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Signposting Accessible Online Learning: Strategies and Barriers Based on Student Experiences

Discover strategies and barriers to online learning as experienced by disabled students. Get practical advice and tools to improve access for all learners.

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Signposting Accessible Online Learning: Strategies and Barriers Based on Student Experiences

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  1. A Toolkit for Signposting ‘Access for All’ based on Student Experiences of on-line Teaching and Learning Practices. L xdis University of Southampton School of Electronics and Computer Science

  2. Lexdis • LExDis project has explored the e-learning experiences of thirty (2) disabled students. • Resulting strategies and barriers to learning have provided the basis of advice offered to students and staff. • ElexDis - Flexible and personalised approach to these resources, alongside desk side coaching and advice via e-mail and a website.

  3. Lexdis Database

  4. Results to date • Most students were between 21-24 years old • All used their desktop or laptop computers daily and were also on-line every day. • All had customised their computer in some way. The majority changed tool or menu bars and print size. • High level of confidence in their skills when using computers and on-line learning materials.

  5. Student Comment (shortened) Last year I struggled with hearing the content in lectures as they are in very large rooms with bad acoustics... Learning materials that could help me, do not just extend to lecture slides. Valuable materials include podcasts, forums, blogs etc. Most students under the age of 25 are computer literate why don’t lecturers take full advantage of this ability.

  6. Time taken for making adaptations to learning materials

  7. Lexdis Website

  8. Toolkit concept

  9. What are the strategies?

  10. Let’s have a look

  11. “I found it very useful that the research helped me to find out more about how I need to access things, and how to use the technology at the same time. “ Dr Mike Wald , Dr Jane Seale & Mrs E.A. DraffanUniversity of SouthamptonMobile 07976 289103E-mail: ead@ecs.soton.ac.ukLexDis Project websitewww.lexdis.ecs.soton.ac.uk With grateful thanks for the support received from the students taking part in the LexDis project

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