What does a Technology Adoption/Adaptation Advisor do?
We frequently run events to engage the Faculty community in exploring new technologies. The VR Club is an example. We do this to: People might […]
Articles by Robert O'Toole
Advice (#1) for Classics students doing digital storytelling film making projects
Students do a digital storytelling assessment as part of the Hellenistic World module in Classics and Ancient Civilisation (Warwick University). Here’s the advice I give […]
DAHL activities in 2023-24
In 2023-24 we covered topics including: We also ran a one-day international symposium on the future of immersive technologies, and hosted MBD’s revolutionary multi-player VR […]
Learning through stretch-challenges in creative digital industries
Immersive experience company MBD have recently undertaken a difficult creative challenge, not as a commission, but as a self-set difficult project. This kind of stretch-challenge, and reflective practice, is an important approach we can all learn from, whether we are in the creative digital industries, academia, or elsewhere.
Camera techniques for academic films
This is a presentation from 2016, but still relevant today. It demonstrates a useful range of easy to do techniques for making interesting films that engage the viewer.
DAHL Topics for 2024-2025
A reflection on the plans for DAHL this year, from Dr Robert O’Toole. My approach this year will be to explore a range of exciting […]
When should we formally regulate a technology?
This is inspired by the first chapter of Lucy Suchman’s book Human-Machine Reconfigurations (2nd edition 2012). Suchman is an anthropologist who has worked in, and […]
The ethical challenges of self-driving cars
I’m listening to the philosophical podcast series This is Technology Ethics. Much of this concerns, but is not limited to, the advance of AI and its implications.
Episode 2 (20th September 2023) uses the case of self-driving cars (SDCs) to explore methods in ethics. As the authors say, this is a current hot-spot for technology ethics research. It also works well to illustrate the difference between narrow approaches to ethics, and a broader systems-focussed approach.
Self-service recording studios at Warwick
This article is about new facilities at Warwick that make it easy for us to record high quality video presentations, interviews, and discussions. There are also plans to add podcasting facilities to these rooms.
Teams as a base for active, engaged, collaborative teaching
This video demonstrates the approach that I am using in January 2024, for our undergraduate Intro to Design Thinking module. Our aim is for the students to feel and behave as if they are members of a design consultancy team, so we use methods and tools used in that kind of organisation. Teams is the wrapper, and the communication platform.
