EdTech: Creating inclusive content: Practice
This module follows on from the module Creating inclusive content: Principles. It shows how the principles from Creating inclusive content: Principles can be applied to create resources that are good for all users.
Aim
This module shows you how to design and create resources that work for all learners.
Objective
After completing this module you will be able to:
- Create resources that work for all users
- Refresh your existing content in line with the principles of good practice
Digital Teaching Professional Framework
This module covers the EdTech component - F1 : Accessibility
- Provide equitable access to appropriate digital technologies and resources, e.g. ensuring that all learners have access to the digital technologies used.
- Select and use digital strategies which respond to the learner's digital context, e.g. contextual constraints to their technology use (e.g. availability, institutional restrictions - offender learning, work based learning), competences, expectations, attitudes, misconceptions and misuses.
- Use digital technologies and strategies, e.g. assistive technologies, designed for learners' in need of special support (e.g. learners with physical or mental constraints; learners with learning disorders).
- Consider and respond to potential accessibility issues when selecting, modifying or creating digital resources and to provide alternative or compensatory tools or approaches for learners with special needs.
- Use design principles for increasing accessibility for the resources and digital environments used in teaching.
- Continuously monitor and reflect on the suitability of the measures implemented to improve accessibility and adapt strategies accordingly.
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Handy tips
I found this interesting.
Ideas on presentations
10 minutes well spent for an introduction and some thoughts
Creating inclusive content :Reduce the words. Make the font an sans serif. Consider having images and narrative.
Consider breaking information into small blocks. Use assistive technology that's fit for the support needed.
Creating good resources that are accesible by all learners is a must in order to ensure inclusive learning. The content was very clear and the example was presented with clear guidance for improvement.
I don't like it. There is WAY too much content on each page. Very Confusing to use.
Found this helpful. Will try this with my class.
Good example of how not to do slides for students with additional needs. Will help me to create more inclusive resources.
Learn to utilize resources in better ways.
The explanation of the narrative needs to be a bit clearer - on one hand you're suggesting that content needs to be reduced and on the other add more by creating a narrative. If was meant as audio or video this should be made clear too.
Enjoyable
A good refresher module on creating inclusive content - liked it.
A quick module that helps you think about what you have already produced for online learning but also think about the little things that might be missing to make it more accessible to others.
Thank you
Module reminded me to include learners in their learning ie collaboration and feedback. These also increases independence in their learning journey
Excellent to base the learning here on criteria
Would have benefitted from more case studies
Good.
This 'practice' module is listed before 'principles' on the page listing accessibliiy modules, yet says it follows on from it.
In the video it sounds like the narrator is saying ‘assessable’ (i.e. capable of being assessed) when I think it should be ‘accessible’ - at least that is what it says in the transcript. Confusing.
completed
good
My digital resources are not all suitable for blind learners which is something I may have to consider in the future.
Some useful information but really need the links to help to understand how to fully utilise the apps or software available to teachers and learners.
some good links to other resources
Good ideas to reflect on .
Useful, but again, more ideas and suggestions would be helpful.
A1
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Bullet pints and pictures important
This module is succinct in explaining the content inclusiveness in practice.
Reduce the words and add them as notes to the slide.
Make the font smaller so it takes up less space and is less cluttered.
Information could be built-up over several slides instead.
Adding a narrative to make it easier to understand or revise after the class and provide a commentary on the content
Outline ideas as to how accessibility can be increased with a few examples. Format of the presentations need changing. Practice what you preach!
Interesting
Fine - Lots of useful information.
Fairly useful but fairly general information. Main text in light grey, I find not very clear to read
Highlighted simple changes which can be made to ensure accessibility.
Good
clear information with good examples.
The contact was very subjective - changes to be made would be very dependant upon the group level and those accessing it - there is no defined set of answers.
clear reminders of good practice
I liked this module.
Good
But do remember those with a learning needs who will have more complex additional need when accessing learning
I had a view on it but it wasn't quite what you were looking for.
Thia helped me to think about better approaches to accessibility
Repeat of previous one and put my answers in 10 times and still said incorrect. So clicked on all of them and they said wrong but feedback was my correct answers.
it is a good source of information to be able to refer back to
Bit misleading when I put answers in.
This module was useful in exploring the huge impact which how information is presented can have on how we scaffold learning for all learners, not just those with identified additional learning needs.
May be useful to add interventions for specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia - and language presentation for students with ASC.
Very useful information
Worthwhile to remind you of some of the basics about online content- particularly at the moment!
Thought-provoking module on design for accessibility, like the ideas on scaffolding learning with cues, clues and context.
Another module I enjoyed as I understood exactly what it was getting at. The problem I encounter when I am using this type of media is that I have not been trained on it and it is really a find out for yourself and therefore I do not utilise the app to its full potential.
Obviously time is at a premium when developing teaching materials and teaching tools and I find time is not allocated for these, what I would consider, essential, simple tasks.
Clear information
The example was helpful and recap table for principles of inclusive content. I need to check I have the digital skills to be inclusive.
Good resource
Good tool well presented
This module applied to the classes that I teach as all students have learning difficulties and one also has cerebral palsy and consequently has little use of her hands and is also wheelchair bound. I have been teaching SN students for 26 years so already use many of the strategies suggested within this module, although, some of my technology skills need addressing as I am not too familiar with adding sound files or video to online resources. Last year, I tried using V.L.E. with one of my groups and this works fine under supervision but after discussion with the students it was doubtful that they access this tool at home. The college has a vast amount of online resources which the students are aware of but some do not have the devices to access this from home and some do not have the motivation.