These slides are from a talk given at the Iansyst 2012 DSA Assessors conference. There are several slides that were asking questions rather than providing answers - the main points were about the shifting sands occurring in IT and AT within Further and Higher Education
Assistive Technology and Associated TrainingE.A. Draffan
This is a workshop presentation at the NADP 2013 Conference. The graphs and information come from a survey of students in receipt of the Disabled Students Allowances 2012 - 841 students answered the survey call and we are extremely grateful for their help.
How Technology Will Shape The Classroom
In The Next 5 - 10 Years
Vitaliy Goncharuk
“AI For Education” Think-Tank
http://aiforeducation.com
Contents:
1. What Features Will Future Classroom Have?
2. Robot Teachers
3. Programming Work Spaces for Coding
4. AR/VR Glasses
5. Educational Holograms
6. Analyzers of Emotional Behavior
7. Real-Life Models With 3D Printing
8. Biometrics: Eye Tracking
9. Technology Timeline
10. The Future Of Technology In Education
Presentation to Boston Public Schools Principals & Headmasters at the 2012 School Leader Institute on selecting technology tools to support diverse learning needs of students.
Assistive Technology and Associated TrainingE.A. Draffan
This is a workshop presentation at the NADP 2013 Conference. The graphs and information come from a survey of students in receipt of the Disabled Students Allowances 2012 - 841 students answered the survey call and we are extremely grateful for their help.
How Technology Will Shape The Classroom
In The Next 5 - 10 Years
Vitaliy Goncharuk
“AI For Education” Think-Tank
http://aiforeducation.com
Contents:
1. What Features Will Future Classroom Have?
2. Robot Teachers
3. Programming Work Spaces for Coding
4. AR/VR Glasses
5. Educational Holograms
6. Analyzers of Emotional Behavior
7. Real-Life Models With 3D Printing
8. Biometrics: Eye Tracking
9. Technology Timeline
10. The Future Of Technology In Education
Presentation to Boston Public Schools Principals & Headmasters at the 2012 School Leader Institute on selecting technology tools to support diverse learning needs of students.
Toolkit for Inclusivity in Higher Education3Play Media
In this webinar, Sheryl Burgstahler, Ph.D., author of Creating Inclusive Learning Opportunities in Higher Education, will provide practical steps for incorporating universal design into your higher education environment to create an inclusive and diverse space for all students.
What are digital devices.Role of digital devices in upbringing of a child. impact on the child development
Advantages and disadvantages of digital devices
Online tools for content preparation, presentation of content, interactive with students, video conferencing, assignment submission, assessment strategies, etc.
Digital tools engage and motivate our students in the classroom. Imagine if every student had those tools at their fingertips. That is the power of implementing a 1 to 1 laptop program. Come join the conversation and discover how to get started.
An Introduction to the JISC funded REALISE project, open innovation for Assistive Technology with ideas, incubation of these ideas taking them through to becoming projects. The market place is open to all - Come and add your ideas and support!
Toolkit for Inclusivity in Higher Education3Play Media
In this webinar, Sheryl Burgstahler, Ph.D., author of Creating Inclusive Learning Opportunities in Higher Education, will provide practical steps for incorporating universal design into your higher education environment to create an inclusive and diverse space for all students.
What are digital devices.Role of digital devices in upbringing of a child. impact on the child development
Advantages and disadvantages of digital devices
Online tools for content preparation, presentation of content, interactive with students, video conferencing, assignment submission, assessment strategies, etc.
Digital tools engage and motivate our students in the classroom. Imagine if every student had those tools at their fingertips. That is the power of implementing a 1 to 1 laptop program. Come join the conversation and discover how to get started.
An Introduction to the JISC funded REALISE project, open innovation for Assistive Technology with ideas, incubation of these ideas taking them through to becoming projects. The market place is open to all - Come and add your ideas and support!
An Introduction to the JISC funded REALISE project, open innovation for Assistive Technology with ideas, incubation of these ideas taking them through to becoming projects. The market place is open to all - Come and add your ideas and support!
Cross cultural study of reading support E.A. Draffan
Two studies about the use of text to speech and technology to aid reading by Mamoru Iwabuchi, Kenryu Nakamura, Maiko Takahashi, Toshihiro Kono, Rumi Hirabayashi (University of Tokyo, Japan), E.A. Draffan (Universitiy of Southampton UK)
Tablet computers for dissemination of digital scholarly editionsAodhán Kelly
Presentation given as part of a workshop on tablet opportunities for the publication of digital scholarly editions at DiXiT Camp 3 in Boras University, Sweden, February 2015
iPad Pilot Projects at Framingham State University: Three Use Cases FSU-ITS
Framingham State University has embraced the use of iPads in the library and in the classroom. In collaboration with the Educational Technology Office, the curriculum library and reference department are supporting three pilot projects: e-textbooks and apps for two biology courses, a small scale iPad lending program for the education students, and the use of iPads and apps within reference. This presentation is geared toward academic libraries, but informative for school and public libraries as well.
For more information please contact: Clair Waterbury at cwaterbury@framingham.edu; Kim Cochrane at kchocrane1@framingham.edu; Millie Gonzalez at vgonzalez@framingham.edu
A slide deck to aid discussion on the following two research papers in the field of accessibility:
1. User Interface of a Home Page Reader
2. Digital Family Portraits: Supporting Peace of Mind for Extended Family Members
Mobile Learning Guide App: Webinar for Training MagazineLearnedadlmobile
The ADL Mobile Learning Team recently released a mobile version of their mLearning Guide on the web and in various mobile platforms and app stores using the jQuery Mobile framework and PhoneGap.
Over the Horizon: Connecting Technology Trends with the Library of Tomorrow (...Mark A. Smith
Mark A. Smith, Harry Pence, Joan Getman - Presentation: Over the Horizon: Connecting Technology Trends with the Library of Tomorrow - Academic Librarians 2010 Conference. Ithaca, NY June 7-8, 2010
This keynote presentation was given at the 8th Annual Faculty Technology Showcase at Bloomfield College in New Jersey, January 2012.
This presentation addressed the then-current advertising tagline that "There's an app for that" which has moved into education as a possible solution for many software needs. Apps – small, easy to download software for mobile devices – are changing how students use technology. It is also changing the way colleges design and deploy software. How are schools reacting to this app world? This presentation examines how mobile and web apps are currently being developed and used, and the ways educators can implement them for teaching and for campus-wide initiatives.
Pete Amundson, One North Architect, and Jessica DeJong, Art Director, discuss how mobile has impacted users and their behavior across digital marketing platforms.
From the 2014 Experience Lab: Reimagine Marketing. To watch a video of the presentation, visit http://bit.ly/1ygXR4w.
Kay Munro and Rosemary Stenson's breakout session on developing a mobile strategy for the library (based on their experiences at University of Glasgow).
Size isn’t everything: Why the iPad isn’t just bigger; it’s a whole new UX, a...Liquid Reality
Exploring how the iPad shifts the mobile user experience paradigm, what this means to the iPhone, and how mobile applications can and will have to shift with it in order to become or remain successful.
Although they share an OS, the interactions offered by the iPad and it’s smaller siblings are very different. We will explore what these differences are, how they effect interaction, and why they demand distinct solutions that embrace and exploit the unique challenges, variations and opportunities between the two in order to deliver enjoyable, satisfying and successful user experiences.
Reflections on building a Multi-country AAC Implementation Guide.pptxE.A. Draffan
UNICEF with the Global Symbols team supported by local professionals working with
AAC users, their families and carers set out to collaboratively provide an implementation guide based on their experiences in several Eastern European countries. The aim
of the guide was to illustrate work already being undertaken in the area and to ensure the sharing of knowledge
and resources where gaps were discovered.
AI supporting AAC Pictographic Symbol Adaptations v1.pptxE.A. Draffan
This presentation explores the way Ai could support the generation of AAC symbols. It was a small six-month pilot study to adapt a number of open licensed symbols based on the symbol set’s original style. Once a collection has been automatically developed from image to image and text descriptions, potential stakeholders will evaluate the outcomes using an online voting system.
AAC Symbols for Everyone, Everywhere.pptxE.A. Draffan
A voting system for the acceptance of newly developed open licence Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) pictographic symbols to support localisation, personal preferences, cultural, religious and social settings.
Global Symbols Carers Guide to Communicating with SymbolsE.A. Draffan
Thanks to the Churchill Fellowship COVID-19 Action Fund (https://www.churchillfellowship.org/our-impact/covid-19) we have developed a set of free resources to help carers build visual aids to support those who have speech and language difficulties in challenging situations, such as the recent pandemic. (https://training.globalsymbols.com/course/index.php?categoryid=12)
*Please download the slides to read the script for trainers in the speaker notes. Hidden symbols on some slides are revealed in presentation mode. A version for printing the revealed symbols is available on the course pages.
Ai and inclusion - Challenges and Benefits for those with disabilities. E.A. Draffan
Description of a series of challenges and benefits related to AI and Inclusion for those with disabilities. Discussion around automating web accessibility checks and supporting augmentative and alternative communication symbol searches with better classification using linked data, image recognition and machine learning.
This presentation provides and overview of the system used to encourage AAC users and those working with AAC symbols to decide how acceptable new or adapted symbols for their communication skills and settings.
Core vocabularies for Bilingual Language Learning and Literacy Skill building...E.A. Draffan
How using symbols in the Arabic and English language not only need to take into account personalisation and localisation issues but also linguistic issues and the core vocabularies needed to encourage literacy skills for those with communication, reading and writing difficulties and language learning.
Arabic Symbol Dictionary for AAC users: Bridging the Cultural, Social and Lin...E.A. Draffan
How using symbols in the Arabic and English language not only need to take into account personalisation but also localisation with social, cultural and environmental sensitivities and linguistic issues.
Arabic Symbol Dictionary Sample Communication BoardsE.A. Draffan
These are a few sample communication boards developed as part of the evaluation process for the Arabic Symbol Dictionary research project funded by the Qatari National Research Fund - Further information is available at access.ecs.soton.ac.uk/blog/symboldictionary
This is a set of slides for the team working on the Arabic Symbol Dictionary as we decide which voting system to use when choosing the appropriateness of symbols for use in Qatar, their transparency when related to the words they represent, cultural sensitivity, contrast levels and how they complement PCS symbols already in use.
Arabic Symbol Dictionary - TechshareME presentationE.A. Draffan
This presentation describes the outcomes from the first year of the Arabic Symbol Dictionary research funded by the Qatar National Research Fund. The presentation was give by Nadine Zeinoun from the Mada Center and Amatullah Kadous from Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) during the TechShareME conference held in Doha on November 4/5th, 2014
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Let's dive deeper into the world of ODC! Ricardo Alves (OutSystems) will join us to tell all about the new Data Fabric. After that, Sezen de Bruijn (OutSystems) will get into the details on how to best design a sturdy architecture within ODC.
"Impact of front-end architecture on development cost", Viktor TurskyiFwdays
I have heard many times that architecture is not important for the front-end. Also, many times I have seen how developers implement features on the front-end just following the standard rules for a framework and think that this is enough to successfully launch the project, and then the project fails. How to prevent this and what approach to choose? I have launched dozens of complex projects and during the talk we will analyze which approaches have worked for me and which have not.
PHP Frameworks: I want to break free (IPC Berlin 2024)Ralf Eggert
In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
2. Blurring of Technologies
• When does IT become AT?
• Future IT Trends a help or a hindrance?
• Movement in Traditional AT
• Where do we go now?
• Mobile phones
• eReading
• Supporting Students.
3. When does IT become AT?
• When it is accessible?
• When it has no VAT?
• When it is accepted by SLC?
• When we have the evidence it helps?
4. Future IT Trends a help or a
hindrance?
1 year 2-3 4-5
or less years years
Adaptive Learning
Cloud Digital
Environments, Augmen
Computing, Mobile Identity, Gesture-Based
ted Reality, Game-
Apps, Social Computing, Haptic
Based
Reading, Tablet Interfaces, Internet of
Learning, Learning
Computing Things
Analytics
(Horizon Report HE shortlist 2012)
5.
6. Where do we go now?
SmartPhone
• 79.3% not recommended
• 6.1% recommended smartphone of which 3.3%
found very useful
“None of the organisational
• 14.3% did not respond software was recommended on
a basis that it will sync with my
mobile devices which are the
Tablet only devices I would ever
remember to check. My
• 80% not recommended assessor was aware of this”
• 5.3% recommended, 2.7% found very useful
• 14.3% did not respond
(Student DSA Survey – Wilkinson,S., Viney,D., Draffan,EA 2012)
7. Mobile Phone survey (2011)
Accessing their websites 80% of those who
on a mobile device responded had a smart
(number of visits in one phone. Of that 80% the
month): breakdown was as follows:
• iPhone: 1199 • Android: 42.3%
• Android: 502 • Blackberry 34.6%
• iPad: 488 • iPhone: 11.5%
• iPod: 154 • Windows: 3.8%
• Other: 178 • Other: 7.7%
(http://www.in-traction.com/mobile-browsing-a-student-survey/)
8. Comments – Aspirations
“An iPad. I have since self
funded for one and it really “a smart phone/
helps. I use it to take notes iPad of some kind
sketching internet and for which is light and
keynote presentations. I also easy to carry round
use the reminder facility and with me which
calendar for short term would help me
memory.” organise myself.”
“I was not aware that there was an option for
a tablet to be provided it would be very useful
to have been able to use this during lectures
and practicals to take notes and to access
notes/research that I have prepared in
advance.”
9.
10. iPad versus Kindle study
• Reed College 2011
– Legibility - size, contrast, and resolution – only
one had eyestrain and no comment on difference
to e-ink of Kindle
– Touch screen – speed over joystick and keyboard
– Portability, Durability and Battery life – both good
compared to laptops
– Paper saving – annotations possible on iPad
– Referring to texts in class v distraction of emails!
http://www.reed.edu/cis/about/ipad_pilot/index.html
11. eReading storms brewing
• Over 150 eReader/eBook applications/software
available on varying platforms
• Limited outlets for eBooks in UK esp FREE
ePublications – Load2Learn Project
• Unable to determine if an eBook is accessible
until after the product is purchased.
• Copyright legislation – text to speech availability.
• eReader comparison
http://ereaderleader.com/ereader-comparison/
12. eReading accessibility
• Desktop - Adobe Digital Editions 1.8 & Kindle
for PC Accessibility Plug-in (USA)
• Web based – Kindle Cloud Reader and ePub
reader Firefox extension – Bookworm closed.
• Apps tied to bookstores such as Read2Go for
Bookshare and Blio for Kurzweil – inDaisy
reads any Daisy files also Voice of DAISY.
• Apps – iBooks with VoiceOver, Stanza, Kobo
for large fonts and colour changes etc.
14. Student expectations
• Drop in centres
• More expertise to cope with the world of IT/AT
mobile, cloud as well as desktop.
“it wasn't training I wasn't taught anything
everything that he 'taught' me I already knew
he just downloaded rubbish onto my
computer and made it so slow that I can
barely use it!”
15. App Support
• Device specific apps – standards, variable
accessibility and questionable life in the
market place with flexi-updates.
• Google apps – Docs better than spread
sheets, Presentation better than the Calendar
– used in USA education so accessibility
improving
• Web apps – HTML5 – cross platform -
potential for accessibility guidelines good.
16. Can we help?
• http://access.ecs.soton.ac.uk
• Research – evidence based – LexDis
• Free and open source – ATbar – 2nd version just
released, Accessible pen drive menu for portable
apps.
• Give us your new ideas on www.realisepotential.org
• Testing Web 2.0 services – www.web2access.org
Thank You
Editor's Notes
Pages in the report. Time-to-Adoption Horizon: One Year or Less§ Cloud Computing .............................................................................................................................. 1§ Mobile Apps ......................................................................................................................................... 2§ Social Reading ..................................................................................................................................... 3§ Tablet Computing .............................................................................................................................. 4Time-to-Adoption Horizon: Two to Three Years§ Adaptive Learning Environments ................................................................................................. 5§ Augmented Reality ............................................................................................................................ 6§ Game-Based Learning ....................................................................................................................... 7§ Learning Analytics .............................................................................................................................. 8Time-to-Adoption Horizon: Four to Five Years§ Digital Identity ..................................................................................................................................... 9§ Gesture-Based Computing ............................................................................................................ 10§ Haptic Interfaces ............................................................................................................................... 11§ Internet of Things .............................................................................................................................
“None of the organisational software was recommended on a basis that it will sync with my mobile devices which are the only devices I would ever remember to check. My assessor was aware of this”
An ebook reader would have been extremely useful as I had a lot of books/documents to read and cannot stare at a computer screen for long periods of time.
“I wasn't recommended an ereader …I haven't got one yet and am not sure how many of the things I need to read are available on them, but it is something I am considering as they are smaller lighter and more convenient than my big text books and I think they might be easier to look at.”“An eReader would have helped me organise my reading and research much better.”
it wasn't training I wasn't taught anything everything that he 'taught' me I already knew he just downloaded rubbish onto my computer and made it so slow that I can barely use it!|