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All education is about empowerment
“All education is about empowerment, whomsoever the learner might be”. Tennant (2009:154) Tennant, M (2009) chapter 10 in Contemporary Theories of Learning – Lifelong learning as a technology of self.
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Notes on the main accessibility challenges for disabled learners that I support
CONTEXT I’m planning to use the context of swimming from the perspective of undergraduate age elite swimmers and coaches, therefore looking at components that are taught to athletes and higher level...
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What are the main accessibility challenges for disabled learners in a UK...
In the context of competitive swimming, disabled athletes, their coaches and support staff – particularly those with hidden and declared disabilities – are the learners under consideration here. To...
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Reasonable Adjustments – Deaf Students
Effective preparation for teaching a deaf or hard of hearing student centres around good communication. Provide printed or electronic copies of teaching material in advance, so the student and their...
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How do assistive technologies improve access to e-learning for disabled people?
Fig.1 Assitive technologies to improve access to e-learning There are a myriad of hardware and software tools that alongside other assistive technologies a disabled person may use to improve access to...
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“All education is about empowerment, whomsoever the learner might be”.
“All education is about empowerment, whomsoever the learner might be”. Tennant (2009:154) I find myself looking for a single sentence, phrase or word to sum up what is required to improve access to...
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Assistive Techology – giving it a go
Fig. 1. Close on the Braille Map – Lewes Station, East Sussex Two months into ‘H810: Accessible online learning: supporting disabled students’ I find my antennae are picking up signs and symbols,...
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Simplicity of communication in TV graphics
If this looks like a distraction – it is! I only got up to crack on with H810: Accessible Online Learning. Supporting disabled students – to work on a report and delete images of family and friends...
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On creating an online learning resource for dyslexic swimming teachers
Breaststroke arms – getting it right What is the problem? A number of common problems occur in breaststroke as swimmers move from teaching into competitive swimming – these include raising the head too...
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MOOCs are a relatively new phenomenon. There’s been a lot of hype about them....
A ‘MOOC’ is a ‘Massive Open Online Course’, perhaps better called on ‘Free Online Course’. The ‘Massive’ comes from online video games where there can be huge numbers of participants. An early online...
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