H810: Accessibility Ahead

Interactive Technologies: Education, Disability and Rehabilitation Conference October 14, 2008

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I had this news release from Nottingham Trent University about the Interactive Technologies: Education, Disability and Rehabilitation Conference pointed in my direction and I thought some H810 students might be interested:

Interactive Technologies: Education, Disability and Rehabilitation Conference
The aim of the conference is to bring together academics and practitioners to showcase practice and to mainstream research ideas and outcomes. It will introduce a wider audience to key findings and products from research and will illustrate how practice feeds back into and informs research. Joint academic-practitioner papers are welcomed; the conference will create a forum for two-way communication between the academic and practitioner communities.

The conference takes place on Wednesday, November 12th, between 09:15 and 16:30. There’s a student rate of £25 or £50/person for everyone else.

A PDF copy of the presentation schedule and speakers is available with the news release, but here is what the line-up looks like at the moment:

• Paul Penn: A Multimedia and Virtual Reality Aging and Driving Awareness CD for Older Drivers
• Penny Standen: An Evaluation of the Use of Microswitch Controlled Computer Games in Improving Choice Reaction Time for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities
• Claire Johnson: Creative Coding: Developing Programming Skills at KS3 Through Computer Game Authoring – A Case Study
• Pauline Smith: A Human Factors Approach To Assessing the Usability of Assistive Technology Devices
• Patricia Heyn: Evidence-Based Applications of Virtual Reality Therapy
• Matthew Bates: Playing To Win: Motivation for Teaching and Learning in Today’s Gaming Culture
• Lesley Axelrod: The Reality of Homes Fit for Heroes: Design Challenges for Rehabilitation Technology
• Penny Standen: The Internet: A Comfortable Communication Medium for Autistic People? A Study To Investigate How People with Asperger Syndrome (AS) Or High Functioning Autism (HFA) Experience the Internet as a Communication Medium
• Gary Priestnall: The Geospatial Widgets Project: Interactive Visual Tools To Support Spatial Thinking
• David Jeckells: Enhancing Student Reflective Practice/Writing by Using A Wiki for Collaborative Investigations
• Mark Griffiths: Online Advice, Guidance and Counselling for Addictive Behaviours
• Penny Standen: Effect of Playing Computer Games On Decision Making in People with Intellectual Disabilities
• David Brown: GAM ON: Future Proofing Games Based Learning Objects for Use by Offenders and Those at Risk of Offending throughout Europe
• Alexis Gizikis: Navigabile: Communicating through AAC for People with Cognitive Difficulties
• Lindsay Evett: A Wiimote Controlled Interface to Virtual Environments for the Blind – Mental Models and Attentional Demands
• Zoe Robertson: Expanding the Peer Network for Students Who Use Communication Aids Via Video Conferencing
• Anne Emerson: An Examination of Facilitated Communication Through the Use of Eye- Tracking and Video Analysis: the Potential for Eye-Gaze Communication for People with Disabilities
• David Brown: GOAL.NET: Game On Accessible Learning

Thanks to @MaddyLou for sharing the news posting with me.