Dr Chris Norrie
@chrisnorrie
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STEM PhD | Inclusive Design Technologist & Researcher | Photographer of Photographs | Climber of Mountains - Literal/Figurative | #AugComm #a11y
Joined November 2008
Pleased to share our Multimodal Technologies and Interaction paper exploring how we can boost dynamic assessment in the special education setting to help children reach their full potentials #mdpimti via @MDPI_MTI.#DynamicAssessment #AAC #AugComm.
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This paper presents a narrative review of the current practices in assessing learners’ cognitive abilities and the limitations of traditional intelligence tests in capturing a comprehensive underst...
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RT @johnharris1969: Latest from me: on why learning disability is the frontier of human liberation, & how so much of its history is still i….
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A landmark book exposes the history of loathing that underpins scandals like Winterbourne View. It has received next to no attention, says Guardian columnist John Harris
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Human-level AI is not inevitable. We have the power to change course #AGI
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Technology happens because people make it happen. We can choose otherwise
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Now is the time for scientists to stand up against Trump’s repressive agenda #Science.
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The administration is attacking research, health and the environment. We might seem unlikely activists – but we have a duty to dissent
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Older people who use smartphones ‘have lower rates of cognitive decline’ #Ageing #Cognition
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Analysis of over-50s who engage with phones, tablets and other devices challenges fears of ‘digital dementia’
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RT @whurley: We are witnessing the destruction of science in America | Paul Darren Bieniasz
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If we stay on this administration’s course, future life-saving medicines may never be invented
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RT @ClimateCrisisAG: 🌡️ 1.5°C breached. It's now time for urgent, bold action. Read @Sir_David_King in the @guardian: .
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We do not have the luxury of rejecting solutions before we have thoroughly investigated their risks, trade-offs and feasibility
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Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer
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Action urgently needed to save the conditions under which markets – and civilisation itself – can operate, says senior Allianz figure
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Delighted to promote our new publication in @MDPI_MTI journal, showcasing the incredible work of lead author @LegelMascha exploring the use of film in assisted conversational narratives, and her multimodal coding model .#Semiotics #AAC #AugComm.
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When access to natural speech is limited or challenging, as is the case for people with complex communication needs, self-created digital film can be practical to use as one of the resources within a...
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RT @archiebland: Here’s a piece by me and @ruths about a really heinous @Netflix movie, no. 1 non-English title in the world right now, tre….
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This story about a child with cerebral palsy is badly misleading – and a slap in the face for families like ours, says Archie Bland, editor of the Guardian’s First Edition, and Ruth Spencer, a former...
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RT @GarrethTigwell: Announcing ASSETS 2025 Call for Papers and Mentoring. Technical papers are due April 16, experience reports on June 11,….
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RT @GeorgeMonbiot: 1. There have been plenty of debates about whether or not Trump and his circle are fascists. In this column, I argue tha….
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Across the world, societies are reverting to oligarchies. How to resist? Fight for democracy with all we’ve got, writes Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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RT @CarolineLucas: “Latest science shows 1 metre of sea level rise now inevitable within a century or so & could come as early as 2070”. Ho….
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Ports including in Saudi Arabia and the US projected to be seriously damaged by a metre of sea level rise
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UK Government attempting to save or claw back money by targeting particular groups of people, while averting its eyes from the human consequences #Neurodiversity #SEND #Augcomm .
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With the yawning gap between available funding and rising demand, parents are right to fear the government’s reaction, says Guardian columnist John Harris
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‘Godfather of AI’ shortens odds of the technology wiping out humanity #AI
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Geoffrey Hinton says there is 10% to 20% chance AI will lead to human extinction in three decades, as change moves fast
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RT @TMHaltom: Qualitative researchers: . Run, don't walk, to read this article: . Braun et al. (2024). “Being Really Confidently Wrong”: Qu….
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Although peer review is one of the central pillars of academic publishing, qualitative researchers’ experiences of this process have been largely overlooked. Existing research and commentary have...
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RT @IrishRainforest: "Bumblebee population increases 116 times over in 'remarkable' Scotland rewilding project.". Read that again: **116**….
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‘The sound of traffic and a uniform sea of barley have been replaced by the most beautiful meadows, full of wildflowers, young saplings and the buzz of bees’
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RT @carolecadwalla: NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone els….
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In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance
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RT @MrMatthewTodd: we’re screaming in the dark here. even most of the left don’t understand or care that this is really really happening h….
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