School staff
Colette Nicolle
Research Fellow
Tel +44 (0)1509 226973
Email c.a.nicolle@lboro.ac.uk
Location LDS 2.20
Personal profile
After participating in a wide variety of research and consultancy projects covering user requirements specification, interface design and usability evaluation, Colette now specialises in the application of inclusive design methods and tools across a range of disciplines, as well as the social and ethical implications of introducing products and technologies to people who are older and disabled.
Over the years, projects have included, for example:
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Contributions to the EU USER support action, which developed a handbook on user-centred design in the assistive technology sector
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User requirements for smart house technology in the EU ASHORED project and the DTI TAHI survey
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The design of intelligent transport systems and the development of design guidelines and an assessment methodology for people who are older or disabled in the DRIVE II TELAID project, the TELSCAN project in the Transport sector of the EC Telematics Applications Programme, and the EPSRC Tele-Assess project
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The human factors issues in making the electronic highway more accessible for a wide range of persons with communication impairments, as part of the EU IST World Wide Augmentative and Alternative Communication project
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EU IST Inclusive Design Curriculum Network project, a thematic network, whose aim was to integrate information and identify core knowledge sets and skills for model curricula in Design for All for information and communication products, systems and services
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Surveys for the UK Department for Transport and the Forum of Mobility Centres on the impact of mobility centres on older and disabled motorists (2006-2010)
Teaching
- DSC114/DSP114 Disability, Ageing and Inclusive Design
- DSP106 Data Collection and Analysis
- DSB106 Qualitative Methods
- DSC117/DSP117 Driver and Vehicle Ergonomics
- DSC118/DSP118 Ergonomics of HCI
- DSA105 Introduction to Ergonomics
Research
Research Group: User Centred Design.
EPSRC i~design3 project (Principal Investigator) - 4 year project, in collaboration with the Engineering Design Centre and Department of Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge, and the Royal College of Art Helen Hamlyn Centre. (October 2006-March 2011).
Our focus includes: conducting studies to build a richer picture of the extent to which context can exclude older and disabled people from using products and technologies, translating this knowledge into useful guidance for designers, and designing and developing a resource to raise designers' awareness and knowledge of context in relation to inclusive design.
New Dynamics of Ageing Programme, Working Late (Co-investigator in collaboration with Loughborough University's School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences and Department of Ergonomics) - Centres on a pressing need for employment policies, workplace design and occupational health provision that takes account of the ageing workforce, with ESRI's focus being the journey to work (November 2008-August 2012).
New Dynamics of Ageing Programme, Transitions in Kitchen Living (Co-investigator with the Open University and Loughborough University's Department of Design and Technology) - Examining the experience of the kitchen across the life course for people currently in their 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s, with ESRI's particular reference to ergonomic aspects (September 2009-August 2011).
Featured publications
- Abascal, J. and Nicolle, C. (2005). Moving towards inclusive design guidelines for socially and ethically aware HCI. In special issue of Interacting with Computers: Social Impact of Emerging Technologies, Vol. 17, Issue 5, Elsevier B.V., 484-505.
- Dong, H., Nicolle, C., Brown, R., Clarkson, J. (2007). Designer-orientated user research methods. In Design for Inclusivity, Coleman, R., Clarkson, J., Dong, H. and Cassim, J. (eds.). Gower, Design for Social Responsibility Series, pp 131-147.
- Nicolle, C. and Abascal, J. (eds), (2001). Inclusive Design Guidelines for HCI, Taylor and Francis, London. ISBN 0-7484-0948-3.
- Elton, E., Dumolo, D. and Nicolle, C. (2010). Have I just pressed something? The effects of everyday cold temperatures on dexterity. In Designing Inclusive Interactions, P. Langdon, P.J. Clarkson and P. Robinson (eds.). CWUAAT 2010, University of Cambridge. London: Springer-Verlag.