Community Relations Custodian Chris Pycroft presented at the Disability Education Association of NSW and ACT on how often social media platforms are accessed, accessibility barriers, and what you can do to make your content on social media as accessible as possible.
Recent experiences have demonstrated that University staff and students expect to use online resources with a variety of devices, making full use of accessibility features such as reflow, captions, and text-to-speech.
Such features benefit everyone, but especially the increasing proportion of university students who self-report a disability.
University Information Technology departments know they must commit to accessibility; indeed, they have a legal obligation to do so, but how can they take this ambition and embed accessibility within their policies and processes?
In this presentation, we will share:
approaches to building a digital accessibility policy for university IT departments.
techniques for embedding accessibility within IT development processes by ‘shifting left’.
examples from within the Higher Education and wider IT sectors.
Community Relations Custodian Chris Pycroft presented at the Disability Education Association of NSW and ACT on how often social media platforms are accessed, accessibility barriers, and what you can do to make your content on social media as accessible as possible.
Recent experiences have demonstrated that University staff and students expect to use online resources with a variety of devices, making full use of accessibility features such as reflow, captions, and text-to-speech.
Such features benefit everyone, but especially the increasing proportion of university students who self-report a disability.
University Information Technology departments know they must commit to accessibility; indeed, they have a legal obligation to do so, but how can they take this ambition and embed accessibility within their policies and processes?
In this presentation, we will share:
approaches to building a digital accessibility policy for university IT departments.
techniques for embedding accessibility within IT development processes by ‘shifting left’.
examples from within the Higher Education and wider IT sectors.
How to Get Buy-In for Accessibility at Your Organization3Play Media
In this webinar, we’ll dive into the different ways you can increase support for accessibility so you can successfully run efforts, transform practices, and create a more accessible business.
An Architect of the ADA on Its Application to Modern Technology3Play Media
Because the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was written in 1990 before the proliferation of the Internet, there are a lot of questions about its application to online businesses.
In this webinar, one of the architects of the ADA, Bobby Silverstein, will discuss his perspective on the development of the ADA, as well as on its application to modern technology, the Internet, and accessible workplace technology.
This presentation will cover:
Overview of the ADA and ADA Amendment Act
The most important results of the legislation
Settlement agreements between the Department of Justice (DOJ) & employers and other covered entities
The DOJ open comment period regarding proposed accessibility requirements for online services, programs, and activities
How the ADA can be applied to the Internet
The ADA and accessible workplace technology
About Bobby Silverstein: Robert "Bobby" Silverstein was the staff director and chief counsel to the Senate Subcommittee on Disability Policy and chief aide to Senator Tom Harkin, the sponsor of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Currently, Bobby is a principal in the law firm of Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville, PC and a member of the Partnership on Employment & Accessible Technology (PEAT) team.
Are You at Risk? Identifying Web Accessibility Gaps at Your Organization3Play Media
With recent lawsuits, updates to legal standards, and an increasing number of DOJ & OCR inquiries for inaccessible IT, web accessibility is on a lot of organizations' minds. But how can you tell whether or not your website, web application, or native app is meeting accessibility requirements?
In this webinar, Mike Paciello, founding partner of The Paciello Group, will discuss accessibility gap analysis, a critical step in building – or fixing – accessibility at your organization. Taking a high-level approach, he will cover strategies for evaluating your current level of accessibility, identifying areas of risk, and developing a plan to achieve compliance with web accessibility standards.
This presentation will cover:
An overview of major accessibility laws and standards
Assessing your website or native app's current level of accessibility
Identifying vulnerabilities
Tips for filling in the gaps
Developing a roadmap to accessibility compliance
How to Implement Accessible Lecture Capture3Play Media
For many campuses, online video has become an integral part of teaching and learning. Further, the popularity of blended and online learning has made lecture capture an essential resource for many educational institutions. While this has opened up the classroom to many more students, it has also introduced colleges and universities to legal and ethical pressures to make their video content accessible to students and staff.
In this webinar, Christopher Soran, the Interim eLearning Director at Tacoma Community College, along with Ari Bixhorn from Panopto and Lily Bond from 3Play Media, will discuss how you can implement accessible lecture capture at your university. Looking at Tacoma's workflow, they will walk you through an efficient, cost-effective way to manage closed captioning for lecture capture at a university level.
This presentation will cover:
- How Tacoma Community College uses lecture capture
- The importance of accessibility and how it concerns lecture capture
- Benefits and legal requirements for accessible lecture capture
- Tacoma's approach to accessibility for eLearning
- Demo of Tacoma's captioning workflow
Everyone stands to benefit from digital inclusion, particularly in education. Missing out on digital skills means missing out on opportunities for education, leisure and more critically, participation in decision making.
We'll talk about the essential elements of accessible in-person, hybrid, and virtual events. As well as provide checklists and resources to learn more about accessibility.
When the DOJ/OCR Makes a Visit: Lessons Learned in Resolving Complaints About...3Play Media
Over the last few years, many institutions of higher education have faced legal action for inaccessible IT. If an ADA or Section 504 accessibility complaint is filed at your school, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) share the responsibility for enforcing the law. They also have the authority to conduct a compliance audit in lieu of a complaint.
In this webinar, accessibility leaders at three different universities will discuss what to expect in a DOJ or OCR review, as well as the lessons they've learned at their institutions in resolving complaints about inaccessible IT. Learning from schools that have successfully resolved DOJ/OCR complaints, this webinar will provide valuable insight into how campus communities can work to ensure the accessibility of IT.
This presentation will cover:
Schools that have faced legal action for inaccessible IT
Approaching accessibility and universal design at the university level
A timeline of the OCR complaint against University of Montana
University of Montana's resolution agreement
University of Montana's current approach to accessibility
A timeline of the DOJ inquiry at University of Colorado Boulder
UC Boulder's response and strategy for accessibility
What UC Boulder learned from their experience
Key takeaways from resolving DOJ and OCR complaints
Usability ≠ Accessibility. An intro to web accessibility for agencies.Kate Horowitz
I often see people mistake usability for accessibility. They are not the same; in fact, often they contract each other. I've put together this guide to better understand accessibility, how it differs from usability, and when accessibility may be right for your client.
• How do individuals with disabilities interact with and use the web? Understanding how assistive technologies work.
• Understanding your legal requirements - Section 508, Section 504, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and other state, U.S., and international laws
• Evaluating web site accessibility - automated tools, user testing, using screen readers, and understanding the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0
Web-based Video and Photography for the Green IndustryChris LaBelle
An overview of video and photo usage in web-based contexts, examples of visual assets used in garden web projects. Lastly, some future trending related to visual communication and the green industry.
Using Activity theory to study the factors influencing the sustained adoption of e-portfolio curricula by secondary school Visual arts educators in South Africa.
Learners' relationships in class, and outside it, are important contributors to their self-presentation in e-portfolios as Visual Arts learners or performances in other roles.
I explore a cross-section of five e-portfolio examples from 29 learners. I describe the varied relationships and identities their choices reflect. Understanding these aspects is relevant for helping address a gap in research literature.
It is also important for educators to cater for in their design of e-portfolio syllabi. In particular, educators must do their best to ensure that e-portfolios do not simply amplify the privileges of richly-resourced learners or reflect the paucity of under-resourced ones.
An exploration of secondary school students’ multimodal choices with online portfolios in 2010.
It introduces the research area; my 2010 fieldwork and findings. It then gives some initial conclusions and suggestions for future research.
How to Get Buy-In for Accessibility at Your Organization3Play Media
In this webinar, we’ll dive into the different ways you can increase support for accessibility so you can successfully run efforts, transform practices, and create a more accessible business.
An Architect of the ADA on Its Application to Modern Technology3Play Media
Because the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was written in 1990 before the proliferation of the Internet, there are a lot of questions about its application to online businesses.
In this webinar, one of the architects of the ADA, Bobby Silverstein, will discuss his perspective on the development of the ADA, as well as on its application to modern technology, the Internet, and accessible workplace technology.
This presentation will cover:
Overview of the ADA and ADA Amendment Act
The most important results of the legislation
Settlement agreements between the Department of Justice (DOJ) & employers and other covered entities
The DOJ open comment period regarding proposed accessibility requirements for online services, programs, and activities
How the ADA can be applied to the Internet
The ADA and accessible workplace technology
About Bobby Silverstein: Robert "Bobby" Silverstein was the staff director and chief counsel to the Senate Subcommittee on Disability Policy and chief aide to Senator Tom Harkin, the sponsor of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Currently, Bobby is a principal in the law firm of Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville, PC and a member of the Partnership on Employment & Accessible Technology (PEAT) team.
Are You at Risk? Identifying Web Accessibility Gaps at Your Organization3Play Media
With recent lawsuits, updates to legal standards, and an increasing number of DOJ & OCR inquiries for inaccessible IT, web accessibility is on a lot of organizations' minds. But how can you tell whether or not your website, web application, or native app is meeting accessibility requirements?
In this webinar, Mike Paciello, founding partner of The Paciello Group, will discuss accessibility gap analysis, a critical step in building – or fixing – accessibility at your organization. Taking a high-level approach, he will cover strategies for evaluating your current level of accessibility, identifying areas of risk, and developing a plan to achieve compliance with web accessibility standards.
This presentation will cover:
An overview of major accessibility laws and standards
Assessing your website or native app's current level of accessibility
Identifying vulnerabilities
Tips for filling in the gaps
Developing a roadmap to accessibility compliance
How to Implement Accessible Lecture Capture3Play Media
For many campuses, online video has become an integral part of teaching and learning. Further, the popularity of blended and online learning has made lecture capture an essential resource for many educational institutions. While this has opened up the classroom to many more students, it has also introduced colleges and universities to legal and ethical pressures to make their video content accessible to students and staff.
In this webinar, Christopher Soran, the Interim eLearning Director at Tacoma Community College, along with Ari Bixhorn from Panopto and Lily Bond from 3Play Media, will discuss how you can implement accessible lecture capture at your university. Looking at Tacoma's workflow, they will walk you through an efficient, cost-effective way to manage closed captioning for lecture capture at a university level.
This presentation will cover:
- How Tacoma Community College uses lecture capture
- The importance of accessibility and how it concerns lecture capture
- Benefits and legal requirements for accessible lecture capture
- Tacoma's approach to accessibility for eLearning
- Demo of Tacoma's captioning workflow
Everyone stands to benefit from digital inclusion, particularly in education. Missing out on digital skills means missing out on opportunities for education, leisure and more critically, participation in decision making.
We'll talk about the essential elements of accessible in-person, hybrid, and virtual events. As well as provide checklists and resources to learn more about accessibility.
When the DOJ/OCR Makes a Visit: Lessons Learned in Resolving Complaints About...3Play Media
Over the last few years, many institutions of higher education have faced legal action for inaccessible IT. If an ADA or Section 504 accessibility complaint is filed at your school, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) share the responsibility for enforcing the law. They also have the authority to conduct a compliance audit in lieu of a complaint.
In this webinar, accessibility leaders at three different universities will discuss what to expect in a DOJ or OCR review, as well as the lessons they've learned at their institutions in resolving complaints about inaccessible IT. Learning from schools that have successfully resolved DOJ/OCR complaints, this webinar will provide valuable insight into how campus communities can work to ensure the accessibility of IT.
This presentation will cover:
Schools that have faced legal action for inaccessible IT
Approaching accessibility and universal design at the university level
A timeline of the OCR complaint against University of Montana
University of Montana's resolution agreement
University of Montana's current approach to accessibility
A timeline of the DOJ inquiry at University of Colorado Boulder
UC Boulder's response and strategy for accessibility
What UC Boulder learned from their experience
Key takeaways from resolving DOJ and OCR complaints
Usability ≠ Accessibility. An intro to web accessibility for agencies.Kate Horowitz
I often see people mistake usability for accessibility. They are not the same; in fact, often they contract each other. I've put together this guide to better understand accessibility, how it differs from usability, and when accessibility may be right for your client.
• How do individuals with disabilities interact with and use the web? Understanding how assistive technologies work.
• Understanding your legal requirements - Section 508, Section 504, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and other state, U.S., and international laws
• Evaluating web site accessibility - automated tools, user testing, using screen readers, and understanding the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0
Web-based Video and Photography for the Green IndustryChris LaBelle
An overview of video and photo usage in web-based contexts, examples of visual assets used in garden web projects. Lastly, some future trending related to visual communication and the green industry.
Using Activity theory to study the factors influencing the sustained adoption of e-portfolio curricula by secondary school Visual arts educators in South Africa.
Learners' relationships in class, and outside it, are important contributors to their self-presentation in e-portfolios as Visual Arts learners or performances in other roles.
I explore a cross-section of five e-portfolio examples from 29 learners. I describe the varied relationships and identities their choices reflect. Understanding these aspects is relevant for helping address a gap in research literature.
It is also important for educators to cater for in their design of e-portfolio syllabi. In particular, educators must do their best to ensure that e-portfolios do not simply amplify the privileges of richly-resourced learners or reflect the paucity of under-resourced ones.
An exploration of secondary school students’ multimodal choices with online portfolios in 2010.
It introduces the research area; my 2010 fieldwork and findings. It then gives some initial conclusions and suggestions for future research.
Social Media: Expand Your Reach
Find out how social media is being used to communicate, collaborate and engage colleagues, clients, and communities. Tools include: Facebook, Twitter and blogs. This session will cover: Tips for getting started using social networking, practical examples of how others in the field are using it, and Making your Case: How to talk to supervisors and IT about using social networking for work.
This presentation provides Educators a glimpse of the free technology tools available to incorporate into the educational outreach and program delivery. This presentation was shared with Tri-County Family Living Extension Educators and staff as well as a few from other program areas in December of 2009.
Leading with Technology: Social Media Tools and Mobile Apps for 21st Century...Cheryl Peltier-Davis
There is significant value in using Social Media and Mobile Apps in social, political and economic spheres of activity. Within these areas, social media tools such as Blogs, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook share a common usage in supporting internal communication, collaboration, news aggregation, teaching, learning and knowledge sharing. Are there similar benefits for using social media within the spheres of Leadership and Management in Libraries? How are 21st century Library leaders utilising social media to enhance services in their organisations and connect and communicate with stakeholders? What are the opportunities and challenges associated with using social media in Libraries? This presentation seeks to address these issues.
It highlights some of the core competencies (professional and personal) that is required for library leaders to function effectively in a technologically driven environment and introduces emerging trends and concepts - cloud storage, crowdfunding, makerspaces, MOOCs, news aggregation, photo and video sharing, self-publishing, social networking, video conferencing, visualization - that can be readily adopted and adapted (‘mashed up’) in libraries and other knowledge repositories. The goal is to develop and share a toolkit of resources for 21st century library leaders who are willing to use Social Media and Mobile Apps to engage their communities, reshape and add value to the effective delivery of innovative library services.
Web Accessibility in its simplest definition is all about making sure websites work for the widest possible audience. This seminar would involve a quick introduction to Web Accessibility, Web Accessibility Issues, Guidelines etc.
Web 2.0: How Should IT Services and the Library Respond?lisbk
Slides used by Brian Kelly, UKOLN at a meeting on "Web 2.0: How Should IT Services and the Library Respond?" held at the University of Nottingham, on 16 November 2006.
This presentation will address how the negative phenomenon of academic cybermobbing is a novel form of censorship that the orthodoxy exercises where the stronger tools of 'Undone Science’ and narrative control within Higher Education by external funders seem to have failed.
The background on the Shushmoji app presented to Youngling. Its interns will be working to complete an Android update this year and an Apple version for launch in 2022.
Presentation on the draft manuscript 'A systematic literature review of academic cyberbullying- notable research absences in Higher Education contexts' given to the Design Research Activities Workgroup at CPUT
Introduction to a chapter that explores how an infographic poster design course was improved. In particular, students were helped with preparing better academic arguments through being taught a multimodal framework for academic argument in data visualization.
A presentation to the World Nutrition Summit 2021 (Cape Town, March 4-6) on how low-carb activists and insulin resistance scholars can make responsible contributions through their digital voices.
If you are interested in sponsoring SAICSIT2020, kindly view this presentation. Our virtual conference presents a special opportunity to reach 100 experts and 50 emergent researchers in CS and IT. Do contact me (SAICSIT2020's web and sponsorship chair) or CPUT's Advancement Department for more information.
By contrast to often celebratory accounts of teaching contemporary digital media literacies, my thesis describes how the technological and material inequalities between students at a government and an independent school became mirrored in digital portfolios. Presented at the 8th International Conference on Multimodality http://www.8icom.co.za
A Design Development and Research Conference 2014 presentation for a co-authored paper exploring two students' cases in very different formal and extra-mural contexts and the workarounds both made when preparing digital self-presentations and online portfolios.
This presentation explores the aspects of significance that are reflected in the extent, type and variety of design choices that Visual Arts learners make in designing e-portfolios. These include; attitudes to the disciplines in the school subject, relationships in constructing the e-portfolio and orientation to current and future audiences. A pedagogic reflection suggests that Visual Arts educators include these aspects when teaching e-portfolio curricula. Reflecting on their art, potential collaborators and audiences may help learners make more coherent choices.
This presentation describes how indicators for Connected Learning are present in the extra-mural presences that two University of Cape Town students created.
This presentation provides a definition for software affordances and introduces affordances that can prove useful in modules for Visual Arts education.
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In Odoo, the multi-company feature allows you to manage multiple companies within a single Odoo database instance. Each company can have its own configurations while still sharing common resources such as products, customers, and suppliers.
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June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
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Read| The latest issue of The Challenger is here! We are thrilled to announce that our school paper has qualified for the NATIONAL SCHOOLS PRESS CONFERENCE (NSPC) 2024. Thank you for your unwavering support and trust. Dive into the stories that made us stand out!
2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...Sandy Millin
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/iateflwebinar2024
Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
The French Revolution, which began in 1789, was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France. It marked the decline of absolute monarchies, the rise of secular and democratic republics, and the eventual rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. This revolutionary period is crucial in understanding the transition from feudalism to modernity in Europe.
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Macroeconomics- Movie Location
This will be used as part of your Personal Professional Portfolio once graded.
Objective:
Prepare a presentation or a paper using research, basic comparative analysis, data organization and application of economic information. You will make an informed assessment of an economic climate outside of the United States to accomplish an entertainment industry objective.
Embracing GenAI - A Strategic ImperativePeter Windle
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Generative AI, Image Generators and Large Language Models have had a dramatic impact on teaching, learning and assessment over the past 18 months. The most immediate threat AI posed was to Academic Integrity with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) focusing their efforts on combating the use of GenAI in assessment. Guidelines were developed for staff and students, policies put in place too. Innovative educators have forged paths in the use of Generative AI for teaching, learning and assessments leading to pockets of transformation springing up across HEIs, often with little or no top-down guidance, support or direction.
This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
Biological screening of herbal drugs: Introduction and Need for
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2. Online Portfolios can create significant opportunities for you Berlin-based Michael Kutsche posted his art online in CGPortfolio and landed in Hollywood! http://features.cgsociety.org
14. Faster bandwidth = an end to the “passive” web The international bandwidth available to sub-Saharan Africa will increase 120 times from 80 Gigabits per second (2008) to 10 Terabits by the end of 2011 {due to six new cables and an upgrade to SAT3}. By 2013, any South African with a mobile phone should have access to broadband speed that will allow the download of a full-length movie in a few seconds.
15. Passive consumers can change to active prosumers Web 1.0 Web 2.0 What the change means for education Licensed or purchased > Free = Easily adoptable Expert publishers > Easy-to-publish=All have a voice Isolated > Collaborative=Co-create knowledge Unrated content >Rateable= Rate and share reviews Single source > Mash-ups= Easily contrast information Proprietary code > Open-source= Can be peer-reviewed Copyrighted content > Shared content= Customise publications Directory (taxonomy) >Folksonomy(tagging) = Personal meanings Advertising > Word-of-mouth= Reputation management Push content > Pull content=What interests me Passive consumer > Interactive prosumer= Value can be co-created Based on a table from the book Web 2.0: New Tools, New Schools
23. But… will your school accept OPSN software? Factors that influence adoption in any well-resourced South African High Schools: Does the software have the support of relevant staff? Does the software support significant events at school? Does the software benefit the school? Which individuals adopt it and what are their roles? Are the costs of adopting the software acceptable to the school? What does the software cost to establish? How much does it cost to train new users? Is the equipment to support the software’s use readily available? Are appropriate support materials in place? What does the software cost to maintain and update? What are the costs (personnel, hardware, etc.) in supporting the software’s use in the curriculum?
24. And… will you find it useful? Will the software be accepted by the users? Is the software useful? Does it fit in with the personal work needs of educators? Does the software add value to the learning content? Is the software usable? Is the user interface easy to use? Is the software easy to learn? Does the software handle errors well? Does the software make education easier and better? Does it fit in with the classroom environment? Does it fit in with educational procedures? Do educators and students have the time needed to use the software and does it support a better educational experience?
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Editor's Notes
- What is your school doing to make these trends your friends?
How can your school benefit from the rise of cloud computing? How can your students, teachers and administrators benefit from free storage?
- How will your school compete in the new, media-rich environment?
The growth in unofficial, informal content is growing, led by two major trends. The first is the affordances of web 2.0 leading to prosumers replacing consumers; an active audience emerging online with more influence than the passive consumer of the past.- What is your school doing to teach its students, teachers and administrators to be good prosumers?
Digital literacies are an important part of E-education policy and will assist the DOE in supporting democratic ideals, whilst addressing the relevance and participatory gaps. Using digital media in the classroom also leads to better results with non-conformists and introverts.