Joe Michaelis

@joemichaelis.bsky.social

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Asst. prof at UIC. Investigating supporting social learning processes for interest and learning from a Learning Sciences and HCI perspective. Now with more robots! HRI, Social Robots, Ed Tech https://jmich.people.uic.edu/ https://www.uiclitlab.com/

AI generated website image showing full glasses of beer laying on their side and a beer bottle with no top.
Photo of Veronica speaking in front of an audience with final slide of presentation in background.
Title slide of HRI presentation on human-robot collaboration
Opening slide to HRI talk with presenter to the side
Screenshot of key insights from HRI presentation
Screenshot of an ACM Digital Library search result showing an AI-generated summary where an abstract of the article would usually appear.
Flag flown at Cubs home games when they win. Large blue W on a white background.
Figure depicting four challenges of in-home educational robot. The challenges are disruption of routines, replacement of activities and human participation, unclear roles and privacy concerns. The figure shows solutions including integrating into existing routines, augmenting existing educational experiences, clearly defining roles, and using privacy-preserving data collection and use
Screenshot of the HRI logo indicating the 2026 conference will be held in Edinburgh
Image of interior of a Ford Mustang EV that shows the center console as a large rectangular tablet. The image depicts how out of place and mis-proportioned the design of the console is.
Screenshot of UIC LIT Lab website showing six lab projects, STEMMates, PATHWiSE, MyTurn, Minnie, FIRST Robotics Interest, and FID Surveys. At the bottom social media links include the blue sky butterfly and linked in logos.
Top: Screenshot of AI Overview that states: A social interface is a point where different social fields, lifeworlds, or levels of social organization intersect. It's where social discontinuities are most likely to be found, based on differences in values, knowledge, power, and interests. Bottom: Screenshot of similar Wikipedia post that states "A social interface is a critical point of intersection between different lifeworlds, social fields or levels of social organization"
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