3.13.4 Sight impairment Deafblind, ‘Refreshable Braille displays’ RNIB, ‘About sight loss – changing the way we think about blindness.
1.5.2 Disability statistics United Nations Statistics Division, ‘Human functioning and disability’ USA National Center for Health Statistics, Surveys and data collection systems
1.2 Considering disabled people Disabled people were among the early adopters of personal computers. They were quick to appreciate that word processing programs and printers gave them freedom from dependence on others to read and write for them. Some became very knowledgeable about what could be achieved and used their knowledge to become independent students at a high level. They also gained the confidence to ask that providers of education make adjustments so that disabled students could make better use of course software
1.1 Why include accessibility in innovation? In countries where the use of computers and the web in daily life is widespread, many disabled people now have better and more independent access to information and communication. New technology developments can make this access easier, but they can also raise new barriers. These barriers can often be removed by considering the needs of disabled users when designing and implementing computer interfaces. This is what we are talking about when we use the term ‘accessibility’. As commo
Learning outcomes By the end of this unit you should: be able to discuss the main challenges facing disabled students in eLearning; have an understanding of the types of technology used by disabled students; be able to consider what adjustments you might make in your own role; be able to discuss disability and adjustments with colleagues involved in putting teaching into a virtual learning environment.
Introduction Accessibility for disabled students is a topic which could be included in any area of the curriculum. Most education professionals are aware that they should consider it, but are unsure of what it means, the implications for their role and where to get information. This unit addresses that need. This unit is from our archive and is an adapted extracted from Innovations in elearning (H807) which is no longer taught by The Open University. If you want to study formally with us, you
References 4 Encouraging physical activity The proportion of children who were active for 60 or more minutes in 7 days in the last week was calculated. Overall, a higher proportion of boys than girls achieved the recommended levels – 70% of boys compared with 61% of girls. Among boys, the proportion active for at least 60 minutes on 7 days did not vary markedly with age. In contrast, levels of physical activity among girls declined from about age 11. (Source: 3 The challenge of change …although we may be striving to turn a profession that has the inertia of a supertanker, as individuals each of us is a speed boat that can turn on a dime… (Pate and Hohn (1994), p. 217) The American authors of the quote above suggest that PE needs to change so that it places primary emphasis on the promotion of lifelong exercise. However, they consider that this could be slow and difficult Introduction We know that the brain has a hugely important role to play in the students' learning that goes on in our classrooms. However, surprisingly, scientists still know relatively little about the workings of the brain, and most of what we do know has been discovered only in the last 15 years. Our challenge is to ensure that what we do know about the brain is translated into classroom practice and used to maximise student learning – this is the idea at the heart of Accelerated Learning. This unit 1 Performance management Learning outcomes The aim of this unit is to: raise awareness of the process and principles of performance management/appraisal in schools; identify the negative aspects of appraisal systems and consider how these might be overcome; enhance understanding of the role of the governing body in the performance review process, especially in relation to reviewing the headteacher's performance; encourage discussion of performance with regard to pay awards, an 1.2 Copyright and OER I assume that you are reading this unit because you would like to create a unit similar
to the materials that you can find on the OpenLearn website. You therefore have a teaching
purpose and are particularly interested in the use of online tuition. Hopefully you are
also keen to share your teaching materials with others in OpenLearn Works. But why bother
creating a new Open Educational Resource? Surely there is so much material already
available for free on the web anyway! I would answe Acknowledgements Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see terms and conditions), this content is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Licence Sue Platt has been a school governor for 21 years, at both primary and sec 4 Evaluating success Understanding the reasons for a school's success may require special expertise, but the fact of that success should be clear….. Martin & Holt, 2002. Take another look at the cycle for improvement (below). 2 Finding evidence If the purpose of monitoring is to ensure that policies and plans are being put into action, it follows that governors should be focusing their attention on finding evidence that supports this. Governors are not inspectors, and need to be aware of the danger that they could impinge on the role of the headteacher through inappropriate involvement in day-to-day monitoring, rather than operating at the strategic level. How monitoring is undertaken is a matter for each individual gove 1. The Governor ‘School Governors have a vital role to play in helping to improve educational standards… The governor role is interesting, challenging and worthwhile.’ The Right Hon. Estelle Morris MP, Former Secretary of State for Education and Skills. School governance has evolved over a long period. From the Education Act of 1870, which first introduced a structure of lay governance that was accountab 1.1 Experiencing film music People hear and experience film music differently, and it is important to respect and explore this subjectivity. No answer is wrong, but merely representative of different cultural perceptions. ‘All that I can say about my method in writing music for films is that it is intensely personal. I work completely emotionally. I cannot intellectualize about the role of music in film. I decide if it should be there purel Introduction There are many approaches to using film music in the classroom, including: a focus on pupil experience; a focus on the structure of composition; a focus on the relationship between music and image; This unit will explore some of these approaches through various activities. 1 Object-based learning Harnessing the power of original, real things, that's what learning in museums is all about … Osborne (2004) Pupils are handling a Second World War gas mask. This is part of their work on the Home Front. They can feel the weight of the gas mask and smell the stifling warmth of the mask on their face. This gives them a depth of understanding that nothing else could. For the moment they are
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