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Explore examples of best practices in iPhone and Windows 7 design, breeding success through experience, promoting market share, and reducing costs. Real-world user testing facilitates mainstreaming Assistive Technology in education. Featuring a Level 6 Certificate in AT, undergraduate modules in engineering and computer science, a Master's in Computer Science (AT), and an accredited AT course. Discussing products like Standing Power Wheelchair and Communication Device, as well as generating AT research proposals and exploring possibilities in product design, computer science, engineering, and social science fields.
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Universal Design and Assistive Technology Partnership with DIT
Promoting examples of best practice iPhone Windows 7 Breeding success through experience Promoting market share to industry Reducing Cost USP: Real world experience; user testing Mainstreaming Assistive Technology within UD
DITLevel 6 Certificate in ATUndergraduate modules: engineering, computer scienceMasters in Computer Science (AT)Ph.D
Product Design • Standing Power Wheelchair • Communication Device
Generating AT Research Proposals in partnership with AT users Product Design Computer Science Engineering Social Science Other possibilities….based on local resources/capacity/ strengths: eg: Architecture
Critical Elements in Process: from User Needs Identification to Product Realization 11
Universal Design: Guiding Principle Four way partnership Equal role played by end users, designers, industry and service providers: key to the progression from original conceptualisation to delivering practical solutions. Key components in AT research
4 way partnership approach Educators (& Students Learning with Communities) Service Providers Voluntary sector Health/Education Corporate Social Responsibility AT Industry Building long term sustainability
Brainstorming Identifying gaps/opportunities Seeking solutions in mainstream Forging alliances to create new solutions Partnership (cont’d)
Greater exploitation of transferable credit system: Level 6, Masters, Ph.D…. Promote portability of modules across courses/across institutes of learning Increase flexibility for learners: Shorter modules More flexible time frames Greater exploitation of e learning Next steps: Education
User consultation central Flexibility in course provision Embedding UD across schools Students Learning With Communities Keeping abreast of emerging technologies Understanding market forces Forging partnerships Summary