Accessibility, digital literacy, disability, E-learning, equity, online learning, pandemic, research, Student research, students | Leave a Comment on Supporting disabled students during Covid – a student-led research project

Supporting disabled students during Covid – a student-led research project

In the summer, I supported two students from the School of History and Heritage at the University of Lincoln, Joanne Copson and Heather Groves, to complete a research project on the impact of the pandemic on disabled students’ experiences, with a particular focus on online learning. They have written this blog post to summarise theirContinue reading Supporting disabled students during Covid – a student-led research project

academic literacy, Accessibility, active learning, Active Online Reading, critical reading, digital reading, online learning, reading, SEDA, transitions | Leave a Comment on The problem we face with digital reading

The problem we face with digital reading

Matt East (@mdleast) has just published an excellent blog with SEDA reporting a recent workshop on transitions in HE at which he led a problem-solving (and identifying) session on reading in HE. Here is an extract from the conclusion, which summarises some of the key findings from this workshop, which will inform our work onContinue reading The problem we face with digital reading

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Making online teaching more accessible: 5 useful resources

Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve come across a number of useful (and generally short) resources on making online teaching and learning more accessible and equitable. Here are 5 that I’ve found particularly useful. They range from suggestions about small tweaks that can be made at the level of the individual instructor/ class, toContinue reading Making online teaching more accessible: 5 useful resources

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Results of survey of online teaching in History during lockdown

In a Twitter post last week, I mentioned a survey that we conducted in the School of History and Heritage at the University of Lincoln of staff experiences of teaching in the lockdown context (i.e. a short turnaround move to 100% online delivery). We also did a survey of staff (39 responses, which is AContinue reading Results of survey of online teaching in History during lockdown

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Xerte and Accessibility

During the course of the Making Digital History project, we’ve learned a lot about Xerte and its strengths and weaknesses as a tool for supporting staff teaching and student learning. One important issue that has come up repeatedly is accessibility and this post discusses some of the key lessons we’ve learned. Accessibility, or inclusive practice,Continue reading Xerte and Accessibility