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GIEDRE KLIGYTE - Interaction and User Interface designer,
researcher.
PERSONAL DETAILS:
Name: Giedre Kligyte
e-mail: gkligyte@uiah.fi
Homepage:
http://mlab.uiah.fi/~gkligyte
GSM: +65 98332603
CAREER HISTORY
EMPLOYER: Media Lab University of Art and Design Helsinki
Position: user interface designer, researcher
Period: April 2001 - June 2004
Main tasks:
- conceptual and user interface design for a web-based collaborative
learning system Fle3 (http://fle3.uiah.fi) in ITCOLE (Innovative Technologies
for Collaborative Learning) EU-IST project.
- conceptual and user interface design for several websites
supporting user community
- collecting and understanding user requirements, doing conceptual design,
making visual and functional (interactive) prototyping, writing specifications
for user interface implementation and carrying out the user interface development
and integration till the final stage
- writing texts and producing graphic design for sumplementing publications,
such as user manuals, report brochures, etc.
Projects:
- Fle3 learning environment (
http://fle3.uiah.fi)
Fle3 is a web-based learning environment. To be more specific Fle3 is a server software for computer supported collaborative learning (CSCL). Fle3 is Open Source and Free Software released under the GNU General Public Licence (GPL). Fle3 is designed to support learner and group centered work that concentrates on creating and developing expressions of knowledge (i.e. knowledge artefacts) and design.
- Synergeia learning environment (
http://bscl.fit.fraunhofer.de/)
Synergeia is a software system developed within the ITCOLE research project funded by the European Union in 2001-2003. It is designed to support collaborative knowledge building in classrooms of schools. The Synergeia system combines an asynchronous component named BSCL, which extends the BSCW system, and an asynchronous component named MapTool, which is part of the ANTS system.
- www.euro-cscl.org
The www.euro-cscl.org web site serves as a community site and resource of information for practitioners (teachers), researchers and school administrators in Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) field. The www.euro-cscl.org website has been initiated by ITCOLE (Innovative Technologies for Collaborative Learning and Knowledge Building) project.
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'Sound of our Water' project (
http://unesco.uiah.fi/water)
The Sound of Our Water web site is part of UNESCO's Young Digital Creators programme. The purpose of the web site is to provide young people an online platform to reflect on water issues. Young people are invited to compose soundscapes and music pieces about water with a collection of sound samples using digital tools. The web site is a meeting point for sharing experiences and exchanging ideas among the participants.
See also Projects & Work area.
EMPLOYER: Media Lab, University of Art and Design Helsinki
Position: teacher/tutor in the UNESCO YDC Sound of Our Water project
Period: April 2004 - July 2004
Main tasks:
- planning the project activities, creating the lesson plan
- teacher training, supervising and guiding a multinational group of project participants to fulfill the project objectives. Contacts with project participants via email and the Sound of Our Water website.
EMPLOYER: Tampere University
Position: teacher in Current Issues in Communication Sciences virtual course
Period: March 2004 - May 2004
Main tasks:
- Creating the syllabus of the course, collecting reading materials, planning the course schedule.
- Teaching, guiding and supervising the group of students through the WebCT virtual learning platform, supervising the essay work, reading and evaluating the essays, evaluating the student work in general.
- Organizing and leading the face-to-face meeting with the students
EMPLOYER: Crucible Studio, University of Art and Design Helsinki
Position: graphic and user interface designer, webmaster
Period: April 2004
Main tasks:
- Creating the graphics and layouts of the Games and Storytelling website
http://www.gamesandstorytelling.net/,
building the website based on Lotus notes system
- Graphic design of posters and flyers
EMPLOYER: TIEKE Finnish Information Society Development Center
Position: user interface designer
Period: August 2003 - October 2003 (first testing stage / unfinished)
Intranet type of system Tykki (under development)
http://tykki.tieke.fi/tykki
Main tasks:
- user interface design, prototyping
- modifying Plone - open source content management system based on
Zope platform
See also Projects & Work area.
EMPLOYER: Heidi Tikka, artist
Position: user interface designer
Period: June 2003 - July 2003
Imaginary journey project is a photo diary about an imaginary trip made by a mother and a son. It is a part of the Ideologia II Nordic art biennale in Gšteborg.
http://imaginaryjourney.uiah.fi/
Main tasks:
- user interface design and implementation
- some of photography work
See also Projects & Work area.
EMPLOYER: Multimedia Center for Humanities (Lithuania)
Position: user interface designer, graphic designer
Period: November 1996 - May 2000
Working on several cultural projects run by Multimedia Center for the
Humanities (Lithuania), designing user interfaces for Internet websites
and multimedia CD-ROMs, graphic design for suplementary printed publications.
Main projects:
See also Projects & Work area.
EMPLOYER: Paritetine grupe ad agency
Position: graphic designer
Period: April 1997 - September 1997
Mostly working with graphic design for printed media
EMPLOYER: RBRA
Position: graphic designer
Period: September 1996 - May 1997
A part time job in a business gifts company.
SHORT TERM:
EMPLOYER: Media Lab, University of Art and Design Helsinki
Position: several lectures in final thesis seminar
Period: September 2002, September 2003
EMPLOYER: Helsinki University
Position: lecture in Design Thinking course in Summer University
Period: August 2003
EMPLOYER: Västra Nylands yrkesskola, Karjaa
Position: interaction design course teacher
Period: October 2000
EDUCATION
- 2003-ongoing, PhD student, Media Lab, Helsinki University of Art and Design
- 1999-2001 MA in New Media, Media Lab, Helsinki University of Art and Design
Final thesis: I think I know what is good for you: User Interface design
for a CSCL system (.pdf version)
Study subjects: Interaction design module: courses and seminars in media culture and
technology, new media design, research methods, communication, presentation,
team work and multimedia production skills.
- 1995-1999 BA in Design, Vilnius Academy of Art
Study subjects: graphic and product design, drawing, painting, 3D modeling skills,
art history, philosophy.
Graduation work: visual communications for Design Department. Web site design.
http://daugenis.mch.mii.lt/dizainas/
STUDY PROJECTS:
- Immediate Impressions
The 'Immediate Impressions' project was an experimental attempt to collect people's impressions
and comments about the conference sessions during The Good, The Bad and The Irrelevant conference,
September 3-5 2003, University of Art and Design Helsinki. We designed and developed a software
tool that enabled people to collaboratively comment on the conference sessions using a web camera.
- Celebrate.uiah.fi
'Celebrate.uiah.fi' project is an online collection of people's (Finns and people currently
living in Finland) stories, drawings and photos describing celebrations of the most
important festivals for their families. The initial version of the project will be realized
through workshops in Caisa International Cultural Centre and Kontupiste where the stories will
be made and uploaded to the web by participants and online 'Celebrate.uiah.fi' portal open for
anyone to participate throughout the year 2004.
http://celebrate.uiah.fi
- SUBtv
Developing concept for an Interactive digital TV program, authoring and production of "Muisto" (7 min video, broadcasted on SUBtv 24.12.2001)
- Future Learning Environment
Concept design for improvements of Fle2 system, research about technology for education and user motivation in collaborative learning environments.
http://www.mlab.uiah.fi/~mkuster/FLE
- Semana Santa exhibition
Concept design, space design, digital video authoring, design and production of
interactive drum interface for browsing video clips in anthropology exhibition (Helinä
Rautavaara museum, Espoo 04/00 - 07/00). Web master of the web site:
http://mlab.uiah.fi/displayculture/
- Watch It! project
Concept development, preparation of sample materials for the public workshop, organized at Nykyaika stage, Lasipalatsi Media Centre, March 21-25, 2000.
http://mlab.uiah.fi/watchit/
- Mobile Continent exhibition
Emergency help with graphic design of the web site.
http://mobilecontinent.uiah.fi/
- Greetings from Tokyo exhibition
Concept development, video authoring and management of the project. Exhibitions in TOKYO gallery, Helsinki; Akademija gallery, Vilnius; Hamburg, Ljubliana.
http://www.greetingsfromtokyo.net/
- Virtual Cube project
Interactive carpet and sound design for exhibition space (Lume center 01/00)
- Pepe DeLux game
Concept development, visuals and beginning of production of computer game for a Finish rock band.
http://mlab.uiah.fi/~till/pepe/
HONORS:
- 2003 - Finnish Cultural Foundation grant
- 2000 - Member of the Student Jury and Grand Jury in Europrix Multimedia 2000 contest
Working on evaluation of student submissions, co-authoring of catalogue content, evaluation and selection of the winners of the competition.
http://www.europrix.org
Updated at 10.2004
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