by Dr Jeff Taylor
Led by Dr Jeff Taylor, this session explored Universal Design for Technology as part of ‘Immersive Pedagogies’ event for Accelerate, November 2022 which focused on how to develop effective immersive learning, and leveraged IADT’s distinctive pedagogical strengths and experience.
The session was led by faculty drawn from IADT who have particular specialisms in teaching using immersive technologies and it considered the following questions:
- What is ‘immersive teaching’,
- How does immersive teaching differ from other forms of teaching (whether in person or ‘traditional’ online)
- How might immersive teaching be incorporated into a blended or wholly online course?
- How can immersive teaching foster inclusivity?
- What are the accessibility challenges?
Biography
Dr Jeff Taylor is researching in the area of universal design and access to education.
Overview of IADT
Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology, more commonly known as IADT Dún Laoghaire or simply IADT is an institute of technology with a focus on art and design located in Deansgrange near Dún Laoghaire, Ireland. IADT was established in 1997 and is one of 13 publicly funded Institutes of Technology in Ireland. The institution has an emphasis on creative arts and media with the National Film School (NFS) located on campus.The college offers programmes in entrepreneurship, arts and humanities, business, arts management, psychology/cyberpsychology, computing and digital media technology.Emphasis is placed on the convergence of the arts, technology and enterprise. A flagship campus incubation centre called Media Cube supports the graduate enterprise development programme and accommodates start-up business in the media and digital media sectors.