Julia Taylor - JISC

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JISC RSC South WestDelivering Equality through Technology

Single Equality DutyHow ‘e-learning’ can help?Julia Taylor RSC SW

[email protected]

Equality Act - Oct 2010

Strengthens and extends the protection– new disability definition - beyond ‘impairment’

– any difficulty in carrying out day-to-day activities– claim related to general environment not behaviour

directed at a disabled person– indirect discrimination where a rule, policy condition or

practice disadvantages them– associative discrimination to anyone associated with a

disabled person– any disadvantage that arises from their disability

Equality Act - Oct 2010

Opportunity Pro-actively promoting equality

– Avoiding discrimination is no longer enough

Reduce barriers rather than overcome them– Take a fresh look at inclusive practice (OASES)

Reduce cost of ‘supporting’ access– Focus on independence and personalisation

Integrate equality into the mainstream – Actively ‘market’ equality of opportunity

Using technology to support inclusive practice

Technology for inclusion - Shift the focus Lecture notes on VLE v Note-takers at lectures Accessible e-learning books v scanning

Open Source v licensed assistive software Disclosure v support learners discretely Any learner can have access without

dependence / permission / disclosure

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How can e-learning help?

It can be flexibly delivered and widely available, the materials are highly portable, easy to store and lend themselves to adaptation and personalisation


E-texts and VLE documents – Portable, Available, Adaptable, Repeatable.

Images, Symbols and Video clips– Support text, add meaning, visual organisation

Sound Alternatives –MP3, TTS, Voice-Over. – Support recognition, understanding and add meaning


E-texts and VLE documents – Recorded Notes and ‘Digital Flip Charts’

Whiteboard Ipadio OneNote MindMapping

Images, Symbols and Video clips– Screen Capture, Xerte transcript reader, BSL

Sound Alternatives – TTS to MP3 and PDF’s, – Word Prediction, Talking Calculators and dictionaries,

Captions and Text alternatives Ietherpad http://ietherpad.com/lzAIuVkBXp

Universal Subtitles

Inclusive Technology?

1. “We don’t have many disabled learners – we have some keyboards and mice so we deal with each as and when they register”

2. “Click here for a text only version – Contact us if you need enlarged print version”

3. “Do you have a disability?- Student support services can offer help”


4. “We have followed WCAG 2.0 Guidelines”

5. “Staff are trained to be flexible, creative and adaptable with e-learning approaches”

6. “Disabled learners have tested our systems and been consulted in developing our good practice”


1. “We don’t have many disabled learners – we deal with each as and when they register”

Relying on luck

2. “Click here for a text only version – Contact us if you need enlarged print version”

Tokenism

3. “Do you have a disability?- Student support services can offer help”

Specialism


4. “We have followed WCAG 2.0 Guidelines”

Meeting Standards

5. “Staff are trained to be flexible, creative and adaptable with e-learning approaches”

Ownership for all staff

6. “Disabled learners have tested our systems and been consulted in developing our good practice”

Partnership with learners and staff

OASES

On-line Accessibility Self-Assessment Survey Identify and reduce barriers Partnership model for integrated equality Sustainable Approach to Inclusive Technology

– Create accessible learning materials for all– Provide basic assistive technology for all– Develop staff awareness, confidence and skills– Whole organisational responsibility

OASES

Equality Scheme dovetails with other key strategies and policies:– assessment, – learning and teaching, – learner/student support, – procurement, – library and learning resource provision,– IT and network systems

Creating Inclusive Learning Content

Xerte

User Preferences Colour Scheme Screen Size Text Font and Size Text to Speech Keyboard Accessible

(Tab - - Space keys)

Making Technology Available



Supporting Staff Development

Increase Confidence

Explore solutions

Familiarise Staff

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EduAppsAccessApps, Learn & TeachAppsOpen Source Assistive SoftwarePortable on a memory StickNon licensedPersonalisedFree


Create and convert – Docs to ePubs

SpeedCrunch – keyboard access, colour calculator

MyStudyBar – Planning & Organisation, Writing and reading


Planning and organisation– Mind Mapping, reminders and prompts

Reading & Writing– Background, overlay and text Colour Preferences– Reading masks and guides– Word Prediction– Talking Dictionary, Text-to-Speech, MP3– Magnification and visual support

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OASESTechDis Self-Assessment Tool

Online Accessibility Self-Assessment Survey

Quick, Free and Anonymous comparison against other institutions and Reasonable Adjustment

OASES Global Award


RSC South West Accessibility & Inclusion

http://jisc-rscsw.ning.com/group/inclusivity2

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Julia TaylorRSC SW e-advisor [email protected]

01392 205472

Reminders & Prompts



Reading

T-Bar – Screen Masking

RapidSet – Change Colours

Vu-Bar – Screen Ruler

SS Overlay – Screen Tint



MyStudyBar

Reading on screen, Background colour and font

Word Prediction LetMeType

•Create customised lexicons•Predict on first letter•Adjust background colour and font size

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Julia Taylor - JISC

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