Jane’s teaching and research interests lie at the intersections between disability, technology and education.

Disability and Technology: For 20 years Jane has been researching the role of computers and assistive technologies in promoting independence, identity and quality of life for adults with disabilities. She has developed a national and International profile in the field through key roles and activities including: Co-ordinator of the first ever Masters programme in Assistive Technology in the UK, (2000-2002); Steering Committee Member of Home Farm Trust ICT Development Project (2000-2002); Member of the editorial board of the Journal of Assistive Technologies (2007).

Technology and Education:

Education and Disability:

Disability, Technology and Education:

In all of these fields Jane has sought to develop new models and theories that can help to conceptualise practice as well as tools and methods for evaluating and research practice. She has recently become a co-director of the National Centre for Research Methods which aims to stimulate imaginative new developments in both quantitative and qualitative research methods.

• Al Mulhem, Ahmed
  Developing e-learning training for university lecturers in Saudi Arabia
  Social Justice and Inclusive Education
• Al Mulhim, Ensaf
  Developing ICT training for female teacher educators in Saudi Arabia
  Social Justice and Inclusive Education
• Al-Asmari, Ibrahim
  An examination of e-learning within one university in Saudi Arabia
  Social Justice and Inclusive Education
• Burdett, Teresa
  The experience of losing weight and implications for health education
  Social Justice and Inclusive Education
• Lapraik, Susan
  Revision strategies of dyslexic university students
  Social Justice and Inclusive Education
• Roberts, George
  The ICT practices of users of an IT community hub
  Social Justice and Inclusive Education
• Semitekos, Dimitrios
  The administration of special schools under a multidisciplinary multivariate optimization scope approach
  Social Justice and Inclusive Education

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• Significant Publications
• Seale, J. (2006) E-learning and disability in higher education: accessibility theory and practice. Routledge: Oxford.
• Books
• Seale, J. (2003) Learning Technology in Transition: From Individual Enthusiasm to Institutional Implementation
• Phipps, L., Sutherland, A and Seale, J(eds). (2002) Access All Areas: disability, technology and learning. York, ALT/JISC/TechDis 96pp.
• Peer Reviewed Journal Papers
• Seale, Jane, Draffan, E.A. and Wald, M. (2010) Digital agility and digital decision-making: conceptualising digital inclusion in the context of disabled learners in higher education. Studies in Higher Education, 35, (4) (doi:10.1080/03075070903131628) (In Press)
• Seale, Jane and Cooper, Martyn (2009) E-learning and accessibility: an exploration of the potential role of generic pedagogical tools. Computers & Education (doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2009.10.017.) (In Press)
• Seale, Jane (2009) Doing student voice work in higher education: an exploration of the value of participatory methods. British Educational Research Journal, 1-22. (doi:10.1080/01411920903342038) (In Press)

• Seale, Jane.K. (2008) Developing e-learning experiences and practices: the importance of context. ALT-J: Research in Learning Technology, 16, (1), 1-3
• Seale, J., Wald, M. and Draffan, E.A. (2008) Exploring the technology experiences of disabled learners in higher education: challenges for the use and development of participatory research methods. Journal of Assistive Technology, 2, (3), 4-15. (In Press)
• Nind, Melanie and Seale, Jane (2008) The hard work of access: lessons for education from a smeinar series on concepts of access. The SLD Experience, 51, 11-18.
• Seale, J.K (2007) "Strategies for supporting the online publishing activities of adults with learning difficulties". Disability & Society (In Press)
• Seale, Jane (2007 In Press) "Methodological issues in researching online representations: production, classification and personal web space". International Journal of Research and Method in Education,30,(2)
• Seale, Jane K. (2006) The rainbow bridge metaphor as a tool for developing accessible e-learning practices in higher education. Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 32, (2)
• Palmer, Phil and Seale, Jane (2006) "Exploring the attitudes to environmental control systems of people with physical disabilities: A grounded theory approach." Technology and Disability 19, (1), 17-27
• Seale, J. (2006) A contextualised model of accessible e-learning practice in higher education institutions. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 22(2), 268-288.
• Seale, J. (2004) The development of accessibility practices in e-learning: an exploration of communities of practice. ALT-J Association for Learning Technology Journal, 12 (1), 51-63.
• Seale, J.K and Pockney, R (2002). The Use of the Personal Home Page by Adults with Down's Syndrome as a Tool for Managing Identity and Friendship. British Journal of Learning Disabilities,30,4,142-148
• Seale, J. and Turner-Smith, A. (2002) Editorial: Bringing AT Professionals Together. Technology & Disability, 14(4), 2002, 147-148.
• Seale, J., McCreadie, C., Turner-Smith, A and Tinker, A. (2002) Older People as Partners in Assistive Technology Research: The use of focus groups in the design process. Technology and Disability, 14(1), 2002, 21-29.
• McCreadie, C., Seale, J., Tinker, A. and Turner-Smith, A. (2002) Older People and Mobility in the Home: In Search of Useful Assistive Technologies, British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 65(2), 2002, 54-60.
• Seale, Jane, McCreadie, Claudine, Turner-Smith, Alan and Tinker, Anthea (2002) Older people as partners in assistive technology research: the use of focus groups in the design process. Technology and Disability, 14, (1), 21-29.
• Seale, J.K (2001) The Same but Different: The Use of the Personal Home Page by Adults with Down’s Syndrome as a Tool for Self-Presentation. British Journal of Educational Technology, 32,3, 343-352
• Research Reports
• Seale, Jane, Draffan, E.A. and Wald, Mike (2008) An evaluation of the use of participatory methods in exploring disabled learners' experiences of e-learning: LEXDIS Methodology Report to JISC. Southampton, UK, University of Southampton, 71pp.
• Seale, Jane (2008) Participatory approaches to inclusion related staff development: report of a LATEU funded learning and teaching enhancement project 2007-8. Southampton, UK, University of Southampton, 42pp.
• Seale, J., Draffan, E.A and Wald, M. (2008) Exploring disabled learners’ experiences of e-learning: LEXDIS Project Report. Southampton, UK, University of Southampton, 161 pp.
• Book Chapters
• Seale, Jane (2009) A contextualised model for accessible e-learning in higher education: understanding the students’ perspective. In, >em>Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Applications and Services. Berlin/Heidelberg, Springer, 120-129. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 5616).
• Seale, J., Boyle,, T., Ingraham, B., Roberts, G. and McAvinia, C. (2006) Designing digital resources for learning. In, Conole, G. and Oliver, M. (eds.) Contemporary Perspectives in e-Learning Research: Themes, methods and impact on practice. Oxford, UK, Routledge, 116-128. (Open and Flexible Learning).
• Seale, J. (2003) Measuring the Impact of Assistive Technologies on Quality of Life: Can rehabilitation professionals rise to the challenge? , in I. Higginson, Carr, A and Robinson, P (eds) Quality of Life
• Banes, D. and Seale, J. (2002)Accessibility and inclusivity in further and higher education: an overview. In: Phipps, L., Sutherland, A. and Seale, J. (eds.) Access All Areas: disability, technology and learning, York, TechDis, 2002, 1-5.
• Conference Presentations
• Wald, Mike, Seale, Jane and Draffan, E.A. (2008) Disabled learners experiences of e-learning. In, World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 2008, Vienna, Austria, 30 Jun - 4 Jul 2008. Chesapeake, VA, Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, 9pp, 6374-6383.
• Seale, J. (2007) Accessibility and activity theory: an exploration of the factors that mediate the practice of developing accessible e-learning in higher education. In, Ed-Media 2007: World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications, Vancouver, Canada, 23-27 Jun 2007. Chesapeake, USA, Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, 7pp, 4601-4608
• Kelly, B., Sloan, D., Brown, S., Seale, J., Petrie, H., Lauke, P. and Ball, S. (2007) Accessibility 2.0: people, policies and processes. In, W4A 2007: International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility, Banff, Canada, 7-8 May 2007
• Seale, Jane (2005) Editorial: E-Learning Rhetoric, creativity and innovation. ALT-J Research in Learning Technology, 13 (2), 91-92.
• Seale, J (2003) In Search of an Enterprise of Accessibility: Communities, Practices, Boundaries and Constellations. In Cook, J & McConnell, D (Eds) Research Proceedings of the 10th Association for Learning Technology Conference (ALT-C 2003). Association for Learning Technology, Oxford. pp 299-313 ISBN: 0-9545870-0-6
• Seale, J (2003) The challenge of researching accessibility practices within Higher Education: An exploration of “shared enterprises” or “political games”? In Proceedings of Australian Association of Research in Education. In Proceedings of NZARE and AARE Conference 2003. CD Rom. ISSN: 1176-4902. download
• Seale, J (2003) Researching home page authorship of adults with learning disabilities: Issues and dilemmas. In Proceedings of NZARE and AARE Conference 2003. CD Rom. ISSN: 1176-4902 download
• Seale, J (2003) supporting the development of e-learning accessibility practices: new and emergent roles for staff developers. In G. Crisp., D, Thiele., I. Scholten., S. Barker & J. Baron (Eds) Proceedings of the 20th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Tertiary Education. Pp. 458-464 ISBN: 0-9751702-0-1 download
• Other
• Seale, J. (2004, June) Mapping pedagogy and tools for effective learning design
• Seale, J.K and Cann, A.J (2000) Reflection on-line or off-line: the role of learning technologies in encouraging students to reflect. Computers & Education, 34,309-320
• Seale, J (1999) Learning technologies and the lifelong learner: armament or disarmament? Association for Learning Technology Journal, 7,1,61-67
• Seale, J (1998) Two perspectives on the language of special needs computing: towards a shared view. Disability and Society, 13,2, 259-267