Welcome to this edition of Perspectives, the e-newsletter of the
Stanford course, Perspectives in Assistive
Technology.
What
is the course? - Perspectives in Assistive Technology is a
Winter Quarter course at Stanford that explores issues surrounding the design,
development, and use of assistive technology benefitting people with
disabilities and seniors. More information can be found on the
course website.
End of
Term
After all the guest lectures
and final student project presentations, this year's season of Perspectives in
Assistive Technology has officially come to an end.
You can listen to the audio
of the students' final project presentations on the course's
Final Project Presentation webpage.
If you are interested in
getting more information about their projects, please let me know and I will
put you in touch with them.
Looking forward to next year,
I will once again be looking for another round of guest lecturers, project
suggestions, and funding support. Your speaker topic suggestions, student
project ideas, and funding support would be most welcome.
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Please provide your
suggestions for assistive technology topics to include in next year's course. I
have been thinking about ethical issues of disability, brain-computer
interfaces, design of devices for children, autism and developmental
disabilities, and exoskeletons.
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If you have ideas for
student projects, please refer to the Project
Solicitation webpage for their basic requirements and how to best describe
your ideas.
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Funding support for
student projects is always needed. Monetary gifts support approved project
expenses, administrative costs, honoraria for guest lecturers, and the
end-of-term celebration. Refer to the Team Project
Support webpage for more information.
Even though the course will
next be offered in January 2013, there is one assistive technology student
project being pursued as independent study this quarter as well as several
being undertaked as senior capstone projects, and possibly a few will be worked
on over the summer.
Please contact me if you have
any questions, comments, or suggestions about the course and thank you again
for your participation.
Dave |
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