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Cristina Sylla completed her PhD in Educational Technology in 2014 at the University of Minho, she has a Master in German/English Language and Literature from the University of Porto and a Master in Technology and Digital Art from the University of Minho. She is an Integrated Researcher [Principal Investigator] at the Research Centre in Child Studies - University of Minho. She has over 50 international publications in peer reviewed ISI conferences and Journals. She was general chair of the ACM International conference on Interaction Design and Children, IDC22, and part of the editorial board of the International Journal of Interaction Design and Children. She was general chair of 3 international EAI conferences, she is a member of the Steering Committee of the ACM conference on Interaction Design and Children. She is part of the scientific committee of several high ranked ACM, and Springer conferences. She has supervised 1 PhD thesis, 8 MSc dissertations and is currently supervising 2 MSc dissertations. She has received 9 awards and/or honors. Cristina Sylla is the Principal investigator the project OUT, Once Upon a Time: a Kit of Tools for Fostering Children¿s Development of Multiliteracies, Collaboration Skills, and Intercultural Sensitivity which is a continuation the project: MoBeyBOU: Moving Beyond Boundaries - Designing Narrative Learning in the Digital Era (mobeybou.com). As well as the ERASMUS + project Gamelet, gamified media based training of reading fluency (https://www.gamelet.eu). In her professional activities she has interacted with 70 collaborator(s) co-authorship of scientific papers. Her research interests are the conceptualisation, design and evaluation of technological innovative tools that foster playful learning and innovative teaching approaches targeting the development of children's digital literacy, collaboration and social skills as well as the development of the essential 21st century learning and innovation skills.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Cristina Sylla
Gender
Female

Citation names

  • Sylla, Cristina Maria

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
3D1A-0FB8-85E5
ORCID iD
0000-0003-2159-7566

Email addresses

  • cristina.sylla@ie.uminho.pt (Professional)
  • cristina.sylla@ie.uminho.pt (Personal)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Social Sciences - Educational Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
German Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
French Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Dutch Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2014
Concluded
 Ciências da Educação (Doutoramento)
Major in Especialidade: Tecnologia Educativa
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"Developing and evaluating pedagogical digital manipulatives for preschool: the case of TOK-Touch, Organize, Create" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/06/15 - Current Principal Investigator (Research) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Centro de Investigação em Estudos da Criança, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2016 - 2018 Invited Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2010/05/01 - Current Researcher Universidade do Minho Centro de Investigação em Estudos da Criança, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Educação, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2022/01/02 - 2024/12/30 OUT - Once Upon a Time: a Kit of Tools for Fostering Children’s Development of Multiliteracies, Collaboration Skills, and Intercultural Sensitivity
POCI/01/0145/FEDER/032580
Principal investigator
Universidade do Minho Centro de Investigação em Estudos da Criança, Portugal
 FCT - Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology
2018/04/23 - 2022/05/01 MoBeyBOU: Moving Beyond Boundaries - Designing Narrative Learning in the Digital Era
IS1406-41366
Principal investigator
Aalborg Universitet, Denmark
 European Cooperation in Science and Technology
Ongoing
2018/03/01 - 2021/02/28 MoBeyBOU Moving Beyond Boundaries: Designing Narrative Learning in the Digital Era
POCI-01-0145- FEDER-032580
Principal investigator
Universidade do Minho Centro de Investigação em Estudos da Criança, Portugal
 FCT - Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology
Ongoing
2015/10/01 - 2019/05/01 Integration and Evaluation of Hybrid Learning Materials in the Primary School Curriculum
SFRH/BPD/111891/2015
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2015 - 2019/03/01 Integration and Evaluation of Hybrid Learning Materials in the Primary School Curriculum
Referência: SFRH/BPD/111891/2015
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade do Minho Centro de Investigação em Estudos da Criança, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019/02/17 - 2019/02/23 Combining Reader's Theatre with Digital Media to promote Young Children's Oral Skills across Europe
IS1406-41366
Research Fellow
Pädagogische Hochschule Weingarten, Germany

Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences , Germany
European Cooperation in Science and Technology
Ongoing
2017/03/04 - 2017/03/12 Investigating the Design, Use and Evaluation of Hybrid Learning Materials
Reference : ECOST-STSM-IS1410-040317-081615
Research Fellow
Aalborg Universitet, Denmark
 European Cooperation in Science and Technology
Ongoing
2011/01 - 2014/06 Developing the next generation of hybrid learning materials
PTDC/CPE-CED/110417/2009
 FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia)
2010/03 - 2014/03 Developing and evaluating low cost pedagogical digital manipulatives for kindergarten
SFRH / BD / 62531 / 2009
PhD Student Fellow
FCT - Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology
2010/03/01 - 2014/02/28 DEVELOPING AND EVALUATING LOWCOST PEDAGOGICAL DIGITAL MANIPULATIVES FOR KINDERGARTEN
SFRH/BD/62531/2009
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2018/05/01 - 2022/04/30 Moving Beyond Boundaries - Designing Narrative Learning in the Digital Era
PTDC/CED-EDG/32580/2017
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2018/09 - 2021/09 GameLet: "Gamified, media-based training of reading fluency
VG- IN - BW - 18 36 047 464
Principal investigator
Pädagogische Hochschule Weingarten, Germany
 Erasmus Plus
Ongoing
2011/01/01 - 2014/06/30 Developing the next generation of hybrid learning materials
PTDC/CPE-CED/110417/2009
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Centro de Investigação em Educação, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Centro de Estudos de Comunicação e Sociedade, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Centro ALGORITMI, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Centro de Investigação em Educação, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Centro de Investigação em Estudos da Criança, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Sylla, Cristina. Design, Learning, and Innovation. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. 2021.
    Published • Editor
  2. Sylla, C.; Iurgel, I.. Preface. 2020.
  3. Sylla, Cristina. Technology, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Education. Springer International Publishing. 2020.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-030-40180-1 • Editor
  4. Sylla, C.; Brooks, E.; Tümmler, L.. Blocks as symbolic tools for children’s playful collaboration. 2018.
    10.1007/978-3-319-76908-0_40
Book chapter
  1. Rafael Fernandes; Cristina Sylla; Nuno Martins; Maitê Gil. "How Design and Technology Can Contribute to Learning: The Mobeybou in Brazil Educational Game Case Study". 2023.
    10.1007/978-3-031-06809-6_13
  2. J. M. Cerqueira; B. Cleto; J. M. Moura; C. Sylla; L. Ferreira. "Potentiating Learning Through Augmented Reality and Serious Games". 2023.
    10.1007/978-3-030-67822-7_15
  3. Hugo Baptista Lopes; Vítor Carvalho; Cristina Sylla. "MOBEYBOU". In Tangible Interfaces for Cognitive Development, 334-350. Springer International Publishing, 2022.
    10.1007/978-3-030-79168-1_31
  4. Marcelo Salaberri; Maitê Gil; Cristina Sylla. "GamAll: Playing Beyond Boundaries - Gamification and Multimodal Literacy". 2021.
    10.1007/978-3-030-78448-5_10
  5. Flávio Lima Faria; Maitê Gil; Eva Oliveira; Cristina Sylla. "Potentiating Digital Educational Environments Through Data Analytics". 2021.
    10.1007/978-3-030-78448-5_3
  6. Bárbara Cleto; Cristina Sylla; Luís Ferreira; João Martinho Moura. "“Play and Learn”: Exploring CodeCubes". In 3rd EAI International Conference, TIE 2019, Braga, Portugal, October 17–18, 2019, Proceedings, 34-42. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, 2020.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-030-40180-1_4
  7. Cristina Sylla; Maitê Gil; Sylla, Cristina; Gil, Maitê. "The Procedural Nature of Interactive Digital Narratives and Early Literacy". In Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 258-270. Springer International Publishing, 2020.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-030-62516-0_23
  8. Menegazzi, Douglas; Sylla, Cristina. "Touch to Read: Investigating the Readers’ Interaction Experience in Mediated Reading to Design Story Apps". In Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, 588-600. Springer International Publishing, 2020.
    10.1007/978-3-030-53294-9_43
  9. Menegazzi, Douglas; Sylla, Cristina; Padovani, Stephania. "Rethinking the Design of Hotspots in Children’s Digital Picturebooks: Insights from an Exploratory Study". In Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, 13-22. Springer International Publishing, 2020.
    10.1007/978-3-030-40180-1_2
  10. Bárbara Cleto; João Martinho Moura; Luís Ferreira; Cristina Sylla. "CodeCubes - Playing with Cubes and Learning to Code". 2019.
    10.1007/978-3-030-06134-0_58
  11. José Cerqueira; Cristina Sylla; João Martinho Moura; Luís Ferreira. "Learning Basic Mathematical Functions with Augmented Reality". 2019.
    10.1007/978-3-030-06134-0_53
  12. Sylla, C.; Gonçalves, S.; Brito, P.; Branco, P.; Coutinho, C.. "A tangible platform for mixing and remixing narratives". In Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology, 630-633. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, 2018.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-319-03161-3_69
  13. Catala, A.; Theune, M.; Sylla, C.; Ribeiro, P.. "Bringing Together Interactive Digital Storytelling with Tangible Interaction: Challenges and Opportunities". In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling, ICIDS 2017. Switzerland: Springer Lecture notes in Computer Science, 2017.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-319-71027-3_51
  14. Sylla, Cristina; Coutinho, Clara Pereira; Branco, Pedro. "Play platforms for children’s creativity". In Creativity in the Digital Age, edited by Nelson Zagalo; Pedro Branco, 223-243. London, United Kingdom: Springer London, 2015.
    Published • 10.1007/978-1-4471-6681-8_12
  15. Chisik, Yoram; Antle, Alissa; Birtels; Elena Márquez Segura; Sylla, Cristina. "The Kathmandu Kids Entertainment Workshops". In Entertaining the Whole World, edited by Cheok, Adrian; Nijholt, Anton; Romão, Teresa, 5-21. Switzerland: Human–Computer Interaction Series 2014, Springer, 2014.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4471-6446-3
Conference abstract
  1. Schlauch, Michael; Sylla, Cristina; Gil, Maitê. "Investigating Social Emotional Learning at Primary School through Guided Interactive Storytelling". Paper presented in Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play (CHI PLAY '22), Bremen, 2022.
    Published • 10.1145/3505270.3558313
  2. Cristina Sylla; Sveva Valguarnera; Cristina Maria Sylla; Monica Landoni. "Magic and Reality: what children’s drawings tell us about their perception of technology". 2022.
    10.1145/3501712.3535295
  3. Cristina Sylla; Ipek Kay; Cristina Maria Sylla; Maitê Moraes Gil; Mine Ozkar; Ana Paula Caruso; Ufuk Aydin. "M&M - MONNOM meets MOBEYBOU". 2022.
    10.1145/3501712.3535272
Conference paper
  1. Sveva Valguarnera; Cristina Maria Sylla; Monica Landoni. "The IDC Research and Design Challenge throughout the years: achievements, reflections and next steps". 2023.
    10.1145/3585088.3589382
  2. Michael Schlauch; Cristina Sylla; Maitê Gil. "Investigating Social Emotional Learning at Primary School through Guided Interactive Storytelling". 2022.
    10.1145/3505270.3558313
  3. Inês Saraiva; Nuno Martins; Cristina Maria Sylla. "Mobeybou for Computational Thinking: Fostering Expression Through Embodied Computing Interactions". 2022.
    10.1145/3568739.3568766
  4. Sylla, Cristina; Gil, Maitê; Menegazzi, Douglas; Fernandes, Rafael; Araújo, Cristiana; Martins, Nuno. "Once Upon a Time: A Kit of Tools for Reading and Telling Stories". Paper presented in ARTECH International Conference on Digital Arts - Interfaces of Tomorrow / member of the International Scientific and Art Committee, Aveiro, 2021.
    Published • 10.1145/3483529.3483685
  5. Catala, Alejandro; Sylla, Cristina Maria; Guneysu Ozgur, Arzu. "Smart Toys++: Exploiting the Social Connectedness for Playing and Learning". Paper presented in Interaction Design and Children 2021, Athenes, 2021.
    Published • 10.1145/3459990.3460519
  6. Lopes, Cristiana; Massler, Ute; Sylla, Cristina; Iurgel, Ido. "LANGUAGE LEARNING: DEVELOPING READING COMPETENCE THROUGH ONLINE COOPERATIVE TASKS". Paper presented in 13th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation, 2020.
    Published • 10.21125/iceri.2020.1315
  7. Sylla, Cristina; Massler, Ute; Gantikow, Alexander; Haake, Susanne; Iurgel, Ido Aharon. "GameLet: Seeking Media-Supported Fun in the training of Oral Reading Fluency". Paper presented in ECGBL 2020 14th European Conference on Game-Based Learning, Brighton, 2020.
    10.34190/gbl.19.121
  8. Sylla, Cristina. "Smart toys, smart tangibles, robots and other smart things for children". 2020.
    10.1145/3397617.3398061
  9. Barbara Cleto; Cristina Sylla; Luís Ferreira; João Martinho Moura. "CodeCubes: Coding with Augmented Reality". 2020.
    10.4230/oasics.icpec.2020.7
  10. José Manuel Cerqueira; João Martinho Moura; Cristina Sylla; Luís Ferreira. "An Augmented Reality Mathematics Serious Game". 2020.
    10.4230/oasics.icpec.2020.6
  11. Sylla, Cristina. "Rethinking the Design of Hotspots in Children’s Digital Picturebooks: Insights from an Exploratory Study.". Paper presented in Technology, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Education. TIE 2019., Braga, 2019.
    Published
  12. Sylla, Cristina; Sá, G.; Sylla, C.; Martins, Ví.; Caruso, A.; Menegazzi, D.. "Multiculturalism and Creativity in Storytelling - Visual Development of a Digital Manipulative for Young Children". 2019.
    doi>10.1145/3325480.3326571
  13. Caruso, Ana Paula; Sylla, Cristina; Sá, Gabriela; Tavares, Paula. "Animating for a Digital Manipulative: how to create restricted action libraries without restricting the players' creativity". Paper presented in CONFIA - 7th International Conference on Illustration and Animation, Viana do Castelo, 2019.
    Published
  14. Sylla, Cristina; Márquez Segura, Elena; DeWitt, Akeyhla; Sabbir Arif, Ahmed; Brooks, Eva. "Fiddling, Pointing, Hovering and Sliding: A Study of Embodied Actions with Three Evaluation Tools for Children,". Paper presented in CHI PLAY '19 the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, Barcelona, 2019.
    Published • doi>10.1145/3311350.3347170
  15. Sylla, Cristina. "Designing Manipulative Tools for Creative Multicultural Storytelling". 2019.
    doi>10.1145/3325480.3325501
  16. Sylla, C.; Sá, G.; Amaro, B.; Sylla, F.; Martins, V.; Caruso, A.P.; Menegazzi, D.. "Designing narrative learning in the digital era". 2019.
    10.1145/3290607.3312937
  17. Sylla, C.M.; Segura, E.M.; DeWitt, A.; Arif, A.S.; Brooks, E.I.. "Fiddling, pointing, hovering, and sliding: Embodied actions with three evaluation tools for children". 2019.
    10.1145/3311350.3347170
  18. Amaro, B.; Sylla, C.; Sá, G.; Sylla, F.; Martins, V.; Caruso, A.P.; Menegazzi, D.. "MobeyBou - A digital manipulative for multicultural narrative creation". 2019.
    10.1145/3290607.3311769
  19. Menegazzi, Douglas; Sylla, Cristina; Padovani, Stephanie. "A Preliminary Study of Interactivity on Visual Narrative in Children’s Story Apps". Paper presented in 6th International Conference on Illustration and Animation, Barcelos, 2018.
    Published
  20. Catala, A.; Sylla, C.; Theune, M.; Brooks, E.; Read, J.C.. "Rethinking children's co-creation processes beyond the design of TUIs". 2018.
    10.1145/3202185.3205870
  21. Ribeiro, P.; Michel, A.; Iurgel, I.; Ressel, C.; Sylla, C.; Müller, W.. "Empowering children to author digital media effects for reader's theatre". 2018.
    10.1145/3202185.3210793
  22. Ribeiro, P.; Michel, A.; Iurgel, I.; Ressel, C.; Sylla, C.; Müller, W.. "Designing a smart reading environment with and for children". 2018.
    10.1145/3173225.3173274
  23. Cerqueira, J.; Cleto, B.; Moura, J.M.; Sylla, C.. "Visualizing platonic solids with augmented reality". 2018.
    10.1145/3202185.3210761
  24. Ahmed Sabbir Arif; Cristina Sylla; Ali Mazalek; Arif, A.S.; Sylla, C.; Mazalek, A.. "Effects of different types of correctness feedback on children's performance with a mobile math app". Paper presented in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 2017.
    Published • 10.1109/smc.2017.8123058
  25. Sylla, C.; Figueiredo, A.C.; Pinto, A.L.; Branco, P.; Zagalo, N.. "Merging physical and digital white canvas to unleash children's creativity". Paper presented in 11th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology, ACE'14, Funchal, 2014.
    Published • 10.1145/2693787.2693807
  26. Sylla, Cristina; Medeiros, Ana Maria; Coutinho, Clara Pereira; Branco, Pedro; Coquet, Eduarda; Zagalo, Nelson. "Tocar, organizar e criar". 2012.
  27. Sylla, Cristina; Branco, Pedro; Coutinho, Clara Pereira. "Developing a tangible interface for storytelling". 2011.
  28. Sylla, Cristina; Branco, Pedro; Coutinho, Clara Pereira; Coquet, Eduarda; Škaroupka, David. "TOK : a tangible interface for storytelling". 2011.
    10.1145/1979742.1979775
  29. Freed, Natalie; Qi, Jie; Sylla, Cristina; Branco, Pedro. "Beyond the binding : exploring the future book". 2011.
    10.1145/2069618.2069742
  30. Sylla, C.. "Get the picture? Evaluating interfaces through children's drawings". 2010.
    10.1145/1753846.1754157
  31. Sylla, Cristina; Coquet, Eduarda; Branco, Pedro; Coutinho, Clara Pereira. "Storytelling through drawings : evaluating tangible interfaces for children". 2009.
    10.1145/1520340.1520503
  32. Sylla, Cristina; Branco, Pedro; Arif, Ahmed Sabbir; Mazalek, Ali. "Finalmente Limpinho! Interface física para os meus primeiros contactos com a higiene oral". Paper presented in 3ª conferencia nacional em Interacção Pessoa-Máquina, Évora, 2008.
    Published • 10.1145/2992154.2996790
  33. Sylla, Cristina; Branco, Pedro. "Virtually brushing my tooth". 2008.
Conference poster
  1. Sylla, Cristina. "Designing Narrative Learning in the Digital Era". Paper presented in ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems is the premier international conference of Human-Computer Interaction, 2019.
    10.1145/3290607.3312937
  2. Sylla, C.M.; Arif, A.S.; Segura, E.M.; Brooks, E.I.. "Paper ladder: A rating scale to collect children's opinion in user studies". Paper presented in MobileHCI '17 - 19th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, 2017.
    10.1145/3098279.3122139
  3. Sylla, Cristina; Oliveira, Eva. "Tag-IT: embedding audio in objects and surfaces". Paper presented in NordiCHI' 16 Game Changing Design Conference, 2016.
    Sylla, C., Oliveira, E. (2016). Tag-IT: Embedding Audio in Objects and Surfaces. In Proceedings of the NordiCHI Game Changing Design Conference, Gothenburg, Oct 23-27. doi> 10.1145/2971485.2996731.
  4. Sylla, Cristina Maria Santos Moreira Silva; Oliveira, Eva; Dantas, Joaquim; Carvalho, Vítor; Branco, Pedro. "Record, play, go…". Paper presented in ACE'15 - 12th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology, 2015.
    10.1145/2832932.2832963
  5. Dantas, Joaquim; Sylla, Cristina Maria Santos Moreira Silva; Branco, Pedro; Carvalho, Vítor; Oliveira, Eva. "t-­stories: improving and expanding t-­words". Paper presented in 12th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology, ACE'15, 2015.
    10.1145/2832932.2832940
  6. Figueiredo, Ana Carina Pinheiro; Sylla, Cristina Maria Santos Moreira Silva; Branco, Pedro; Zagalo, Nelson; Sylla, Cristina. "Merry Go Round: a physical, virtual, physical… toy". Paper presented in 11th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology, ACE'14, 2014.
    10.1145/2663806.2663812
  7. Arif, Ahmed Sabbir; Sylla, Cristina. "A comparative evaluation of touch and pen gestures for adult and child users". Paper presented in IDC '13 - 12th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, 2013.
    10.1145/2485760.2485804
  8. Sylla, Cristina; Gonçalves, Sérgio; Branco, Pedro. "Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers – an Interface for Playful Language Exploration". Paper presented in ACM International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI '13, 2013.
    DOI:10.1145/2468356.2479627
  9. Sylla, C.. "Designing a tangible interface for collaborative storytelling to access 'embodiment' and meaning making". 2013.
    10.1145/2485760.2485881
  10. Sylla, C.. "Designing a long term study evaluating a physical interface for preschoolers". Paper presented in 12th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, IDC'13, 2013.
    10.1145/2460625.2460695
  11. Cristina Sylla; Sérgio Gonçalves; Pedro Branco; Clara Coutinho. "Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers". Paper presented in ACM International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI '13, 2013.
    10.1145/2468356.2479627
  12. Pinto, A.L.; Sylla, C.; Figueiredo, A.C.; Branco, P.; Zagalo, N.; Freed, N.; Qi, J.; Coquet, E.. "Bridging books: The printed book as a support for digital experiences". 2013.
    10.1145/2485760.2485891
  13. Sylla, Cristina; Gonçalves, Sérgio; Branco, Pedro; Coutinho, Clara Pereira. "t-words: playing with sounds and creating narratives". Paper presented in 9th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology, ACE'12, 2012.
    10.1007/978-3-642-34292-9-60
  14. Sylla, Cristina; Branco, Pedro; Gonçalves, Sérgio; Coutinho, Clara Pereira; Brito, Paulo. "t-books : merging traditional storybooks with electronics". Paper presented in 11th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, IDC'12, 2012.
    10.1145/2307096.2307157
  15. Sylla, Cristina; Ângelo, Pedro; Coutinho, Clara Pereira; Branco, Pedro; Zagalo, Nelson; Coquet, Eduarda. "Is it a book…is it a game? No, it is TOK". 2011.
  16. Freed, Natalie; Qi, Jie; Sylla, Cristina; Branco, Pedro. "Beyond the binding". Paper presented in ACM Creativity & Cognition 2011, 2011.
    10.1145/2069618.2069742
  17. Sylla, Cristina; Branco, Pedro; Coutinho, Clara; Coquet, Eduarda; Skaroupka, David. "TOK – a Tangible Interface for Storytelling". Paper presented in ACM International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI'11, 2011.
    10.1145/1979742.1979775
  18. Sylla, Cristina. "Get the picture?". Paper presented in ACM International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI'10, 2010.
    10.1145/1753846.1754157
Journal article
  1. Íris Susana Pires Pereira; Maitê Gil; Cristina Maria Sylla. "Meeting the Challenges of Designing Multimodal Texts to Promote Multiliteracies Pedagogy". Comunicação e Sociedade (2023): https://doi.org/10.17231/comsoc.43(2023).4481.
    10.17231/comsoc.43(2023).4481
  2. Maitê Moraes Gil; Iris Susana Pires Pereira; Cristina Sylla. "La construcción del posicionamiento lector en una narrativa digital interactiva. Una discusión a la luz de la teoría de las multiliteracidades". Cultura, Lenguaje y Representación (2023): https://doi.org/10.6035/clr.6773.
    10.6035/clr.6773
  3. Cristina Sylla. "Narrating by Doing: A Bridging Concept for Understanding and Informing the Design of Tangible Interfaces for Storytelling". Interacting with Computers 33 6 (2022): 627-640. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/iwc/iwac016.
    10.1093/iwc/iwac016
  4. Sylla, Cristina; Heljakka, Katriina; Catala, Alejandro; Ozgur, Arzu Guneysu. "Smart Toys, Smart Tangibles, Robots and other Smart Things for Children Editorial". International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction 33 September (2022): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcci.2022.100489.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ijcci.2022.100489
  5. Cristina Sylla. "A close look into the storytelling process: The procedural nature of interactive digital narratives as learning opportunity". Entertainment Computing 41 (2022): 100466-100466. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.entcom.2021.100466.
    10.1016/j.entcom.2021.100466
  6. Cristina Sylla; Maitê Gil; Íris Susana Pires Pereira. "Untangling the complexity of designing tools to support tangible and digital intercultural story telling in troubled times: a case in point". Literacy (2022): https://doi.org/10.1111/lit.12263.
    10.1111/lit.12263
  7. Gil, Maitê. Corresponding author: Gil, Maitê. "From paper to screen: Decisions taken to design a story app for intercultural dialogue". Textura - ULBRA 24 58 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.29327/227811.24.58-6.
    Published • 10.29327/227811.24.58-6
  8. Menegazzi, Douglas Luiz; Sylla, Cristina. "A Literatura Infantil Digital: o design das histórias interativas". Educação, Ciência e Cultura 24 2 (2019): 81. http://dx.doi.org/10.18316/recc.v24i2.5129.
    Published • 10.18316/recc.v24i2.5129
  9. Cristina Sylla; Íris Susana Pires Pereira; Eva Brooks; Nelson Zagalo. "t-books: A block interface for young children’s narrative construction". International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction 18 (2018): 59-66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcci.2018.07.002.
    10.1016/j.ijcci.2018.07.002
  10. Gradíssimo, Maria Alice Sousa Dias, 1965-; Sylla, Cristina. "Manipulativos Digitais no 1.º Ciclo : vamos aprender?". Matéria-prima: práticas artísticas no ensino básico e secundário 6 1 (2018): 39-47. http://hdl.handle.net/10451/33723.
    Published
  11. Ribeiro, Pedro; Sylla, Cristina Maria Santos Moreira Silva; Iurgel, Ido Aharon; Müller, Wolfgang; Ressel, Christian. "STREEN – Designing Smart Environments for Story Reading with Children". Interaction Design and Architecture(s) Journal - IxD&A 32 (2017): 84-103. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/48320.
    Published
  12. Ribeiro, P.; Sylla, C.; Iurgel, I.; Müller, W.; Ressel, C.. "STREEN - Designing smart environments for story reading with children". Interaction Design and Architecture(s) 2017 32 (2017): 84-103. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85021772224&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published
  13. C. Sylla; I. S. P. Pereira; C. P. Coutinho; P. Branco. "Digital Manipulatives as Scaffolds for Preschoolers’ Language Development". IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing 4 3 (2016): 439-449. https://doi.org/10.1109/TETC.2015.2500099.
    Published • 10.1109/TETC.2015.2500099
  14. Sylla, Cristina; Coutinho, Clara; Branco, Pedro; Müller, Wolfgang. "Investigating the use of digital manipulatives for storytelling in pre-school". International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction 6 (2015): 39-48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcci.2015.10.001.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ijcci.2015.10.001
  15. Sylla, C.; Coutinho, C.; Branco, P.. "A digital manipulative for embodied "stage-narrative" creation". Entertainment Computing 5 4 (2014): 495-507. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84912520481&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1016/j.entcom.2014.08.011
  16. Lee, C.-S.; Yang, J.-C.; Secretan, J.; Branco, P.; Sylla, C.. "Editorial: Supporting, managing, & sustaining creativity and cognition through technology". Knowledge Management and E-Learning 4 2 (2012): 129-133. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84866087863&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  17. Sylla, Cristina; Branco, Pedro; Coutinho, Clara; Coquet, Eduarda. "TUIs vs. GUIs: comparing the learning potential with preschoolers". Personal and Ubiquitous Computing 16 4 (2011): 421-432. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00779-011-0407-z.
    10.1007/s00779-011-0407-z
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Sylla, Cristina. "TUIs vs. GUIs: comparing the learning benefits for kindergarten children". Master, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/25927.
  2. Sylla, Cristina. "Studien zu den Frauengestalten der Gawanhandlung im Parzival Wolframs von Eschenbach". Master, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Letras, 1999.

Other

Other output
  1. INDCOR white paper on Complexity IDNs. 2023. Andrew Perkis; Mattia Bellini; Valentina Nisi; Maria Cecilia Reyes; Cristina Sylla; Mijalche Santa; Anna Zaluczkowska; et al. https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.01925.
    10.48550/ARXIV.2305.01925
  2. Mobeybou in Brazil. Educational Interactive story app, that invite children to accompany Iara and Kauê’s adventures in Brazil, visit the different regions of the country, meet incredible animals and have fun with Brazilian traditions.. 2020. Sylla, Cristina. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.MobeyBou.MobeyBouBrazil&hl=en.
  3. Mobeybou in India. Educational interactive Story app, that invites children to accompany the adventures of Meera and Rajesh in India, meet their new friends and help them face their fears! Throughout this digital book, children will build a pungi, explore a forest, help Hati jump over obstacles and make Meera and Rajesh play music and dance!. 2020. Sylla, Cristina. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobeybou.india&hl=en.
  4. Workshop at the reading week at the University of Minho. Chair and organiser of a workshop directed to preschoolers to promote reading and storytelling, the workshop was carried out with the Mobeybou materials.. 2020. Sylla, Cristina. http://mobeybou.com/mobeybou-in-semana-da-leitura-u-minho/.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2018/11/16 Mobeybou: Moving Beyond Boundaries – Designing Narrative Learning in the Digital Era VIII Jornadas da Rede de bibliotecas da Maia, Redesenhar uma Biblioteca sem Muros
Camara da Maia (Maia, Portugal)
2017/03/22 Fostering Emergent Literacy Skills with Digital Manipulatives Open seminar Xlab Designing, Learning, Innovating
University of Aalborg (Aalborg, Denmark)
2016/10/12 Digital manipulatives: a new approach for developing language skills and storytelling 1st International Conference on Language, Linguistics and Technology
University of Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2015/06/06 The Use of Information and Communication Technologies for Teaching Languages in Primary School Information and communication technologies in the teaching
University of Philosophy and Social Sciences, Braga (Braga, Poland)
2013/11/12 Children as Co-designers 10th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology, ACE'13
University (Boekelo, Netherlands)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2020/01/04 - Current Mobeybou in Cape Verde - an Interactive app for cultural awareness
Supervisor of Venicy Brito
 Formação e Comunicação Multimédia (Master)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro Regional de Braga, Portugal
2019/10/01 - Current Mobeybou: Investigation of Children’s Playful Interactions using Augmented Reality
Supervisor of Flávio Lima Faria
 Engenharia de Desenvolvimento de Jogos Digitais (Master)
Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave Escola Superior de Tecnologia, Portugal
2019/10/01 - Current Exploring new approaches with Augmented Reality in Mobeybou
Supervisor of Rúben Ornelas
 Engenharia de Desenvolvimento de Jogos Digitais (Master)
Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave Escola Superior de Tecnologia, Portugal
2018/05/28 - Current A Música nos Videojogos e o seu Papel na Imersão do Jogador
Supervisor
 Engenharia em Desenvolvimento de Jogos Digitais (Master)
Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave Escola Superior de Tecnologia, Portugal
2018/03/15 - 2020/07/09 Diretrizes para o design de interfaces gráficas de livros infantis apps: uma abordagem centrada na experiência do usuário-leitor
Co-supervisor of Menegazzi, Douglas
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Design (PhD)
Universidade Estadual do Paraná, Brazil
2018/09/01 - 2020/01/20 MANIPULAR, JOGAR, APRENDER: EXPLORAÇÃO DE JOGOS DIGITAIS COM INTERFACES TANGÍVEIS COMO FERRAMENTAS EDUCATIVAS
Supervisor of Bárbara Cristina Dos Santos Gaspar Cleto
 Engenharia em Desenvolvimento de Jogos Digitais (Master)
Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave Escola Superior de Tecnologia, Portugal
2019/09/01 - 2020 Desenvolvimento de Manipulativos Digitais para Criação Colaborativa de Histórias
Supervisor of Tiago Pires Antunes Sampaio
 Engenharia Eletrónica e de Computadores (Master)
Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
2019/06/21 - 2020 Mobeybou - interfaces tangíveis para desenvolvimento cognitivo
Supervisor
 Mestrado em Engenharia Eletrónica e de Computadores (Master)
Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave Escola Superior de Tecnologia, Portugal
2019/02/26 - 2020 The contribution of 2D animation in digital games with a tangible interface
Supervisor of Ana Paula Caruso
 Mestrado em Animação e Ilustração (Master)
Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave Escola Superior de Design, Portugal
2016 - 2020 Design de hotspots : diretrizes para o design de interação de livros infantis para disposistivos de interação móvel
Co-supervisor of Menegazzi, Douglas Luiz
 Interactive Story Apps for Children (PhD)
Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2019/10/17 - 2019/10/18 General Chair of the 3rd EAI International Conference on Technology, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Education (TIE’19) (2019/10/17 - 2019/10/19)
Conference (President of the Organising Committee)
 EAI - European Alliance for Innovation, Belgium
2018/10/24 - 2018/10/26 General Chair of the 3rd EAI International Conference on Design, Learning & Innovation (DLI '18) http://designlearninginnovation.org (2018/10/24 - 2018/10/26)
Conference (President of the Organising Committee)
 EAI - European Alliance for Innovation, Belgium
2018/10/24 - 2018/10/26 General Co-Chair of the 7th EAI International Conference ArtsIT, Interactivity & Game Creation (ArtsIT '18) http://artsit.org (2018/10/24 - 2018/10/26)
Conference (President of the Organising Committee)
 EAI - European Alliance for Innovation, Belgium

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2023/02/24 Interactive Digital Storytelling
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Gonçalo Pereira de Oliveira Costa (Master)
Universidade Europeia IADE Faculdade de Design Tecnologia e Comunicação, Portugal
2021/04/09 COMIC-BASED DIGITAL STORYTELLING The use of digital storytelling in forms of comics for reflecting on situations involving conflicts
(Thesis) Arguer
 Carolina Beniamina Rutta (PhD)
Università degli Studi di Trento Dipartimento di Psicologia e Scienze Cognitive, Italy
2021 Design de Produtos Educacionais Transmídia para o Ensino do Pensamento Computacional para Crianças.
(Thesis) Arguer
 Tancicleide Carina Simoes Gomes (PhD)
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2013/10/04 - Current World Technology Network Fellow of the World Technology Network
2009/09/02 - Current ACM - Association for Computing Machinery member
2016/03/01 - 2019/04/30 Research Member of the COST Action IS1410 Digital Literacy Skills and Practices in the Early Years (DigiLitEY) http://digilitey.eu Research Member

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2021/07/23 - 2021/10/22 ICIDS2021 track chair of Interactive Narrative Impact and Applications International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling
Member
2019/06/12 - 2019/06/15 IDC'19 - ACM Interaction Design and Children (IDC) conference
Member
 Boise State University, United States
2016/03/01 - 2019/04/30 Research member and Management Committee substitute (Portugal) of the COST Action IS1406 - Enhancing children's oral language skills across Europe and beyond - a collaboration focusing on interventions for children with difficulties learning their first language
Member
 Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2018/07/03 - 2018/07/05 ARTeFACTo 2018 - International Conference on Transdisciplinary Studies in Arts, Technology and Society
Member
 Universidade Aberta, Portugal
2018/06/19 - 2018/06/22 IDC'18 - ACM Interaction Design and Children (IDC) Conference
Member
 Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Norway
2018/04/21 - 2018/04/26 CHI'18 - ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - world's premiere conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Member
 University of Saskatchewan, Canada
2017/06/27 - 2017/06/30 IDC'17 - ACM Interaction Design and Children (IDC) Conference
Member
 Stanford University, United States
2017/06/20 - 2017/06/22 INTETAIN - 9th International Conference on Intelligent Technologies for Interactive Entertainment
Member
 EAI - European Alliance for Innovation, Belgium
2016/06/21 - 2016/06/24 IDC'16- ACM International Conference on Interaction Design and Children (IDC)
Member
 University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom
2015/11/16 - 2015/11/19 ACE' 15 - International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment. Track Chair (Papers as Posters) Track Chair (Children Creativity Labs) Reviewer
Member
2015/04/18 - 2015/04/23 CHI'15 - ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - world's premiere conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Member
 University of Seoul, South Korea
2015/01/15 - 2015/01/19 TEI '15 - Ninth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction
Member
 Stanford University - Redwood City Campus, United States
2014/06/17 - 2014/06/20 IDC'14 International conference on Interaction Design and Children. PC member (Short Papers) PC member (Full Papers) Reviewer
Member
 Aarhus Universitet, Denmark
2014/04/26 - 2014/05/01 CHI '14- ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Member
 Swansea University, United Kingdom
2013/06/24 - 2013/06/27 IDC' 13 - The 12th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children. PC member (Short Papers) PC member (Full Papers) Reviewer Sesame Workshop, United States
2012/06/11 - 2012/06/15 DIS '12 - ACM conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS) Newcastle University Digital Institute, United Kingdom

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2020/12/11 - Current Technical Program Chair - 5th EAI International Conference on Design, Learning & Innovation, DLI 2020 University of Aalborg, Denmark
2018/11/21 - Current INTETAIN International Conference on Intelligent Technologies for Interactive Entertainment University of Minho
2021/06/26 - 2021/06/30 Associate Chair - ACM Interaction Design and Children (IDC) conference 2021 University of Athens, Greece
2020/01/06 - 2020/06/24 Associate Chair - ACM Interaction Design and Children (IDC) conference 2020 University of Lancaster, UK
2019/11/06 - 2019/11/08 Technical Program Chair of the DLI 2019, 4th EAI International Conference on Design, Learning & Innovation University of Aalborg, Denmark
2019/10/23 - 2019/10/25 ARTECH International Conference on Digital Arts - Interfaces of Tomorrow / member of the International Scientific and Art Committee Braga Forum
2019/10/16 - 2019/10/17 TIE 2019 - 3rd EAI International Conference on Technology, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Education University of Minho - Braga / Portugal
2019/01/06 - 2019/06/14 2019 ACM Interaction Design and Children (IDC) conference Boise State University, USA
2018/10/28 - 2018/10/31 International conference on play, games and human-computer interaction Melbourne, Australia

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2020/12/13 - Current External evaluator of the PhD thesis of Carolina Beniamina Rutta, Università di Trento.
Evaluator
 Università degli Studi di Trento Dipartimento di Psicologia e Scienze Cognitive, Italy
2018/11/15 - Current Evaluator of the Master Dissertation Defense of José Azevedo
Specialist
 Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2021/11/11 - 2021/12/20 Expert Evaluator for the European HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01 (Marie Curie Scholarships)
Evaluator
 European Research Council, Belgium European Commission Research Executive Agency
2020/10/02 - 2020/11/23 Expert Evaluator for the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowships programme (H2020-MSCA-IF)
Evaluator
 European Research Council, Belgium European Commission
2019/06/04 - 2019/06/21 International External referee of the doctoral thesis of Clara Bonillo, Toolkits for the Development of Hybrid Games: from Tangible Tabletops to Interactive Spaces, from the Doctoral Program of Systems Engineering and Informatics at the University of Zaragoza, Spain.
Specialist
 Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain
2019/03/01 - 2019/04/30 Expert Evaluator for the H2020, SOCIETAL CHALLENGE 6 – Inclusive, Innovative and Reflective Societies 2019
Evaluator
 European Research Council, Belgium European Commission Research Executive Agency

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2021 - Current Editor of the Special Issue on Smart Toys, Smart Tangibles, Robots and other Smart Things for Children (ISSN: 2212-8689) International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction, ELSEVIER
2020 - Current Member of the Editorial Board for the International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction - Editorial Board (ISSN: 2212-8689) ELSEVIER
2020 - Current Editor of the Special Issue on Bridging the GAP between Researchers and Practitioners, IJCC (ISSN: 2212-8689) International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction, ELSEVIER
2019/02/01 - Current Co-editor of the Journal Arts and Technologies (ArtsIT), Design, Interactivity & Game Creation (2034-8800) Escripts
2018/03/01 - Current EAI Endorsed Transactions on Creative Technologies (2409-9708) EAI - European Alliance for Innovation
2018/01/01 - Current International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction - Editorial Board Member (2212-8689) Elsevier
2016/03/03 - Current Frontiers Human Media Interaction (2624-9898) Frontiers Human Media Interaction

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2015/09/09 - 2015/09/15 Post Doctoral supervision of Soraya Cõrtinas Ansoar Soraya Cõrtinas Ansoar
Distinctions

Award

2019 Best paper Award
EAI - European Alliance for Innovation, Belgium
2019 EAI Fellow
EAI - European Alliance for Innovation, Belgium
2018 Best paper Award
DLI - EAI International Conference on Interactivity, Game Creation, Design, Learning, and Innovation., Cyprus
2015 Golden Creative Showcase Award at ACE
ACE - 12th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology, Malaysia
2013 World Technology Award
TIME, Fortune, CNN, Science/AAAS and Kurzweil Technologies, United States
2013 Best Pitch Valorisation at the Business Track, ACE
ACE - 10th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology, Netherlands
2013 Fellow of the World Technology Network
The World Technology Network, United States
2012 Golden Creative Showcase Award
ACE - 9th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology, Nepal
2011 Finalist, prémio Indústrias Criativas III Unicer Laboratório Criativo
2008 Honorable mention, Prémio Zon