supporting inclusion introduction webinar march 27 th 2012

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Monitoring Inclusive Practice

JISC RSC West Midlands Alison Wootton

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Agenda:5 minutes introduction

30 minutes survey completion

20 minutes feedback and discussion 5 Minutes the way forward

Objectives:Understand the rationale and the model of inclusionidentify where you are in providing inclusion by the use of technologiesbenchmark against other anonymised resultsidentify priority areas for action

Did You Know?

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There are estimated 2.5 million people in the UK with speech

and language communication

needs.

There are over half million learners in FE who have declared a

disability.

Between 6 and 8% of learners use

assistive technology

Almost 2 million people in the UK

are living with sight loss

More than one child per class 400,000

children is severely dyslexic.

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How does this affect us?

Institutional Policy:

Removes the barriers to learning Supports curriculum design for and assessment of an increasingly diverse population of studentsAccommodates new teaching and learning models Encourages best practice for learning that is innovative and interestingSupports differentiation Invests staff skills and infrastructure

Thought: “There is a world of difference between, on the one hand offering courses of education and training and then giving some students who have learning difficulties some additional human or physical aids to gain access to those very courses, and, on the other hand, redesigning the very process of learning, assessments and organisation so as to fit the objectives and learning styles of the students”

Tomlinson, Inclusive Learning 1996

Changes to courses and delivery may include:

Core teaching and learning resources are produced for all audiences and available in digital formats Consistent use of VLE Assistive technology is widely available Free software is accepted Move towards active learning/ proactive leaner centredTime to research and experiment with new teaching strategies and evaluate the benefits

Adjustment are expected and relevantBy being proactive and anticipating the generality of student needs by making sure that routine practice is as ready as possible for a diverse student population, including disabled students.Learning from the students we already have (receiving feedback) Thinking ahead to all teaching and learning contexts relevant to the course requirements (Work Placements, field trips etc.)

http://www.strath.ac.uk/disabilityservice/disabilitypolicieslegislation/anticipatingreasonableadjustments/

Where would you consider your organisation to be on the level of risk ?

Luck

With luck we wont have any disabled learners!

Tokenism

Click here for a text only version

Specialism

Do You have a disability? Here are the support services we can offer if you declare it.

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Standards Everything we produce has been produced to WCAG guidelines

Ownership Staff are trained flexible creative and adaptable especially with simple e-learning approaches

Partnership A range of learner's including disabled learners work with developers and teaching staff to discuss and develop good practice.

The Online Accessibility Self Evaluation Service (OASES) allows you to benchmark your organisation's accessibility practices to widely accepted 'reasonable adjustment' recommendations as well as the practice within other institutions.To access the surveys and videos

4.Watch the introduction video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ugcaup2ZO4E&feature=player_embedded

2. Select the survey which fits your role ( Watch the video read instructions) http://www.jisctechdis.ac.uk/oases

3 Complete the survey print off the survey.

4 Make your way back to the plenary.

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Any surprises ? What were the issues? How will you address any

issues? Would you consider running

the OASES internally

Discussion and analysis

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The Way Forward:

Contact RSC Email

Julia Taylor RSC South West juliataylor@rsc-south-west.ac.uk

Martin Cook RSC East Midlands

Martin.Cooke@rsc-em.ac.uk

Kevin Hickey RSC Northwest kh@rsc-northwest.ac.uk

Alison Wootton

RSC West Midlands a.wootton@rsc-wm.ac.uk