Elaine Pearson

Elaine Pearson is Director of the Accessibility Research Centre and a member of the Digital Futures Institute at Teesside University, UK. Her research and consultancy expertise lies in the use of digital media design and technology to support the needs and preferences of disabled people. This research has been supported by grants from British and European funding bodies including the Leverhulme Trust, Higher Education Funding Council (HEFCE), and European Social Fund (ESF) EQUAL initiative. She has published extensively on accessibility and adaptability issues and been invited to present in the UK, Ireland, Spain and Australia. Dr Pearson is also Director of Post Graduate Programmes in the School of Computing. Her teaching interests as a Principal Lecturer lie in aspects of web and mobile design for accessibility and adaptability.

Publications

Developing and Utilizing E-Learning Applications
Developing and Utilizing E-Learning Applications
Fotis Lazarinis, Steve Green, Elaine Pearson. © 2011. 344 pages.
The tools and technologies used and studied in an e-learning context are continually changing due to advancements in both teaching and learning. Developing and Utilizing...
Handbook of Research on E-Learning Standards and Interoperability: Frameworks and Issues
Handbook of Research on E-Learning Standards and Interoperability: Frameworks and Issues
Fotis Lazarinis, Steve Green, Elaine Pearson. © 2011. 632 pages.
As the e-learning industry continues to expand and the methods and tools necessary to create and maintain content and infrastructure applications become more complicated, there...