Research publications

Journal articles

Cooper M. (2006) Making Online Learning Accessible - the role of the educator and issues for the educational institution - reflections on experiences at the Open University. Association of Learning Technology Journal,14(1), 103–115.

Cooper M. (2005) Remote laboratories in teaching and learning – issues impinging on widespread adoption in science and engineering education. International Journal of Online Engineering, 1(1).

Scanlon, E., Colwell, C., Cooper, M., & Di Paolo, T. (2004) Remote experiments, reversioning and rethinking science learning. Computers and Education. 43, 153-163.

Colwell, C., Scanlon, E., & Cooper, M. (2002) Using remote laboratories to extend access to science and engineering. Computers and Education, 38, 65-76.

Scanlon, E., Morris, E., Di Paolo, T. & Cooper, M. (2002) Contemporary approaches to learning science: technology mediated practical work. Studies in Science Education, 38, 73-114.

Conference papers

Nevile, L., Cooper, M., Heath, A. Rothberg, M. & Treviranus, J. (2005) Learner-centred Accessibility for Interoperable Web-based Educational Systems, Proc. 14th International World Wide Web Conference (WWW2005), Chiba, Japan, May 10-14, 2005.

Cooper, M. and Petrie, H.L. (2004) Three Dimensional Auditory Display: Issues in Applications for Visually Impaired Students, Proc. ICAD 04-Tenth Meeting of the International Conference on Auditory Display, Sydney, Australia, July 6-9, 2004.

Cooper, M. (2003) Making Online Learning Accessible, Proc International Conference on Assistive Technology, London, UK 2003

Cooper, M, Colwell, C., Amaral, T.G. (2002) Accessibility and usability in complex web based learning applications: lessons from the PEARL project, Proc. E-Learn 2002, Montreal, Canada 2002.

Cooper, M., Donnelly A., and Martins Ferreira, J. M. (2002) Remote Controlled Experiments For Teaching Over The Internet: A Comparison Of Approaches Developed In The Pearl Project, Proc. 19th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education 2002, Auckland, New Zealand: UNITEC Institution of Technology.

Martins Ferreira, J. M., Costa, R., Alves, G. & Cooper, M., (2002) The PEARL Digital Electronics Lab: Full Access to the Workbench via the Web, Proc. 13th EAEEIE Annual Conference on Innovations in Education (European Association for Education in Electrical and Information Engineering), York, UK 2002

Colwell, C., Scanlon, E., & Cooper, M. (2001) Using remote laboratories to extend access to science and engineering, Proc. CAL 2001 'Learning across the Ages' Warwick, UK, April 2001

Cooper, M., Scanlon, E. & Freake, S.L. (2000) Remote Controlled Teaching Experiments, in Science and Engineering Subjects, Accessible over the World-Wide-Web - The PEARL project, Proc. ED-MEDIA 2000 Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 2000.

Cooper, M. (2000) The challenge of practical work in an eUniversity - real, virtual and remote experiments, Proc. IST2000 The Information Society for All Nice, France, 6-8 November 2000.

Cooper, M., Santacruz, L.P., Donnelly, A. & Sergeant, P. (2000) User interface approaches for accessibility in complex World-Wide-Web applications- an example approach from the PEARL project". Proc. 6th ERCIM Workshop on User Interfaces for All, Florence, Italy, 25-26 October 2000.

Cooper, M. (1999) User interface issues for smart houses - Experiences from the HS-ADEPT project, Proc. SMART Homes - International Conference on Smart Homes and Telematics Eindhoven, Netherlands, February 1999.

Cooper, M., Pearson, M.D. & Petrie, H. (1999) The Computer Synthesis and Reproduction of 3D Sound Environments - Research Towards an Implementation for Blind Students, Proc. Audio engineering Society 16th International Conference on Spatial Sound Reproduction, Rovaniemi, Finland, April 1999

Cooper, M. & Taylor, M.E. (1998) Ambisonic sound in virtual environments and applications for blind people, Proc. 2nd European Conference on Disability, Virtual and Associated Technologies, Sharkey, Rose & Lindström (Eds.), pp 113-118, Skövde, Sweden, September 1998.

Book Chapters

Di Paolo, T., Scanlon, E., Colwell, C., Cooper, M., Uren, V., & Jelfs, A., (2004) Redesigning practical work: web-based remote experimentation. In Scanlon E. and Holliman, R (eds). Mediating, Science Learning through Information and Communications Technology. pp169-187, Routledge Press: London. 2004.

Cooper, M. (2003) Extending Access using ICT: Issues and Prospects, In Scanlon E. and Holliman, R (eds). Mediating, Science Learning through Information and Communications Technology. pp169-187, Routledge Press: London. 2004.

Cooper, M. (2003) Communications and Information Technology (C&IT) for Disabled Students, in: Powell S. (ed.), Special Teaching in Higher Education- Successful Strategies for Access and Inclusion, (Kogan Page) London 2003.

Cooper, M., Keating, D.A., Harwin, W.S. & Dautenhahn K. (1999) Robots in the classroom - tools for accessible education, in Assistive Technology on the Threshold of the New Millennium, ISO Press - Assistive Technology Research Series Vol. 6, Christian Buhler & Harry Knops (Eds.), pp 448-452, Düsseldorf, Germany, November 1999.