I have received requests for further information about our own presentation at the CSUN International Conference on Technology and Persons with Disabilities, so I decided to post a summary of our session and a link to the PowerPoint presentation. The title of our presentation was Changing Realities for Accessibility in 3D Virtual Worlds and was [...]
Archive for March, 2011
Our presentation on the 3DVLE project at the CSUN 2011 International Conference
Posted in 3D Virtual Worlds, Accessibility, CSUN conference on technology and disability, Uncategorized on March 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
CSUN 26th Annual International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference, San Diego
Posted in 3D Virtual Worlds, Accessibility, Assistive Technologies, CSUN conference on technology and disability, Web 2.0 on March 27, 2011 | 4 Comments »
I have recently returned from the CSUN International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference in San Diego where we presented on our accessible 3D Virtual Learning Project. The conference was held from the 14th-19th March at the Manchester Grand Hyatt, and hosted by California Statue University, Northridge. The image below of the San Diego Harbour [...]
Invited presentation at the E-Learning and Distance Learning Conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Posted in Accessibility, Teaching and Learning, Web 2.0 on March 14, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I have recently returned from presenting an invited paper on e-learning and students with special needs at the International Conference on e-Learning and Distance Learning (eLi 2011) held at the AlFaisaliah Hotel, Riyad, Saudi Arabia from the 21st-23rd February 2011. The key topics covered at the conference included e-learning between theory and practice – international [...]
Research in South Africa
Posted in 3D Virtual Worlds, Accessibility, Assistive Technologies on March 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I spent 10 days in South Africa during January as part of an initial scoping exercise and the first stage of research project to be undertaken in collaboration with the Gauteng and Limpopo Provincial Education Departments, and SANZEF (a Muslim NGO in South Africa) aimed at improving student engagement, learning outcomes and retention in mono, [...]
ASCILITE 2010 Conference
Posted in Uncategorized on March 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I am a little behind in updating my blog due to overseas travel. One of these belated events was the 27th annual ASCILITE conference held at the Novotel Sydney Brighton Beach, New South Wales, Australia from the 5-8 December 2010. The conference theme was Curriculum, Technology and Transformation for an Unknown Future and I presented/co-presented [...]
