Key Details
- Course Code
- CPE24BLVA
- Start Date
- 17 – 19 June 2024
- Time
- 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Course Information
This three-day workshop focuses on equipping mainstream and specialist vision teachers with inclusive multisensory approaches for blind, low vision, and diverse needs inclusion. Day 1 focuses on multisensory art and inclusive design, providing practical advice, brainstorming teacher-suggested projects, and engaging in experiential workshops. Day 2 delves into sensory science, exploring exhibits, discussing inclusive design principles and participating in hands-on activities. Day 3 shifts to a student experience, featuring a morning session with a scientist followed by an afternoon of creating science-inspired multisensory art, incorporating sound, texture, smell, vision, memory, and computer interaction. The workshop emphasises inclusive design principles in sensory science, encouraging teachers to develop exhibits that cater to diverse needs. The student experience day highlights inspiring science discussions, and springboards the creation of science-inspired art projects that cater to a wide range of abilities. The expected outcomes include a more inclusive and accessible teaching toolkit for participants, fostering a supportive and enriching learning environment for all students.
Day 1: Art Workshop for Mainstream and Specialist Vision Teachers
Introduction:
Multisensory Approaches to Exploring Data and Data Sensification
Approaches Used in Creating Monash Sensory Science Exhibitions
Co-Creating with Scientists
Advice and Strategies for
Integrating Multisensory Approaches
Brainstorming Teacher-Suggested projects:
What to Explore and Teach: Brainstorming Ideas (Sound, Texture, Smell, Vision, Memory, Computer Interaction)
Exploring Materials and Approaches for Multisensory Projects
Experimental Workshop: Hands-on Activities: Making and Road Testing Projects
Introduction
to Max Jitter and multisensory software interactions
Day 2: Sensory Science for Mainstream and Specialist Vision Teachers
Guided Exploration:
Explore Sensory Science Exhibits (Mini Exhibition)
Guided Tour and Discussion on Inclusive Exhibit Design
How Can We Design Better for BLVDN Access and What's Useful?
Experimental Workshop
Hands-on Activities: Creating Multisensory Science Exhibits
Making and Road Testing Inclusive Exhibit Ideas
Day 3: Student Experience
Introduction to Multisensory Scientific Exploration:
Interaction with a Scientist: Q&A Session
Inspiration for Multisensory Sci Art Projects
Multisensory Science Art Workshop:
Integration of Science Concepts into Art
That event will be at NextSense Central, 2 Gymnasium Road Macquarie University. Details about accommodation and getting to the new site are located here.
Presenter
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Erica Tandori
Erica Tandori, a visually impaired artist in Melbourne, Australia, was diagnosed with Juvenile Macular Degeneration at 23, resulting in central vision loss and legal blindness. Her PhD focused on the interplay between art, ophthalmology, and the entoptic effects of macular disease. Drawing from her personal experience, Tandori explores how vision loss impacts daily life in her research and art. She serves as Artist in Residence and Project Officer at the Rossjohn Lab, Monash University, Clayton, helping establish Monash Sensory Science—a groundbreaking initiative recognized nationally and internationally, including awards such as the Eureka Prize and acknowledgment from the United Nations and Berlin Falling Walls. Additionally, she collaborated with the University's Faculty of Information Technology to develop an Inclusive Gallery Framework for blind and low vision visitors to Australian cultural institutions.
