Accessibility

Accessibility

Submitted by Karen Keiller on Wed, 03/08/2017 - 16:55

Accessible Education

Three humanoid shapes, each holding a puzzle piece, standing over the words, "Putting it together for everyone!"

 

Accessible education is the process of designing courses and developing a teaching style to meet the needs of people from a variety of backgrounds, abilities and learning styles.

10 Reasons to Caption Videos

Submitted by Dr. Rhonda Dubec on Fri, 09/22/2017 - 11:30
"Captioning Matters!" in a speech bubble

 

A. "Why Caption" (web page) explains 10 benefits of captioning any videos included with course content:

1. "Provide accessibility for Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing viewers."

  • "Providing access to deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers provides access to these students, broadens your potential audience, but also protects you from potential legal action."

2. "Comply with federal [and provincial] regulations."
 
3. "Enhance second language learning."

Enhancing Access for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students

Submitted by Dr. Rhonda Dubec on Fri, 09/22/2017 - 10:23
Person facing away from the camera and, written on the back of the shirt, "Please face me when speaking. I am hard of hearing."

 

A. In "Best Practices for Teaching" (web page, links and videos), DeafTEC outlines the "best teaching strategies based on Universal Design ... for instructors teaching ... a mix of hearing, deaf and hard-of-hearing students."

"The goal of these strategies is to improve teaching practice that will provide greater access to learning for deaf and hard-of-hearing students but will benefit all students in the classroom as well" (Many of these practices also benefit deaf and hard-of-hearing participants in meetings, conferences, conversations, poster sessions, etc.)