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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Gov2.0 Roundtable Australian Parliament House 2009
Posted in 3D Virtual Worlds, Accessibility, Disability Studies, Uncategorized, Web 2.0, tagged 3D Virtual Worlds, ACCAN, Accessibility, Australian Government, disability, Gov2.0, politics, Web 2.0 on December 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Meeting of the ACCAN Disability Consultation Group in Sydney
Posted in 3D Virtual Worlds, Accessibility, Disability Studies, Uncategorized, Web 2.0, tagged ACCAN, Accessibility, Australian Government, disability, Gov2.0, Web 2.0 on September 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On the 31st August I attended a meeting at the Australian Communications Consumer Advocacy Network (ACCAN) Sydney office to discuss ACCAN’s Draft Strategy Consultation paper, which will become the ACCAN strategic plan over the next five years. ACCAN is the peak body that represents all consumers on communications issues including telecommunications, broadband and emerging new [...]
Presentation at the AARNeT Virtual Worlds Workshop
Posted in 3D Virtual Worlds, Accessibility, Disability Studies, Uncategorized, Web 2.0, tagged 3D Virtual Worlds, Accessibility, disability, Web 2.0 on September 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Article in the Independent Weekly
Posted in 3D Virtual Worlds, Accessibility, Disability Studies, Uncategorized, Web 2.0, tagged 3D Virtual Worlds, Accessibility, disability, Web 2.0 on September 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Presentation on Technologies of Disability in Virtual Worlds
Posted in 3D Virtual Worlds, Accessibility, Assistive Technologies, Disability Studies, Uncategorized, Web 2.0, tagged 3D Virtual Worlds, Accessibility, Assistive Technologies, disability, engagement, ethics, politics, Web 2.0 on September 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Radio 5RPH Interview on Accessibility of Web 2.0 and 3D Virtual Worlds
Posted in 3D Virtual Worlds, Accessibility, Assistive Technologies, Disability Studies, Uncategorized, Web 2.0, tagged 3D Virtual Worlds, Accessibility, Assistive Technologies, disability, Web 2.0 on August 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Boston Accessing the Future Conference
Posted in 3D Virtual Worlds, Accessibility, Assistive Technologies, Disability Studies, Uncategorized, Web 2.0, tagged 3D Virtual Worlds, Accessibility, Assistive Technologies, disability, Web 2.0 on August 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Boston Accessing the Future Conference mixed media presentation
Radio RPH interview
Posted in 3D Virtual Worlds, Accessibility, Assistive Technologies, Disability Studies, Uncategorized, tagged 3D Virtual Worlds, Accessibility, Assistive Technologies, disability on June 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I spoke about the Helen Keller event and accessibility in 3D virtual worlds such as Second Life last Saturday. You can download and listen to the radio interview from here: htttp://www.unisanet.UniSA.edu.au/3dvle/media/rph_ll1_270609.mp3 I will be doing a monthly segment on interesting developments in Web 2.0 and 3D virtual worlds on the last Saturday of each month [...]
Helen Keller Day in Second Life
Posted in 3D Virtual Worlds, Accessibility, Assistive Technologies, Disability Studies, Uncategorized, tagged 3D Virtual Worlds, Accessibility, Assistive Technologies, disability on May 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Helen Keller Day in Second Life was launched at midnight 27th June 2009 PST by Simon Stephens (AKA Simon Walsh). The event was organised by Virtual Helping Hands and a coalition of community volunteers in Second Life. Helen Keller Day is a community-event exploring how and why to employ, educate, entertain, and engage everyone [...]
