Approaches to Developing Accessible Learning Experiences: Conceptualising Best Practice

by Seale; Jane

• ISBN13: 9780415411493
• ISBN10: 0415411491
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-02-15
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Exploration of holistic and institutional approaches will challenge practitioners to reconceptualise their understanding of '¬~best practice' in relation to accessibility and e-learning and offer directions for future practice and development.

Table of Contents

Disability, technology and e-learning: challenging conceptions	p. 1
An exploration of the potential of Automatic Speech Recognition to assist and enable receptive communication in higher education	p. 9
Creative solutions to making the technology work: three case studies of dyslexic writers in higher education	p. 21
Using multimedia to enhance the accessibility of the learning environment for disabled students: reflections from the Skills for Access project	p. 39
A model for the identification of challenges to blended learning	p. 55
Holistic approaches to e-learning accessibility	p. 69
The development of accessibility indicators for distance learning programs	p. 79
Making online learning accessible to disabled students: an institutional case study	p. 103
Accessibility and adaptability of learning objects: responding to metadata, learning patterns and profiles of needs and preferences	p. 117
Index	p. 131
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