A Toolkit for Signposting ‘Access for All’ based on Student Experiences of on-line Teaching and Learning Practices. L xdis University of Southampton School.

A Toolkit for Signposting ‘Access for All’ based on Student

Experiences of on-line Teaching and Learning Practices.

L xdisUniversity of

SouthamptonSchool of Electronics and Computer Science

Lexdis• LExDis project has explored the e-learning

experiences of thirty (2) disabled students.

• Resulting strategies and barriers to learning have provided the basis of advice offered to students and staff.

• ElexDis - Flexible and personalised approach to these resources, alongside desk side coaching and advice via e-mail and a website.

Lexdis Database

Results to date

• Most students were between 21-24 years old

• All used their desktop or laptop computers daily and were also on-line every day.

• All had customised their computer in some way. The majority changed tool or menu bars and print size.

• High level of confidence in their skills when using computers and on-line learning materials.

Student Comment (shortened)

Last year I struggled with hearing the content in lectures as they are in very large rooms with bad acoustics... Learning materials that could help me, do not just extend to lecture slides. Valuable materials include podcasts, forums, blogs etc. Most students under the age of 25 are computer literate why don’t lecturers take full advantage of this ability.

Time taken for making adaptations to learning materials

Lexdis Website

Toolkit concept

What are the strategies?

Let’s have a look

With grateful thanks for the support received from the students taking part in the LexDis

project

“I found it very useful that the

research helped me to find out

more about how I need to access

things, and how to use the technology at the same time. “

Dr Mike Wald , Dr Jane Seale & Mrs E.A. DraffanUniversity of SouthamptonMobile 07976 289103E-mail: [email protected]

LexDis Project websitewww.lexdis.ecs.soton.ac.uk