Tim Coughlan
Biographic Data
| ID | 1060302 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tim Coughlan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tim |
| FAMILY NAME | Coughlan |
| SIGNATURE | COUGHLAN T |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Open University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0891-5438 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
What should I know? Analysing behaviour and feedback from student use of a virtual assistant to share information about disabilities
Administrative burden is a recognised cause of inequities for disabled students. Experiences of sharing information about disabilities and arranging adjustments can be demoralising and present barriers to success. To explore how Artificial Intelligence technologies could improve this situation, a virtual assistant (VA) was iteratively developed and deployed to support the initial steps of the process through which students share information. Here…
Supported Open Learning and Decoloniality
Open education has been highlighted as a route to social justice and decolonisation. This paper presents reflections on decolonisation processes pertaining to three educational technology projects conducted in Sub-Saharan Africa, Myanmar and Kenya, each of which featured contributions by The Open University (UK). Through recognising the importance of under-represented Global South perspectives, we consciously and critically reflect on our cases f…
Inclusion in Uncertain Times
Accessibility, inclusive teaching, and student support are multi-faceted; they are dependent on wider institutional factors, such as leadership, resource, systems, and culture. To be truly inclusive requires a whole institution approach, with voices, perspectives, and stakeholder buy-in sought from across the institution. This can be extremely challenging because these can be sensitive to myriad institutional, sector, and societal changes that ca…
Approaches to simplifying academic texts in English
Reading academic and specialised texts in a foreign language is a difficult process, and support for making materials more linguistically accessible is scarce. Approaches used in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teaching could inform responses to this, as in EFL academic texts are routinely simplified to make them more comprehensible. However, there is a lack of research on the most used method of making texts more accessible – intuitive text …
Taylor, the Disability Disclosure Virtual Assistant
Administrative burden in education is a serious issue for disabled students. Form-filling and bureaucracy are ubiquitous in further and higher education, particularly for students who need to disclose a disability and arrange for accommodations and support for an equitable educational experience. Paradoxically, many of these processes are inherently inaccessible for disabled students, and yet completing them can be critical to their success. Arti…
A qualitative study to understand the perspectives of Mooc providers on accessibility
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are widely available and have become a common option for learners. However, their full potential cannot be realised if they are not accessible to all learners, including those with disabilities. It is, therefore, important to understand the different stakeholders and their requirements and perspectives in designing accessible MOOCs. This research investigated the perspectives of MOOC providers on MOOC learners …
ArtMaps
This article presents ArtMaps, a crowdsourcing web-based app for desktop and mobile use that allows users to locate, move and annotate artworks in the Tate collection in relation to one or more sets of locations. Here the authors show that ArtMaps extends the “space” of the museum and facilitates a new pluriperspectival way of looking at art
Building digital estates
The UK television industry has increasingly integrated multiple screen technologies into multiplatform 'digital estates'. Such 'digital estates' also emerge in domestic contexts. The complex, but mundane and ephemeral, nature of these domestic 'digital estates' requires new methodologies for understanding how they operate within the daily lives of audiences. This article uses an innovative, technologically enabled observation methodology to explo…
Local connections
On Heritage aims to offer and promote a rich discussion at the intersection of art, performance, and culture that expands the boundaries of HCI while broadening our understanding of how things of the past come to matter in the present. Elisa Giaccardi, Editor
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Local connections
On Heritage aims to offer and promote a rich discussion at the intersection of art, performance, and culture that expands the boundaries of HCI while broadening our understanding of how things of the past come to matter in the present. Elisa Giaccardi, Editor
ArtMaps
This article presents ArtMaps, a crowdsourcing web-based app for desktop and mobile use that allows users to locate, move and annotate artworks in the Tate collection in relation to one or more sets of locations. Here the authors show that ArtMaps extends the “space” of the museum and facilitates a new pluriperspectival way of looking at art
Building digital estates
The UK television industry has increasingly integrated multiple screen technologies into multiplatform 'digital estates'. Such 'digital estates' also emerge in domestic contexts. The complex, but mundane and ephemeral, nature of these domestic 'digital estates' requires new methodologies for understanding how they operate within the daily lives of audiences. This article uses an innovative, technologically enabled observation methodology to explo…
Taylor, the Disability Disclosure Virtual Assistant
Administrative burden in education is a serious issue for disabled students. Form-filling and bureaucracy are ubiquitous in further and higher education, particularly for students who need to disclose a disability and arrange for accommodations and support for an equitable educational experience. Paradoxically, many of these processes are inherently inaccessible for disabled students, and yet completing them can be critical to their success. Arti…
A qualitative study to understand the perspectives of Mooc providers on accessibility
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are widely available and have become a common option for learners. However, their full potential cannot be realised if they are not accessible to all learners, including those with disabilities. It is, therefore, important to understand the different stakeholders and their requirements and perspectives in designing accessible MOOCs. This research investigated the perspectives of MOOC providers on MOOC learners …
Inclusion in Uncertain Times
Accessibility, inclusive teaching, and student support are multi-faceted; they are dependent on wider institutional factors, such as leadership, resource, systems, and culture. To be truly inclusive requires a whole institution approach, with voices, perspectives, and stakeholder buy-in sought from across the institution. This can be extremely challenging because these can be sensitive to myriad institutional, sector, and societal changes that ca…
Approaches to simplifying academic texts in English
Reading academic and specialised texts in a foreign language is a difficult process, and support for making materials more linguistically accessible is scarce. Approaches used in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teaching could inform responses to this, as in EFL academic texts are routinely simplified to make them more comprehensible. However, there is a lack of research on the most used method of making texts more accessible – intuitive text …
Supported Open Learning and Decoloniality
Open education has been highlighted as a route to social justice and decolonisation. This paper presents reflections on decolonisation processes pertaining to three educational technology projects conducted in Sub-Saharan Africa, Myanmar and Kenya, each of which featured contributions by The Open University (UK). Through recognising the importance of under-represented Global South perspectives, we consciously and critically reflect on our cases f…
What should I know? Analysing behaviour and feedback from student use of a virtual assistant to share information about disabilities
Administrative burden is a recognised cause of inequities for disabled students. Experiences of sharing information about disabilities and arranging adjustments can be demoralising and present barriers to success. To explore how Artificial Intelligence technologies could improve this situation, a virtual assistant (VA) was iteratively developed and deployed to support the initial steps of the process through which students share information. Here…
Computer Science (8 works) · Pedagogy (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · World Wide Web (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility (2 works) · Computer security (2 works) · Engineering (2 works)