Sandra Câmara Olim

Biography

Sandra Câmara Olim holds a BA in Design and MA in Education from the University of Madeira. She also holds an MA in Entertainment Technology from Carnegie Mellon University. After working as an art and computer science teacher for several years, she channeled her experience in Art and Media to develop educational games for kindergarten students at the Regional Secretariat of Education.
Her current research addresses the use of cross-reality (AR/VR/MR) technology, and game design elements towards developing serious games for children.

Publications

2023

Olim, Sandra Monica Câmara; Nisi, Valentina; Rubegni, Elisa

"Periodic Fable Discovery" Using Tangible Interactions and Augmented Reality to Promote STEM Subjects Proceedings Article

In: TEI, pp. 33:1–33:15, ACM, 2023.

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2022

Olim, Sandra Monica Câmara; Nisi, Valentina; Rubegni, Elisa

Periodic Fable Augmenting Chemistry with Technology, Characters and Storytelling Proceedings Article

In: Interaction Design and Children, ACM, 2022.

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2021

Olim, Sandra Câmara; Nisi, Valentina; Romão, Teresa

Enhancing Children Spatial Skills with Augmented Reality Serious Games Proceedings Article

In: CHI PLAY, pp. 94–100, ACM, 2021.

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Olim, Sandra Câmara; Nisi, Valentina; Romão, Teresa

Towards Identifying Augmented Reality Unique Attributes to Facilitate Chemistry Learning Proceedings Article

In: INTERACT (5), pp. 513–516, Springer, 2021.

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2020

Cesário, Vanessa; Olim, Sandra; Nisi, Valentina

A Natural History Museum Experience: Memories of Carvalhal’s Palace – Turning Point Proceedings

Springer, Cham, vol. 12497, 2020, ISBN: 978-3-030-62515-3.

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Olim, Sandra Câmara; Nisi, Valentina

Augmented Reality Towards Facilitating Abstract Concepts Learning Book Section

In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 188–204, Springer International Publishing, 2020.

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Ferreira, Maria José; Oliveira, Raquel; Olim, Sandra Câmara; Nisi, Valentina; Paiva, Ana

Let's Learn Biodiversity with a Virtual "Robot"? Proceedings Article

In: ICSR, pp. 194–206, Springer, 2020.

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2019

Cesário, Vanessa; Trindade, Rui; Olim, Sandra; Nisi, Valentina

Memories of Carvalhal’s Palace: Haunted Encounters, a Museum Experience to Engage Teenagers Proceedings

Springer, Cham, vol. 11749, 2019, ISBN: 978-3-030-29389-5.

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2017

Olim, Sandra Camara

Evaluating the influence of location and medium applied to mobile VR storytelling Journal Article

In: Proceeding of the 16th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia, 2017.

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Bala, Paulo; Dionisio, Mara; Trindade, Rui; Olim, Sandra Câmara; Nisi, Valentina; Nunes, Nuno

Evaluating the influence of location and medium applied to mobile VR storytelling Proceedings Article

In: MUM, pp. 371–378, ACM, 2017.

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