CONTACT INFORMATION:
Multilingual Computing Co-ordinator
Information Systems Services
University of Leeds
Woodhouse Lane
Leeds LS2 9JT UK
| Office Telephone: | +44(0) 113 343 3573 |
| Office Fax: | +44(0) 113 343 5411 |
| Active email: | t.a.mcallister@leeds.ac.uk |
| Relevant Webpage: | http://www.leeds.ac.uk/infosystems/learning_teaching/learning.html |
| Relevant Webpage: | http://www.leeds.ac.uk/cms/Staff%20and%20Research%20Students/alecmcallister.html |
SCHOLARLY INTERESTS:
Current area(s) of research:
Writing-systems.
Representation of writing-systems on computers, e.g. encodings.
Making computer fonts for scholarly publications.
Making efficient input-systems for non-standard characters (e.g. "How can I type yogh?").
Computer-Assisted Learning (CAL).
The use of IT in teaching and learning, especially in language-learning.
Selected publications, recent and forthcoming:
Co-founder of the Medieval Unicode Font Initiative: http://helmer.aksis.uib.no/mufi/
WUN-IDENTIFIED RESEARCH COLLABORATION THEMES:
Multilingualism in the Middle Ages:
This is of interest to me and relates to my work.
History of the Medieval Book:
Medieval Chronicle Studies:
Ph.D.s UNDER SUPERVISION:
STAFF EXCHANGES/ONLINE RESOURCE CREATION/VIDEOCONFERENCING:
I work in an academic service, not a teaching department, so do not supervise PhD students myself; I support others who do so. Yes, I am willing to help with IT support for the exchange of PhD students, in staff exchanges with WUN partner institutions (if research/teaching matches), and in conducting a videoconferencing seminar or course.
MEDIEVAL COURSES TAUGHT:
I do not teach medieval courses. I give IT support and advice for teaching and research, and develop software: fonts, CAL, etc.
MEDIEVAL COURSES WOULD LIKE TO SEE DEVELOPED:
Short courses to enable students (or staff) to gain a reading-only knowledge of languages very quickly.
Freeware or very cheap CAL materials for medieval languages. This implies sharing the cost of development between many universities.
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