Co-Lab
Co-Lab is a collaborative effort aimed at blending teaching, research, and technology to shape the future of education.
For more information on Co-Lab, please contact Alexander Leonard:
What is Co-Lab? The 3 phases
- Accessibility & Inclusion: Designed to create inclusive educational environments by raising awareness and providing training for assistive technologies. It offers hands-on tech demonstrations and self-help resources.
- Digital Wellbeing: Designed to address the growing concerns around technology use, focusing on fostering "healthy" digital habits, safeguarding tactics, and mitigating fear associated with technologies.
- The future of education: Designed to integrate immersive technologies (AR, XR, VR), artificial intelligence, and other future technologies into education. Focused on equipping teaching staff with the necessary resources and opportunities to explore these advanced tools.
The empathy lab is a dedicated space designed to foster a deeper understanding of accessibility and inclusivity through the simulation of various disabilities. This initiative is crucial for promoting empathy among students, faculty, and staff, enabling them to experience firsthand the challenges faced by individuals with disabilities. The purpose of having such a lab is twofold: to raise awareness about the importance of creating accessible and inclusive environments, and to encourage the development of services, products, and content that are mindful of diverse user needs.
The Empathy Lab serves as a practical resource for learning and innovation, where the university community can engage with a range of assistive technologies and accessibility tools. By simulating conditions like vision or hearing impairments, mobility challenges, and neurodiversity, the lab helps cultivate a culture of empathy.
In its current form the empathy lab simulates four conditions Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, Vision impairment.
A permanent location is to be confirmed. For further information, please contact Alexander Leonard.