wraggster
March 21st, 2012, 00:05
Nottingham Trent University has issued a first call for submissions ahead of this year's Interactive Technologies And Games (ITAG) conference.
The event, which runs as part of Nottingham Trent's annualGameCity (http://www.edge-online.com/tag/GameCity) festival, will focus on issues of accessibility and rehabilitation for peopel with disabilities through interactive technology and games.
Topics up for discussion include social and collaborative aspects of games, such as MMOGs, for the elderly; learning theory and instructional design in games; handheld-based learning in classrooms; and serious games.
The university is also keen on submissions concerning input devices, using contemporary controllers like Kinect or the Wii Balance Board in health and rehabilitation, and new forms of controller for players with disabilities.
Iain Simons (http://www.edge-online.com/tag/Iain%20Simons), Nottingham Trent lecturer and director of GameCity, said: "ITAG provides a rich, vital new seam of activity and perspective to the GameCity festival, anchoring it to an academic and social agenda which amplifies the activities we already pursue.
"I'm hugely excited about the potential for audiences from both industry and the public to discover new and exciting ideas at GameCity through ITAG."
Written submissions must be no longer than 500 words; those intending to exhibit or produce a poster must submit an abstract of no more than 300 words. Submissions must be made [email protected] by June 1; ITAG runs on October 23 and 24 at the Nottingham Conference Centre. For more, follow the source link below.
http://www.edge-online.com/news/nottingham-trent-calls-itag-submissions
The event, which runs as part of Nottingham Trent's annualGameCity (http://www.edge-online.com/tag/GameCity) festival, will focus on issues of accessibility and rehabilitation for peopel with disabilities through interactive technology and games.
Topics up for discussion include social and collaborative aspects of games, such as MMOGs, for the elderly; learning theory and instructional design in games; handheld-based learning in classrooms; and serious games.
The university is also keen on submissions concerning input devices, using contemporary controllers like Kinect or the Wii Balance Board in health and rehabilitation, and new forms of controller for players with disabilities.
Iain Simons (http://www.edge-online.com/tag/Iain%20Simons), Nottingham Trent lecturer and director of GameCity, said: "ITAG provides a rich, vital new seam of activity and perspective to the GameCity festival, anchoring it to an academic and social agenda which amplifies the activities we already pursue.
"I'm hugely excited about the potential for audiences from both industry and the public to discover new and exciting ideas at GameCity through ITAG."
Written submissions must be no longer than 500 words; those intending to exhibit or produce a poster must submit an abstract of no more than 300 words. Submissions must be made [email protected] by June 1; ITAG runs on October 23 and 24 at the Nottingham Conference Centre. For more, follow the source link below.
http://www.edge-online.com/news/nottingham-trent-calls-itag-submissions