are you accessible is part of ico3.com, a spin out company partly owned and full supported by the University of Plymouth. All the are you accessible consultants have a track record in education and research and between them have managed numerous projects on behalf of organisations such as
The are you accessible consultants include:
Dr Neil Witt
Neil has been involved with Internet and Web development for 10 years including
a number of eLearning initiatives. He has published over forty academic papers
and has managed a large portfolio of research projects. He has acted as a
consultant to a number of high profile customers and is currently a national
TechDis associate where he advises UK educational institutions on accessibility
issues.
Mark Stone
Mark is involved in People Management and Information Technology teaching
and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. Mark
along with Dr Neil Witt formed the Communication and Learning Technology Group
at the University of Plymouth in 1997 to facilitate cross faculty research
and development in this area. Mark's current research interests include people
management, organisational learning, organisational change, e-business, e-commerce,
student centred learning, student progression and transfer, communication
and learning technology and distance learning.
David Gadd
Dave has a background in Social Research and has worked on a number of small
and large research projects in the UK and Australia. This has included the
testing and implementation of a number of innovative quantitative and qualitative
studies - everything from Pilot Studies involving large populations undergoing
telephone interviews and CATI (Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing) to
more informal participant observation and semi-structured interviewing on
hospital wards. Dave's recent projects have combined this background with
the implementation of e-learning systems to disseminate knowledge and good
practice in the use of secondary data, e commerce and in student progression
and transfer. He has also led the design and delivery of more than 300 websites
for ICO3 clients - many of them database driven and designed to
allow clients to manage their own content.
Dr Anne McDermott
Anne is a psychology graduate, a qualified mental health nurse and a Research
Fellow at the University of Plymouth who has experience of, amongst other
things, working with people with a hearing and/or sight impairment. Her interests
and investigations include Internet-based delivery of learning, the accessibility
of the Internet for users with a disability and continuing professional development
issues.