Chetz Colwell

Institute of Educational Technology, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK.
Tel: +44 1908 655772
Email: c.colwell@open.ac.uk
Web: http://kn.open.ac.uk/public/workspace.cfm?workspacepageid=2542

Interests

Chetz Colwell supports OU web and software developers in making their materials accessible to students with disabilities, and conducts research on the accessibility of new technologies, including conducting student evaluations.

Publications

Colwell, C., Jelfs, A. & Mallett, E. (2005) Initial requirements of deaf students for video: lessons learned from an evaluation of a digital video application. Learning Media and Technology, 30(2), 201-217, July.

Petrie, H., O’Neill, A-M. & Colwell, C. (2002) Computer access by visually impaired people. In: Kent, A. & Williams,, J. G. eds. Encyclopedia of Microcomputers, 28(7), 17-30.

Penn, P., Petrie, H., Colwell, C. & Kornbrot, D. (2000) The perception of texture, object size and angularity by touch in virtual environments with two haptic devices. Proceedings of Haptic Human-Computer Interaction Workshop 2000, Glasgow, Scotland, 31 August - 2 September 2000, 92-97.

Colwell, C. & Petrie, H. (1999) Evaluation of guidelines for designing accessible web content. Proceedings of the TIDE conference: assistive technology on the threshold of the new millenium, Dusseldorf, 1-4 November 1999.

Jansson, G., Petrie, H., Colwell, C., Kornbrot, D., Fanger, J., Konig, H., Billberger, K., Hardwick, A. & Furner, S. (1999) Haptic virtual environments for blind people: exploratory experiments with two devices. International Journal of Virtual Reality, 4(1), 10-20.

Petrie, H., Colwell, C., Evenepoel, F. & Engelen, J. (1999) Access to the World Wide Web for disabled persons. Proceedings of the TIDE conference: assistive technology on the threshold of the new millenium, Dusseldorf, 1-4 November 1999, 73-74.

Colwell, C., Petrie, H., Kornbrot, D., Hardwick, A. & Furner, S. (1998) Haptic virtual reality for blind computer users. Proceedings of ASSETS ’98: 3rd International Conference on Assistive Technologies, Marina del Rey, California, USA, 15-17 April, 92-99.

Colwell, C., Petrie, H., Kornbrot, D., Hardwick, A. & Furner, S. (1998) Use of a haptic device by blind and sighted people: perception of virtual textures and objects. In: Placencia-Porrero, I. & Ballabio, E. eds. Improving the quality of life for the European citizen: technology for inclusive design and equality. Amsterdam: IOS Press.

Colwell, C., Petrie, H., Kornbrot, D., Furner, S. & Hardwick, A. (1998) The use of haptic virtual environments by blind people. Proceedings of the Second European Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies (ECDVRAT 98), Skovde, Sweden, 10-11 September 1998.

Petrie, H., Colwell, C. & Evenepoel, F. (1998) Tools to assist authors in creating accessible World Wide Web pages. Proceedings of the Conference on Telematics in the Education of the Visually Handicapped, Paris, 2-3 June 1998.