On September 15th, 2017 James Riggall arrived in Seattle after a 16 hour flight from Launceston, Tasmania to begin a 7 month Fulbright residential scholarship at Bellevue College.

Riggall arrives with a background in virtual reality technologies from the University of Tasmania’s Human Interface Technology Lab, as well as many years of experience creating community-based makerspaces and entrepreneurial startup ventures.  These include BitLink, Innovation Circle, Enterprize, StartUp Tasmania and the TasCatalyst Project.

Riggall’s goals include working with Bellevue College faculty, students and on-campus organizations such as the Library Media Center Collaboratory, RISE Learning Institute, Faculty Commons, and the eLearning Center.

In thisTED talk video, Innovation in Regions, Riggall outlines his commitment to creating an economically thriving and technologically advanced Tasmania, despite its remote geographic location.

This site is set up to chronicle and document Riggall’s activities during his Fulbright residency at Bellevue College.  Come back for updates!