PhD student in serious games
I have taught cognitive science and human-computer interaction at the University of Skövde since January 2000. My research is, in short, about serious games, i.e. computer games used for other purposes than purely entertainment (e.g. training, education, rehabilitation). My other academic interests are, among others, affective computing and animal cognition.
On my free time I practice wushu (kung fu) and zumba, play computer games and spend time with my family and friends.
Current teaching
- Interaction, design and usability I
- Interaction, design and usability II
- Cognition in practice
- Thesis project in informatics with a specialisation in computer game development
Research
- PhD student in information technology at the University of Örebro
- Enrolled in SweCog
, Swedish national graduate school in Cognitive Science
- Member of InGame Lab, a research group at the University of Skövde
Current research projects
- Games and simulators for military training, a PhD project conducted at the Land Warfare Centre.
Previous research projects
Publications
2012
Alklind Taylor, A.-S., Backlund, P. & Niklasson, L. (2012). The coaching cycle: A coaching-by-gaming approach in serious games. Simulation & Gaming: An International Journal, doi:10.1177/1046878112439442.
Alklind Taylor, A.-S., Backlund, P., Bergman, M. E., Carlén, U., Engström, H., Johannesson, M., et al. (2012). Spelbaserad simulering för insatsutbildning. Slutrapport. Teknisk rapport, HS-IKI-TR-12-001. https://www.msb.se/Upload/Kunskapsbank/Forskningsrapporter/Slutrapporter/Simulatortr%C3%A4ning%20f%C3%B6r%20insatsutbildning.pdf
2011
Alklind Taylor, A.-S. (2011). Coaching by gaming: An instructor perspective of game-based vocational training. Licentiate thesis, University of Örebro, Örebro. Permanent link: http://oru.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2:474545
Alklind Taylor, A.-S. & Backlund, P. (2011). Letting the students create and the teacher play: Expanding the roles in serious gaming. In Proceedings of the Academic Mind Trek conference (MindTrek'11) (pp. 63–70), Tampere, Finland, September 28-30, 2011. doi: 10.1145/2181037.2181049
Backlund, P., Alklind Taylor, A.-S., Carlén, U., Engström, H., Johannesson, M., Lebram, M. & Toftedahl, M. (2011). Tactical incident commander - An online training game for incident commander training. In Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Games Based Learning, Athens, Greece, 20-21 October 2011.
Backlund, P., Alklind Taylor, A.-S., Engström, H., Johannesson, M., Lebram, M., Poucette, J., Slijper, A., Svensson, K. & Stibrant Sunnerhagen, K. (2011). Evaluation of usefulness of the Elinor console for home-based stroke rehabilitation. In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference in Games and Virtual Worlds for Serious Applications (VS-Games 2011), Athens, Greece, May 4-6, 2011. doi: 10.1109/VS-GAMES.2011.20
Lindblom, J., Alklind Taylor, A.-S., Rambusch, J. & Svensson, H. (2011). Pedagogisk digital kompetens för nätbaserat lärande inom högskolan. Utbildning & Lärande: En skriftserie från Avdelningen Barns, Ungas och Vuxnas Lärande vid Högskolan i Skövde, 5(1), 54–73.
2010
Alklind Taylor, A.-S. (2010). Facilitating coaching during game-based vocational training. Paper presented at the doctoral consortium at the Human-Computer Interaction conference, HCI2010, Dundee, UK, 6-10 September, 2010.
2009
Alklind Taylor, A-S., Backlund, P., Engström, H., Johannesson, M., Krasniqi, H. & Lebram, M. (2009) Acceptance of entertainment systems in stroke rehabilitation. In the Proceedings of IADIS Game and Entertainment Technologies 2009 (GET 2009) (pp. 75–83), June 17-19, Algarve, Portugal.
Alklind Taylor, A-S., Backlund, P., Engström, H., Johannesson, M. & Lebram, M. (2009) The birth of Elinor - A collaborative development of a game based system for stroke rehabilitation. In the Proceedings of the International Conference Visualisation (Viz09, CGa). July 14-17, Barcelona, Spain. doi: 10.1109/VIZ.2009.19
Alklind Taylor, A-S., Backlund, P., Engström, H., Johannesson, M. & Lebram, M. (2009) Gamers agains all odds. In the Proceedings of Edutainment 2009. August 9-11, Banff, Canada. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-03364-3_1
2001
Ryan, C.M.E. , Lea, S.E.G., Alklind, A-S. & Dittrich, W.H. (2001). Discrimination of natural movement categories by chickens using fully-detailed and point-light stimuli. Paper presented at the meeting of the Experimental Psychology Society. Bristol, UK, April 5–6 2001. Abstract