Gather: Ahead Ireland

Slaughter, R. (Speaker)

Computing

Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference

Description

GATHER - Discovering AT Together
AHEAD, in partnership with AONTAS, the National Adult Learning Organisation, and the National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA), are delighted to bring you GATHER, a free 3 day online assistive technology (AT) event.

If you are AT curious, an AT user or an AT advocate then ‘GATHER’ with us for this 3 day online Assistive Technology event by AHEAD. Join us as we all discover AT possibilities together - May 22nd-24th 2023 from 09:00 to 13:00 each day.

Period	22 May 2023 → 24 May 2023
Event type	Conference
Degree of Recognition	International

UN SDGs

This activity contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 4 Quality Education
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities

Keywords

Assistive Technology
ATech
MScEduAT
Education

Documents & Links

Gather 2023
Sustaining AT in the Future An exploration of innovative approaches to strengthening the infrastructure of AT. First we'll hear from the University of Dundee outlining the development of the first masters programme for educational AT in the world. This presentation considers how and why MSc EduAT was developed, how it fits into a wider AT training ecosystem, provides an overview of the curriculum developed to train assistive technologists, includes a summary of what has been learned over the two years MSc EduAT has existed, alongside summarising research plans. We will then hear from St John of God, Enable Ireland and Freedomtech sharing the co-design of the AT passport. The AT Passport has opened new opportunities for people to access all their Assistive Technology information in one app. We can share our needs, trigger the assessment step, match solutions, trail different ATs, discover funding pathways and share our evaluation. This puts us, the AT owners, in the driving seat. This session will take place on Tuesday the 23rd of May, from 12:05pm.