  Role: Executive, Creative and Technical Director
  
  Redevelopment started from the ground up with the development of a new mandate and brand identity and ending with the launch of a homesite and three distributed, interactive activities: StoryBuilder, WalkAbout and OutBurst. The design approach involved children in the entire process through ethnographic, participatory and informant-based methods. A summative evaluation included site statistics and usage patterns, interviews with experts, one-on-one sessions with children and content analysis of children’s submissions.
  
  URL: http://archived.cbc4kids.cbcr3.com
  

• CBC SpyNet
  Client: CBC Children’s Television 2000 - 2001
  
  Description: SpyNet is an award winning integrated television/web property for children, aged 8-12. SpyNet encourages viewers to sign up to be a secret agent and participate through the internet in an ongoing series of secret missions that unfold during and between television episodes.
  
  Role: Convergent Media Consultant
  
  Mentored television and interactive producers on design process, interaction design and content development. Consulted on user-centred design workshops and ongoing user testing. Note that the original show, Action Agents, was reformulated as SpyNet.
  
  URL: http://www.cbc.ca/spynet

• Rick Hansen Kids in Motion
  Client:Brainium, Rick Hansen Institute and Sears Canada 1999 - 2000
  
  Description: Rick Hansen Kids in Motion is an innovative online educational program, combining web questing, animation, and conceptual learning that lead players on an immersive journey.
  
  Role: Development & Creative Director
  
  Led initial strategy, concept development, interaction design, content and technical prototype development.
  
  URL: http://www.rickhansenkids.com

• UFOs: The Why? Files
  Client:Brainium and Science World 1999
  
  Description: Interactive component of the Why Files mixed reality exhibit which examined witness reliability of UFO sightings. The interactive component, Is Seeing Believing?, is still on the floor at Science World.
  
  Role: Senior Interaction Designer and Senior Producer
  
  Worked with Science World to develop concept, interaction design and integrated experience model for physical/virtual exhibit. Directed user testing, production and installation of the interactive exhibition.
  
  URL: http://can.brainium.com/demo/scienceworld.htm

• Science Brainium
  Client:Brainium/Multiactive Education Inc. 1996 - 1999
  
  Description: Science Brainium is an award-winning, innovative curriculum-based online science adventure including webisodes, agent-driven themed adventures, participatory e-zine, teacher support & evaluation and encyclopedia.
  
  Role: Senior Interaction Designer & Content Development Director
  
  Directed concept development, interaction design, content and technical development, contextual work with teachers, and informant-based sessions and user testing with children.
  
  URL: http://can.brainium.com
  
  

Awards

• New Media Invision Award (GOLD)
• Producer of the Year, nomination, Canada New Media Awards
• B.C. Federation of Writers Emerging Writers Award
• Parent’s Choice Foundation Award
• Flash Forward Award
• Software & Information Industry Association Codie Award
• Macromedia Site of the Day
• Family Corner.com Fun Site
• Netscape Cool Sitings
• Educating.net Cool Site

Website: www.antle.iat.sfu.ca/