The Australian Anthropological Society Annual Conference 2009

It was a hectic start to December. From presenting at the ASCILITE conference in Auckland I flew to Sydney to present with colleague, Dr Anna Hickey-Moody from the University of Sydney at the Australian Anthropological Annual Conference held at Macquarie University. The theme of the conference was the “Ethics of and Politics of Engagement” and [...]

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ASCILITE 2009 Presentations

The ASCILITE 2009 conference was held at the University of Auckland from the 6-9th November, 2009. The conference theme  “Same places, different spaces” generated many papers focusing on topics such as blended learning, virtual learning environments, social spaces, mobile and work spaces: http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/auckland09/?m=Programme&s=Themes I presented a paper based on trials of the use of the [...]

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Gov2.0 Roundtable Australian Parliament House 2009

I had the privilege of speaking on the topic of accessibility of social media at the Gov2.0 Roundtable on the 26th of November at Australian Parliament House, Canberra. Senior government leaders and industry met in Canberra on the 26 November, 2009 to discuss accessibility of government communications services for people with disabilities hosted by the [...]

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Presentation at the AARNeT Virtual Worlds Workshop

I was invited to present at the AARNeT hosted Virtual Worlds Workshop at the University of Wollongong, New South Wales on the 17th September. There were 23 attendees at the workshop including representatives from AARNet, AIT Sydney, Audio Visual Services  (UTS), Australian National University, Charles Sturt University, Cisco, Electroboard, Flinders University,  NSW Department of Education [...]

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Latest interview on Radio 5RPH about experiential learning and media arts students at UniSA

In my August segment on Radio 5RPH I spoke about the experiential learning our Web design students are undertaking in which they are creating accessible websites for organisations and volunteer groups. I spoke in particular about one of my courses (Accessible Interactive Media) in which the students are creating accessible sites for disability and health [...]

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Article in the Independent Weekly

The Independent Weekly ran a story in its ‘Specturm’ section about our research into accessibility solutions in 3D virtual environments for people with disabilities, with a particular focus on the technologies under development to increase the participation of students with disabilities within 3D virtual learning environments. The article is viewable online at http://www.indaily.com.au/?iid=28172 (page 18 [...]

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Presentation at the Australian Tertiary Education Management Regional Conference

I was invited to present on the topic ‘Webs, Wikis, Blogs and Avatars’ at the Australian Tertiary Education Management Regional Conference at a breakfast session on the 12th August 2009. You can view my presentation online at: http://prezi.com/1shaozw87x-q/

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Presentation on Technologies of Disability in Virtual Worlds

I presented on the topic of ‘technologies of disability in virtual worlds’ at an event hosted by Dr Anna Hickey-Moody in the Department of Gender & Cultural Studies, School of Philosophical & Historical Inquiry at the University of Sydney on the 31st July 2009. The seminar focused on understanding technology as an act of thought [...]

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Radio 5RPH Interview on Accessibility of Web 2.0 and 3D Virtual Worlds

My segment on Radio 5RPH during the Lifestyles program on the 27th July 2009 focused on challenges associated with ensuring Web 2.0 and 3D virtual worlds are accessible. We touched on the Boston conference and also the implications of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Version 2, which were finally approved in December 2008. These [...]

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Boston Accessing the Future Conference

Boston Accessing the Future Conference mixed media presentation

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