The document summarizes resources from the TechDis workshop on inclusive e-learning and good practices for accessibility. It provides examples of funding opportunities for technologies that promote inclusion, such as podcasting and tactile diagrams. It also lists free and open-source assistive technologies and simulations that can help understand disabilities. Overall, the document aims to promote holistic and accessible approaches to e-learning.
Types of Educational Multimedia Resources
Grade 7
Hello kaTeachers! Looking for a more creative, MELC-Based, and student-centered lesson plans, PowerPoint Presentations, and other educational staffs please visit my slideshare account. You may click the link below.
https://www.slideshare.net/JuhaniaMangansakan
- Introduction to multimedia and different types and categories of multimedia
-use of multimedia in education with special consideration to medicine
-Future of multimedia
Stetson & Associates, Inc. Step-by-Step for Inclusive Schools: Training Sampl...TriciaWillms
The Step-by-Step team training emphasizes the importance of individual student-centered decisions for assigning supports and services. Each participating school will create an action plan and identify criteria for determining successful implementation of effective practices. This action plan addresses six of the critical themes covered in the Step by Step training:
1. Instructional Setting
2. Collaboration
3. Instruction
4. In-Class Support
5. Peer and Family Relationships
6. Effective Use of Personnel
Participating teams will learn:
- A clear definition of inclusive education
- Instructional strategies to meet the needs of diverse learners in the general education classroom
- Three distinct staffing models to assure that students and teachers receive the support they need
- A process for scheduling that makes the best use of resources, and many more practical strategies
- Five strategies to improve the quality and impact of paraeducator services
- An effective peer assistance and peer tutoring program
Improving Relationships & Results: Building Family School Partnerships
National Center for Special Education Accountability Monitoring (NCSEAM) in collaboration with the Future of School Psychology Task Force on Family School Partnerships
Types of Educational Multimedia Resources
Grade 7
Hello kaTeachers! Looking for a more creative, MELC-Based, and student-centered lesson plans, PowerPoint Presentations, and other educational staffs please visit my slideshare account. You may click the link below.
https://www.slideshare.net/JuhaniaMangansakan
- Introduction to multimedia and different types and categories of multimedia
-use of multimedia in education with special consideration to medicine
-Future of multimedia
Stetson & Associates, Inc. Step-by-Step for Inclusive Schools: Training Sampl...TriciaWillms
The Step-by-Step team training emphasizes the importance of individual student-centered decisions for assigning supports and services. Each participating school will create an action plan and identify criteria for determining successful implementation of effective practices. This action plan addresses six of the critical themes covered in the Step by Step training:
1. Instructional Setting
2. Collaboration
3. Instruction
4. In-Class Support
5. Peer and Family Relationships
6. Effective Use of Personnel
Participating teams will learn:
- A clear definition of inclusive education
- Instructional strategies to meet the needs of diverse learners in the general education classroom
- Three distinct staffing models to assure that students and teachers receive the support they need
- A process for scheduling that makes the best use of resources, and many more practical strategies
- Five strategies to improve the quality and impact of paraeducator services
- An effective peer assistance and peer tutoring program
Improving Relationships & Results: Building Family School Partnerships
National Center for Special Education Accountability Monitoring (NCSEAM) in collaboration with the Future of School Psychology Task Force on Family School Partnerships
CHALLENGES TO TEACHER EDUCATION IN 21ST CENTURY : IN THE LIGHT OF INCLUSIVE ...Rajnish Kumar Arya
This presentation is prepared to focused the Challenges for Teacher Education in India especially Chattisgarh, in the 21st to realize the dream of Universalizetion of Elementary Education
Resources To Support Library And Information Specialists Aug 09magsmckay
Resources to support inclusive practice. An overview of freeware assistive and enabling technologies to assist staff and students in schools, colleges and universities.
Resources to support inclusive practice. An overview of freeware assistive and enabling technologies to assist staff and students in schools, colleges and universities.
Presentation of the range of Access Apps partially funded by JISC which serve to assist users who may, for example, have difficulty reading on screen text.
Given at the Equality and Diversity day on the 17th November 2009.
Tips About Accessibility for Online Learning Instructors3Play Media
Learn what is reasonable for instructors and online course designers to know in order to begin designing courses that are welcoming to, accessible to, and inclusive of all students and instructors, including those with disabilities.
This presentation was delivered as part of the JISC RSC Scotland RSCtv session. The session focussed on the Techdis Toolbox which provides a range of guides and resources for staff and students. It focuses on everyday technologies and provides hints tips advice and guidance on how to exploit the everyday tools that we use to be more inclusion and to enhance our productivity. This resource will be of interest to a wide range of practitioners including lecturers, managers, marketing, library staff, support for learning tutors, equalities staff.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
PHP Frameworks: I want to break free (IPC Berlin 2024)Ralf Eggert
In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
Observability Concepts EVERY Developer Should Know -- DeveloperWeek Europe.pdfPaige Cruz
Monitoring and observability aren’t traditionally found in software curriculums and many of us cobble this knowledge together from whatever vendor or ecosystem we were first introduced to and whatever is a part of your current company’s observability stack.
While the dev and ops silo continues to crumble….many organizations still relegate monitoring & observability as the purview of ops, infra and SRE teams. This is a mistake - achieving a highly observable system requires collaboration up and down the stack.
I, a former op, would like to extend an invitation to all application developers to join the observability party will share these foundational concepts to build on:
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
Le nuove frontiere dell'AI nell'RPA con UiPath Autopilot™UiPathCommunity
In questo evento online gratuito, organizzato dalla Community Italiana di UiPath, potrai esplorare le nuove funzionalità di Autopilot, il tool che integra l'Intelligenza Artificiale nei processi di sviluppo e utilizzo delle Automazioni.
📕 Vedremo insieme alcuni esempi dell'utilizzo di Autopilot in diversi tool della Suite UiPath:
Autopilot per Studio Web
Autopilot per Studio
Autopilot per Apps
Clipboard AI
GenAI applicata alla Document Understanding
👨🏫👨💻 Speakers:
Stefano Negro, UiPath MVPx3, RPA Tech Lead @ BSP Consultant
Flavio Martinelli, UiPath MVP 2023, Technical Account Manager @UiPath
Andrei Tasca, RPA Solutions Team Lead @NTT Data
Welocme to ViralQR, your best QR code generator.ViralQR
Welcome to ViralQR, your best QR code generator available on the market!
At ViralQR, we design static and dynamic QR codes. Our mission is to make business operations easier and customer engagement more powerful through the use of QR technology. Be it a small-scale business or a huge enterprise, our easy-to-use platform provides multiple choices that can be tailored according to your company's branding and marketing strategies.
Our Vision
We are here to make the process of creating QR codes easy and smooth, thus enhancing customer interaction and making business more fluid. We very strongly believe in the ability of QR codes to change the world for businesses in their interaction with customers and are set on making that technology accessible and usable far and wide.
Our Achievements
Ever since its inception, we have successfully served many clients by offering QR codes in their marketing, service delivery, and collection of feedback across various industries. Our platform has been recognized for its ease of use and amazing features, which helped a business to make QR codes.
Our Services
At ViralQR, here is a comprehensive suite of services that caters to your very needs:
Static QR Codes: Create free static QR codes. These QR codes are able to store significant information such as URLs, vCards, plain text, emails and SMS, Wi-Fi credentials, and Bitcoin addresses.
Dynamic QR codes: These also have all the advanced features but are subscription-based. They can directly link to PDF files, images, micro-landing pages, social accounts, review forms, business pages, and applications. In addition, they can be branded with CTAs, frames, patterns, colors, and logos to enhance your branding.
Pricing and Packages
Additionally, there is a 14-day free offer to ViralQR, which is an exceptional opportunity for new users to take a feel of this platform. One can easily subscribe from there and experience the full dynamic of using QR codes. The subscription plans are not only meant for business; they are priced very flexibly so that literally every business could afford to benefit from our service.
Why choose us?
ViralQR will provide services for marketing, advertising, catering, retail, and the like. The QR codes can be posted on fliers, packaging, merchandise, and banners, as well as to substitute for cash and cards in a restaurant or coffee shop. With QR codes integrated into your business, improve customer engagement and streamline operations.
Comprehensive Analytics
Subscribers of ViralQR receive detailed analytics and tracking tools in light of having a view of the core values of QR code performance. Our analytics dashboard shows aggregate views and unique views, as well as detailed information about each impression, including time, device, browser, and estimated location by city and country.
So, thank you for choosing ViralQR; we have an offer of nothing but the best in terms of QR code services to meet business diversity!
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
A tale of scale & speed: How the US Navy is enabling software delivery from l...sonjaschweigert1
Rapid and secure feature delivery is a goal across every application team and every branch of the DoD. The Navy’s DevSecOps platform, Party Barge, has achieved:
- Reduction in onboarding time from 5 weeks to 1 day
- Improved developer experience and productivity through actionable findings and reduction of false positives
- Maintenance of superior security standards and inherent policy enforcement with Authorization to Operate (ATO)
Development teams can ship efficiently and ensure applications are cyber ready for Navy Authorizing Officials (AOs). In this webinar, Sigma Defense and Anchore will give attendees a look behind the scenes and demo secure pipeline automation and security artifacts that speed up application ATO and time to production.
We will cover:
- How to remove silos in DevSecOps
- How to build efficient development pipeline roles and component templates
- How to deliver security artifacts that matter for ATO’s (SBOMs, vulnerability reports, and policy evidence)
- How to streamline operations with automated policy checks on container images
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...
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Inclusive E-Learning – good practice becoming general practice Dr Simon Ball [email_address] 17 th January 2008
TechDis supports the education sector in achieving greater accessibility and inclusion by stimulating innovation and providing expert advice and guidance on disability and technology. TechDis is a JISC funded advisory service (Joint Information Systems Committee) based in York, that: Advises funding bodies and policy makers. Provides guidance to strategic partners and intermediaries. Provides advice for management, front line and specialist staff. Provides effective resources for practitioners.
Ambiguous instructions can be difficult to follow. Instructions and details should be tested to ensure they work as expected. Students with a disability may not be able to react in the expected manner. Students with a cognitive disability may react in an unexpected way – everyone’s instinct and interpretation will differ.
We believe it is best practice to take a holistic approach to accessibility. Do not be afraid to add value in different ways for different learners – everybody doesn’t have to access the same information in the same way, as long as the learning outcomes are met and the experience is broadly equivalent. Broadening the range of what is offered will increase accessibility overall, despite specific barriers that may arise.
TechDis Online services www.techdis.ac.uk Community site www.techdis.ac.uk/community Staff packs www.techdis.ac.uk/staffpacks Accessibility Essentials 1. Making your computer work better for you 2. Producing Word documents that are more inclusive 3. Producing inclusive PowerPoints and presentations 4. NEW! Making PDFs as accessible as possible www.techdis.ac.uk/accessibilityessentials Free Software www.techdis.ac.uk/getfreesoftware HEAT Scheme www.techdis.ac.uk/index.php?p=2_1_7
HEAT Scheme Allows academic, teaching and support staff to bid for technology to uncover or develop inclusive practice. Range includes podcasting, mind mapping, using hand held games, using a gyro-mouse and keyboard, and a Talking Tactile Tablet.
Hellawell and Priestley (University of Bradford) Dyslexic student used handheld video recorder to create mini documentaries providing an opportunity for reflective learning. These were edited and converted to a format suitable for playing on PCs, and audio podcasts produced, to be shared with future students.
Chin (University of Hull) Tyrrell (Coventry University) Wireless mouse and keyboard passed to students giving direct input into class discussions. The lecturer was free to move around the classroom and focus on individual students where necessary. Students were more likely to participate when attention was not drawn specifically to them.
Badge, Scott & Cann (Leicester Univ.) Transformed PowerPoint into Breeze (Adobe Presenter), Impatica & Flash. Trialled with students identifying as dyslexic, hearing or vision impaired, in addition to non-declaring control. Students with ‘disability’ were more active in using controls – used more features and more often – and located them more quickly.
Gresty (Plymouth Univ.) – 96% of students felt more learning took place when using audio recordings of lectures. Most students reported using ‘dead time’ (on buses etc) to listen to the audio. Hindley (Nottingham Trent Univ.) - created tailored guides to an assignment previously found difficult – students were supported at their own pace at a crucial part of the course. Leng (Bath Spa Univ.) - took weekly lecture topics and related in her podcasts to current news stories to bring subject matter ‘to life’.
Chevins (Keele Univ.) helped a blind and a VI student to understand Transmission Electron Microscopy. Using a cartoon of a cutaway of the microscope he created a tactile diagram using swell paper. He then used the T3 to add audio commentaries to each part of the diagram, so when touched, a contextual audio file was enabled. Cassella (Derby Univ.) found these were used by many students with visual or auditory learning style.
Romer (York Univ.) used mind mapping software to enable students to plan and write essays in a different way. Many found it a useful way of planning, especially those with dyslexia. Brown (Newcastle Univ.) used the software with a mature student who reported benefits to recall by being able to attach images to the map.
There are many easy small steps that we can all make that will make a big difference to the student experience. Here are a few easy things you can do:
The chosen font should be Sans Serif, for example Verdana, Arial and Helvetica. Text should be no smaller than 12 point. Underlining, capitalising or italicising large volumes of text should be avoided as the readability is significantly decreased, consider making the text bold instead.
It’s easier to demo this than write about it on a slide: Unstructured document Structured document
Images Insert Alternative Text where relevant (easy in Word – see Accessibility Essentials 2) Explore whether meaning is more difficult to grasp if whole image cannot be viewed at once.
Presentations and PowerPoint Face forward while speaking. Ensure content is vocalised – don’t use the classic ‘you can all read the slide so I won’t read it out’ If a mike or audio system is available, use it. If using animation or video, let it finish before speaking. Use the Notes field in PowerPoint! Much more in Accessibility Essentials 3!
Accessibility benefits of PDFs Reflow Reflows the text of a document written in columns so that it flows all the way across the page. Easier to read on screen – reduces the need to scroll up and down. BUT depends on the reading order being tagged properly when the document is created - needs to be checked. e-strategysummary
Accessibility benefits of PDFs Automatically scroll Automatically scrolls through document, speed controlled by up and down arrows. Read out loud Whole document or current page only. Voices can be changed (edit>preferences>reading). NB reading order needs to be checked. Accessibility preferences Allows reader to customise the document. Useful but limited to font and background colours.
Accessibility benefits of PDFs Pages view Shows each page as a series of thumbnails – useful when looking for a particular image, allows reader to find it quickly. Bookmarks Similar to Document Map in Word – allows faster navigation through the document, reader able to jump to specific sections etc. Structure of Word documents picked up when converted to PDF format. VLE document
Latest Developments – Guide to Alternative Formats Document on how to obtain alternative formats in the quickest and smoothest way is in final draft stage and should be published shortly – it will be sent straight to organisations like ALIS for distribution among members. It highlights the need for us to know exactly what we asking for and why, because the Publishers rarely understand the detail behind the request. Document draft
Latest Developments – Publishers LookUp We are in the process of developing a subsite to our website called www.publisherlookup.org.uk – each Publisher will list on there exactly what formats they offer for which titles, the price, expected lead times for productions and so on – a one-stop shop for information on alternative formats Site due to go live mid-Feb - will be similar to US version – www.publisherlookup.org – but with much more detailed advice
RoboBraille – www.robobraille.org Simply email a Word document to one of their email addresses e.g. britspeech@robobraille.org You receive (normally about 5 minutes – it only takes two hours when you’re demonstrating it in a presentation!) a high quality synthetic speech MP3 to download. When the URL of your MP3 comes back be aware they always put a full stop at the end which stops it from working!
TechDis Guide to Free and Open Source ‘Assistive’ Technologies Separates tools into 7 ‘genres’ – Communication, Planning, Writing, Recording, Reading, and Visualisation tools as well as Alternative Interfaces Gives description of technology and its potential pedagogic uses, location for download and sometimes a ‘movie’ showing how to use it or the tool in use. http://www.techdis.ac.uk/getfreesoftware
Xerte is a Learning Object Generator that is both accessible to use and produces accessible learning objects (if you use its features correctly!) You can download the latest version of the tool from http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/xerte/ Guidance available at: http://www.techdis.ac.uk/community/course/view.php?id=86 We’re linking this to the Accessibility Passport work.
Technologies you may not have heard of Wink – tool for creating interactive learning resources – captures screenshots, add explanation bubbles etc – resulting ‘movie’ has audio, subtitles etc DSpeech – reads text with word highlighting and automatically generates audio file in MP3 as part of process Audacity – easy real-voice audio to MP3 Camstudio – easy screen capture with audio – open resulting ‘movie’ in Windows MovieMaker to add subtitles Dasher – assistive technology at its simplest and best Xerte – not yet commonly available accessible LO creator See www.techdis.ac.uk/getfreesoftware
Simulations: not the real thing, but they give some idea of what it’s like www.techdis.ac.uk/simdis www.webaim.org/simulations/... … screenreader.php … lowvision.php … cognitive.php
Useful links TechDis www.techdis.ac.uk Academy www.heacademy.ac.uk Subject Network www.ukcle.ac.uk Netskills www.netskills.ac.uk ALT/CMALT www.alt.ac.uk/cmalt AbilityNet www.abilitynet.org.uk SEDA www.seda.ac.uk
Contact details JISC TechDis Service Higher Education Academy Building Innovation Way York Science Park York YO10 5BR [email_address] www.techdis.ac.uk