Research
Welcome to the Big Tree roots
Welcome to the Big Tree roots where we share the work we do at the Rix Centre that is designed to get the best from Information and Communication Technologies for the learning disability community.
The roots feature our research and development activity at the Rix Centre. This work is built around our multimedia production lab. At the Rix Centre we showcase the array of work we have made with some critical commentary. Making websites for and with people with learning disabilities has helped us to find out lots about web accessibility and approaches that might suite people with learning disabilities and understand the issues for this audience. Alongside our web development work the Rix Centre has been researching and developing ways in which ICT can help people with learning disabilities in their places of education - e-learning.
This part of the Big Tree is designed for professionals and practitioners working with the learning disability community and using ICT - web developers, teachers, carers and family members.
A project that will explore effective strategies for encouraging new media designers to produce websites that are accessible to people with learning disabilities.
The Living Lab is a project pioneering use of ICT and multimedia in Newham and surrounding boroughs to improve support for young people with learning disabilities as they face Transition to adult life in the community.
A study that explores and evaluates the terms on which people with learning disabilities access and participate in e learning and the world wide web
Looking at ways to meet the needs of the audience
An evaluation of the multimedia websites created at the Rix Centre