Dr Matthew Pointon

Assistant Professor

School: Computer Science

Matthew is a senior lecturer within the Department of Computer Information Sciences and currently delivers a range of modules in the area of Human Computer Interaction (HCI) on undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes. The themes to these modules delivered are:

Mobile and ubiquitous computing
User Experience Design (UCD)
User testing
Information Retrieval (IR)
Eye-tracking (desktop and mobile)
Cognitive behaviours

Prior to this Matthew has been a programme leader for a number of degree programmes within in the areas of Information Science and Creative Media. Matthew has also worked as a consultant teaching and liaising within instructional designers developing online materials. This required implementing sound pedagogy with a focus on web standards and accessibility conformance supporting the University’s equality and inclusion polices. He has also worked as a web/multimedia developer designing flexible learning materials for distance learning programmes at Northumbria.

As the lead academic Matthew worked with the University Enterprise department and this work formed the basis of a UX laboratory. Using his professional knowledge and practice within HCI this lab supports enterprise and consultancy within the department and University. This lab has been used as a base to support regional industries evaluating and testing a range of digital products.

In 2017 Matthew completed his Professional Doctorate which has supported his research profile, engagement with industry and created new collaborative research opportunities within the HCI and IR field.

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

Dr Matthew Pointon is Senior Lecturer within the Department of Computer Information Sciences and currently delivers a range of modules around HCI on under and postgraduate programmes. Prior to this Matthew has been a programme leader for several degree programmes within Computing, Information Science and Creative Media. Matthew has also worked as a consultant liaising within instructional designers developing materials, implementing new pedagogies with a focus on information standards and accessibility conforming to equality and inclusion polices. As the lead academic Matthew worked with the University Enterprise team designing HCI/UX laboratory, this lab supports enterprise and consultancy within the department and University and the lab is used as a base to support regional industries. In 2017 Matthew completed his Professional Doctorate which has supported his research profile (publications list can be found at: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=64u_dKwAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra). He has continued his engagement with industry and created new collaborative research opportunities within the IS, HCI and IR field which have formulised several grant submissions.

Key Publications

Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
An eye-tracking study on monolingual and bilingual proficiency in navigating online disinformation, Sobotkova, Z., Pointon, M., Walton, G. 4 Nov 2025, In: Journal of Documentation
Assessment of Visual Attention in Teams with or without Dedicated Team Leaders: A Neonatal Simulation-Based Pilot Randomised Cross-Over Trial Utilising Low-Cost Eye-Tracking Technology, Loganathan, P., Garg, A., McNicol, R., Wall, C., Pointon, M., McMeekin, P., Godfrey, A., Wagner, M., Roehr, C. 21 Aug 2024, In: Children
Enhancing Free-Living Fall Risk Assessment: Contextualizing Mobility Based IMU Data, Moore, J., Stuart, S., McMeekin, P., Walker, R., Celik, Y., Pointon, M., Godfrey, A. 12 Jan 2023, In: Sensors
Information discernment and online reading behaviour: An experiment, Pointon, M., Walton, G., Barker, J., Lackenby, M., Turner, M., Wilkinson, A. 9 May 2023, In: Online Information Review
Information discernment and the psychophysiological effects of misinformation, Walton, G., Pointon, M., Barker, J., Turner, M., Wilkinson, A. 5 Dec 2022, In: Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication
The Effects of Simulated Interruptions on Mobile Search Tasks, Hoeber, O., Harvey, M., Sagar, S., Pointon, M. 1 Jun 2022, In: Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology
Whither wilderness? An investigation of technology use by long-distance backpackers, Hyatt, E., Harvey, M., Pointon, M., Innocenti, P. 1 Jun 2021, In: Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology
Information literacy and the Societal Imperative of Information Discernment, Pointon, M., Walton, G., Barker, J., Turner, M., Wilkinson, A. 1 Mar 2020, Informed societies why information literacy matters for citizenship, participation and democracy, March 2020, Facet
Understanding in-context interaction: An investigation into on-the-go mobile search, Harvey, M., Pointon, M. 1 Nov 2019, In: Information Processing & Management
Understanding Mobile Search Task Relevance and User Behaviour in Context, Aliannejadi, M., Harvey, M., Costa, L., Pointon, M., Crestani, F. 8 Mar 2019, Proceedings of the 2019 Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval, New York, NY, ACM