Post on 30-Nov-2014
description
Resources to Support InclusionIf not me – who?
If not now – when?
RSC SW Scotland Services
Scottish RSCs Inclusion BlogInclusion in e-Learning Forum (sharing good practice)
RSCtv iTunes PodcastsGot a yearning for e-Learning? JISC AskEvents and Training
JISC Advisory Services
Advice on all aspects of plagiarism prevention
& detection
Advice with still images, moving images and sound
advice
Advice on all aspects of technology& inclusion
Internet training workshops, online self- paced tutorials
Effectivestrategic planning, implementation
& management of ICT
Strategic guidance& advice
re legal issues in ICT
Techdis
The JISC TechDis service advises on the use oftechnology to support inclusive practice inThis includes advice and guidance for
teaching and learninglibraries & learner resourcesfront line practitionerspolicy makers staff developersa wide range of support roles including administration support and marketing
n
4,6965,195
5,7746,591
3,767
0
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
7,000
2001-2002
2002-2003
2003-2004
2004-2005
2005-2006
Students on mainstream courses in FE requiring additional support
across Scotland
SFC Infact Database - www.sfc.ac.uk/infact
Inclusion/Empowerment by EveryoneNot just the Learning Support Staff
Inclusion for Everyonebecause things are not always as they seembecause things are not always as they seem
ProvidingProvidingenabling technology enabling technology
solutions should not belong solely solutions should not belong solely to support specialists any to support specialists any more than accessibility ormore than accessibility orinclusion should belonginclusion should belong
exclusivelyexclusivelyto disabled peopleto disabled people
‘I cant read the information on the screen.’ ‘The information on the screen is too small to see.’ ‘I can’t adjust the font and colour backgrounds to
suit my personal preferences.’ ‘The words keep jumping around the screen.’ ‘I find it difficult to navigate.’ ‘I can’t click the mouse buttons.’ ‘I can’t see the keys on the keyboard.’ ‘I keep miss-hitting the keyboard keys.’
Issues for students accessing learning resources
I don’t have the motor skills/can’t see itPhysiological
Psychological I can’t do it
Learning style It would make more sense in pictures
Perceptual They look the same to me
Cognitive I can’t get my head round it
Linguistic What does that actually mean?
Accessible for whom?Disability is not the only barrier
How They Learn
Reflect on knowledge or skill
Write responses
Interact withresources
Record information
Plan responses
Reading Tools
Alternative Interfaces
Recording Tools
Planning Tools
Communication Tools
What They Do How To Help
Visualisation Tools
Writing Tools
Introduce new knowledge or skill
Exemplify new knowledge or skill
Test understanding of new knowledge or skill by completing specific assignments
Reflect on knowledge or skill
Enabling technologies supporting all learners
Process, tasks and tools
Access Toolshttp://tiny.cc/accesstools
EduAppshttp://tiny.cc/eduapps274
Free & Portable Enabling Technologies
My Study Barhttp://tiny.cc/studybar
What’s on the USB AccessApps?
Open Office
Planning and Organising Tools
Reading and Writing Support
Visual Support
Accessible Browsers
Keyboard and Mouse Alternatives
Multimedia Resources
Presentation Tools
Learning Games
Picture Holder
AccessApps storage facility. Use these folders to store the work you produce with AccessApps.
AccessApps applications.whenever you click on a folder item or a menu item, the AccessApps start menu will move to the background.
Short ActivityIn small groups, take a bunch ofenabling technology descriptionsand read the outline of what thesoftware can do.
Consider these descriptions in the context of the students youhave come across in the last academic year.
As a group, come up with 3 or 4 resources that you think would orcould have helped people you haveworked with. What are they and how would they have helped
If you are a manager, are there any that might have helped any of the staff you work with?
Open Office
Back
You can save your OpenOffice Writer files as Word-compatible documents.
OpenOffice Impress is the equivalent of PowerPoint
Open Office - What do Students think
www.lexdis.org
“With my budget computer at home, I found it difficult to do college work because I did not have MS Word at home so I had to use word pad which I didn't like to
use because it did not offer me the right tools to complete work”Guy a student at Coatbridge College
Planning & Organisational Tools
xMindMozilla Sunbird - Calendar Hott Notes 4 – Sticky Notes
Back
Visual Support
Vu Bar – read text one line at a timeT-Bar - a colour bar with shadingDesktop Zoom screen magnifierVirtual magnifying glass
DyslexiaScotopic sensitivity and visual difficulties experienced
by many learners with dyslexia
Issues for Dyslexic People?
TechDis Sim Dis Simultations
Reading and Writing SupportRapidSet
Is part of AccessApps ssOverlay orT-Bar part of My Study Bar
http://www.fxc.btinternet.co.uk/
Rapid Set helping a member of staff in the workplace
Power Talklearn more about PowerTalk
PowerTalk does a good job of making any presentation more accessible by automatically speaking the text. It can narrate animated text as it appears and will also speak PowerPoint's 'Web Alternative Text' intended for Web Browser use. Thus apart from being an accessibility tool in its right PowerTalk can be used to test how a presentation will sound with a other tools such as screen readers.
Hands on Activity• Take your pen drive and insert into your USB port.Have a look at the software and the activity sheet.Try out on or two of the following:
RapidSetVu BarOpen Office SuiteHott Notes
No notes exist as yet but you could also play with these:XmindT-Bar
DSpeech
Dspeech will hook Dspeech will hook into the speech into the speech engine on any engine on any
windows PC you windows PC you use use and will will
either read out either read out text or convert to text or convert to
MP3MP3
WordTalk
www.wordtalk.org.uk/Home/
WordTalk is a free plug-in developed for use with all versions of Microsoft Word (from Word 97 upwards), which can help people with reading difficulties use Microsoft Word more effectively. It will speak the text of the document and will highlight it as it goes.
Talking dictionary to help decide which word spelling is most appropriate. Sits neatly in toolbar, highly configurable, adjust the highlight colours, the voice and the speed of the speech. WordTalk does not export the file as a stand-alone MP3.
Other web based text to speech converters
Zamzar – www.zamzar.comRead the Words - www.readthewords.com/Spoken Text - http://www.spokentext.net/RoboBraille - www.robobraille.org/frontpage
Readonwebwww.readonweb.com/
• CleanPage™ extracts the main content from a cluttered webpage and allows you to do the following:
• Browse, save, print, edit, and email the main text
• Let your PC read the main text out loud
• Speed read the main text• Zoom in and zoom out
Accessible Browsers• WebbIE – Text Based Browser
Use in collaboration with Thunder Screen Reader*
Typical Web PageSame Web Page using WebbIE
Click N Type and Mouse Tools may assist for users with mobility issues or RSI
problems
Keyboard and Mouse AlternativesDasher (Case Study)
Click on the image below to see a demonstrationhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d6yIquOKQ0
Dasher is a information-efficient communication system driven by continuous pointing gestures.
Instead of using a keyboard, the user writes by continuous steering, zooming into a landscape painted with letters.
Dasher can be driven by a regular mouse, by touch-screen, or by gaze-direction.
Hands on Activity
• Have a look at the software and the activity sheet.
• Try out on or two of the following:DspeechDasherClick N TypeMouse Tools
Multimedia and Presentation ToolsAudacity records and editing audioWhat do educators think of this:• Use this all the time for audio, no other tool is as good• A great free (open source) tool for creating and editing audio files• A well focused tool that academics and student can pick up easily. It's very
portable• and this is important for digital audio where many users want to work in private
spaces• Free and easy to create classroom podcasts and mp3s where the students get to
hear edit and publish themselves. Promotes ownership extremely motivating.�• ‘back up ‘ for lecture, for listening in ‘dead time’
Multimedia and Presentation Tools
• Cam Studio – record all screen and audio activity to create avi/flash multimedia learning resources
• VLC Media Player – cross platform media player• AudioBook Cutter – splits mp3 sound files to
make them easier to listen to in smaller chunks
Unfreez to Create Mobile PromptsWork on most mobile devicesNo stigma attached to mobile learning
most people have a mobile device discreetcurrentPortable
• Two pieces of software neededMicrosoft PowerPoint (everyday resource)
to create a series of gifsunFREEz (on accessapps)
to create the animated gifhttp://www.whitsoftdev.com/unfreez/
Matt Harrison of Portland College and
Alistair McNaught of TechDis
Key Ring Digital Photo Frames
• For some learners the phone was difficult to use
• So the system has been transferred to mini digital photo frames
• Small • Easy to use• Cheap
Applications
• Timetables• Travel training
– Landmarks along the way• Health and Safety
– Manual handling sequences, COSHH etc.• Sequences
– Daily routines, specific task
And, don’t forget….• Fun!
If we buy our own pen drives, where canwe get access to download the material?
What can I do with EduApps?
• Automatic launch - I can launch applications to start as soon as I put my pen drive in my machine.
• Multiple launch - I can launch multiple applications at the same time.
What if I don’t want to use a pen drive?• I could run it from a word document.• I could run it from a PowerPoint.
What if I don’t want to use a pen drive
• I could run it from a word document.• I could run it from a PowerPoint
My Web PreferencesStylesheets to change how you view Internet Explorer
What Next?
Where can I find out more about the AccessApps?
http://www.scottish-rscs.org.uk/access
Other resources from JISC to help you create inclusive
environments for staff and students
e-Books = books with wings• E-Books for FE JISC funded (JISC Collections). Access to e-
books selected by the FE community in the UK. Free of charge to all FE colleges in the UK with access to a core collection of e-books. http://fe.jiscebooksproject.org
Where can we find out more about e-books?• Many e-books are in the public domain on sites like
Project Gutenberg. The JISC TechDis website section “Getting information in Alternative Formats - A guide for students and tutors” has a section focused on ways learners can obtain e-books and adapt them to their own needs. See www.techdis.ac.uk/getebooks.
www.publisherlookup.org.uk/
QuickTime™ and a decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
TechDis are at an early stage of planning an extension of PublisherLookup as well as starting a new bit of work with librarians to explore accessibility of online library catalogues and working with ProcureWeb to raise the bar on best practice
Obtaining textbooks in alternative formats
Teaching inclusively using technologyNew learning resources now available online.
Each module shows how resourcesand methods can be adapted with technology to deliver teaching more inclusively to the widest possible audience.
The modules in the JISC TechDis ‘Teaching Inclusively Using Technology’ sseries have five constituent elements:
Preparing Your Learning Delivering Learning (Lecture/Classroom) Delivering Learning (Practical/Fieldwork/Placement) Delivering Learning (Online) Assessing Learning
http://www.techdis.ac.uk/getteachinginclusively
Web2AccessWeb2Access is a JISC-funded project which allows developers and users to see at a glance the usability and accessibility of interactive and collaborative e-learning tools.Web2Access is based on the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG) and explores a range of popular tools such as You Tube or Twitter and more. Each tool is given an average score based on issues such as image attributes, text editors, multimedia and appropriate use of tables and frames.http://www.web2access.org.uk/
http://icant.co.uk/easy-youtube/
Find advice on making accessible materials
Provide more agile mobile and Provide more agile mobile and remote learning opportunitiesremote learning opportunities
• http://www.techdis.ac.uk/getm-learning• Upwardly Mobile• Go Mobile• MoleNet• Mole TV
www.lexdis.ecs.soton.ac.uk/LexDis
QuickTime™ and a decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
http://inclusivity.rsc-yh.ac.uk/
QuickTime™ and a decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
Better use of existing resources: Better use of existing resources: going beyond handoutsgoing beyond handouts
Accessibility Essentials Series
• Making your computer more accessible for you
•Producing MS Word documents that are more accessible
•Producing inclusive MS PowerPoint
•Making PDFs as accessible as possible 1.21
Follow this link to view an example of guidelines from Accessibility
Essentials
www.techdis.ac.uk/resources/sites/accessibilityessentials2
Questions?Questions?