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» Augmented reality uses digital technology to overlay information onto a presentation of the real world

» Uses include:

› During clinical skills labs to mimic real life scenarios

› Highlighting key points of interest by unlocking data during tourist walks

› Recent innovation – an AR app allowing surgeons to see inside the human body -http://www.mevis.fraunhofer.de/en/news/press-release/article/tablet-pc-unterstuetzt-leberchirurgen-neue-app-von-fraunhofer-mevis-erstmals-in-deutschem-op-getest.html

» Jisc Project – AR in the City - https://teamscarlet.wordpress.com/2014/11/10/ar-in-the-city-its-finished/

› collaboration with the HEA, BSA, BSC and Jisc

› aimed at sociology students

› encourages the user to explore three fictitious parts of London; guided by a classroom activity to uncover correlations and stimulate discussion using socio-economic data (Census and Police

› It also provides interesting facts about the different data sets – Housing, Crime and Family

» Further information via Jisc Digital Media infokit - http://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/infokit/3d/augmented-reality

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Perth College UHI hairdressing app –

» http://jisc.ac.uk/guides/mobile-learning/assessment-feedback-and-submission

» https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D98jkURJPDE&index=18&list=PLG_kGQ9Q-umfyiiJYhI4j88_mcZwxedS7

» Developed a hairdressing app to replace a paper based task

» App automated a complex hair colouring task and provided feedback if mistakes were made

» Many benefits for staff including automated correction and introducing interactivity

» Many benefits for learners including student-led learning, fun with technology, less theory, and instant feedback

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Making university services accessible – University of Newcastle

Mobile learning guide - http://www.jisc.ac.uk/guides/mobile-learning/communication

» The university developed an app to make university services accessible to over 16,000 students, supporting them anytime, anywhere. It supports students in many ways:

» Provides each student with a personalised view, with access to the information and tools they need

» Option to subscribe to university news channels and more personal subscriptions including school specific news feeds about placements and career opportunities

» Offers enhanced library account facilities enabling students to search their course subject guide and library catalogue, as well as managing reservations, renewals and loans

» Access to timetable information

» Highlights accessible entrances to buildings

» Provides real time availability of PCs on campus and shows the nearest PC to current location

video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCqosIJTwWg&list=PLG_kGQ9Q-umfyiiJYhI4j88_mcZwxedS7&feature=player_embedded

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Technology is now integrated in our working lives and we need to ensure we develop our digital skills as part of our professional development.

“What it means to be digitally literate changes over time and across contexts, so digital literacies are essentially a set of academic and professional situated practices supported by diverse and changing technologies.”

Jisc detailed guide: Developing digital literacies - http://jisc.ac.uk/guides/developing-digital-literacies

» Digital literacies include a range of capabilities represented on the slide by the seven elements model

» The guide contains a section on supporting staff and suggests using frameworks or models as tools for engagement & embedding digital literacies in CPD and staff development programmes

› Embed digital literacies in CPD and staff development programmes - http://www.jisc.ac.uk/guides/developing-digital-literacies/supporting-staff

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» The guide includes top tips for staff:

staff and educational developers…

› Support staff/educational development as inquiry, scholarship, communities of practice, as well as (rather than) training sessions in new technologies.

› Embed digital literacy considerations into CPD and PostGraduate Certificate programmes for lecturing staff.

› Collect case studies, exemplars, vox pops – make them short, relevant and accessible.

http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/checklists/20-tips-for-support-services/

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Building capability for new digital leadership, pedagogy and efficiency

This project is developing a number of solutions including:

» A digital capability framework – describes skills needed by a range of staff to enable them to thrive in a digital environment

» A suite of diagnostic and reflective tools – help staff in a range of roles identify current skills levels and plan how to improve them

» Get involved – looking for individuals to be involved in a digital capability user group to help shape the solutions

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» An Open Badge is a digital reward

» Gives recognition of skills including soft skills which can be difficult to document – good for evidencing skills to future employers

» Motivate people to participate & contribute (in a course, initiative, forum)

» Open infrastructure - based on the Mozilla Open Badges Infrastructure (OBI) - for issuing, managing and sharing credentials

Use of Open Badges by Borders College

» E-Learning team at Borders College piloted introducing Open Badges to students & staff during AY2012-13

» Staff at Borders College were given the opportunity to earn open badges by participating in CPD

» The HR department in Borders College have now replaced all paper based certification with Open Badges

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» Augmented Reality – Jisc Digital Media: Digital 3D Content infoKit - http://bit.ly/1b38gtk

» Jisc Detailed Guide: Mobile Learning - http://www.jisc.ac.uk/guides/mobile-learning

» Jisc Detailed Guide: Developing Digital Literacies - http://www.jisc.ac.uk/guides/developing-digital-literacies

» Jisc Project: Building digital capability - http://www.jisc.ac.uk/rd/projects/building-digital-capability

» Jisc Blog: So what are Open Badges? - http://bit.ly/1FWQ2Xr

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» Blind / VI – favoured media

» More audio less text

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» Dyslexic – more interactivity, images, audio and video. Less text

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» Deaf – more video, interactivity and images, no audio

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» Putting the 4 different graphs together we find it is printed text that is the least favoured resource for many people with disabilities.

» Providing information in a number of multi-sensory formats increases the opportunity for inclusivity and reduces the risk of exclusion.

» Culinary analogy: combining ingredients. Create more recipes, a wider and richer range of resources that are accessible to many more people and have the capacity to be more adaptable to the needs of different individuals.

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» Adapted mice/keyboards,Screen reading software,Text to speech, Switch devices, Voice recognition, Magnification software, Braille display.

» Inclusion should rightly be about supporting learners with disabilities however inclusive practice can have a positive impact for everyone and the advantage of this is that if it provides accessibility for people with disabilities it has the capacity to be more accessible for everyone. Tools for everyone (ESOL, struggling readers, learners juggling studying with family, caring or working commitments), tools for resilience!

» Lets look at how we can exploit the ubiquitous technologies that are around us to create more inclusive environments.

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» Built in accessibility: Windows Ease of Access

» Magnifier,

» On-screen keyboard,

» High contrast,

» Speech recognition,

» High contrast,

» Narrator (speech),

» Accessibility wizards.

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» Assistive technology tools are built into a range of everyday software. For example Microsoft Word allows magnification. If you use Webpage View the text will reflow to fit the page number how much magnification you use. Office 2010 upwards has built-in text-to-speech which you can add to the quick access toolbar options. Autocorrect facilities serve as a type of word prediction. If a document has been structured using the inbuilt heading styles the "Navigation pane" or "Document Map" view gives what is effectively a linear mind map showing how the different ideas within the document stacked together. Word also allows easy and instant colour changing as well as allowing learners to shift from one format (for example word) to a different format like PDF or webpages that might be more suitable for reading on a mobile device. Finally, older versions of Microsoft Word allow you to do an auto summary. Versions from 2007 upwards do not include this feature but the navigation pane/document map view is an effective way of understanding the key ideas in the text.

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» Heading Styles,

» Hyperlinks,

» Alt text,

» Windows accessibility checker,

_________

» Changing colour of background/font

» Instead of print layout using web layout which allows magnification without text falling off the screen,

» Right click synonyms.

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» screenshot of the Adobe PDF Save As option.

» Options to include creating bookmarks using headings to ensure that ann accessible version of a PDF is produced

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» Adobe reader – magnify, reflow and recolour

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» adobe reader navigate using headings, listen via read out loud feature and choose specific accessibility options.

» Many eBooks are presented in PDF format which offers opportunities to adapt the way that people access eBooks.

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A learner's own mobile device may often prove to be one of the most powerful assistive technologies to which they have access.

The Apple OS (iOS) comes with may assistive features that allow people to personalize the way the use their mobile device.

Features include:

– Quicktype, dictation

– Siri,

– Zoom (using gestures),

– Invert colours,

– Larger text, bold text,

– Pinch to zoom

– Colour change,

– VoiceOver,

– Accessibility shortcut,

– Guided access,

– Assistive touch,

– Switch control.

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» Xerte online toolkits - http://tiny.cc/XerteOnlineToolkit

Colour, navigation, tts (5), chunk info (6), embed you tube (11), embed googledocs (20)

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Free and easy to use technologies such as Balabolka will produce

mp3/audio versions of text based information

e.g. ’this information is also available as an audio file’

http://www.jisctechdis.ac.uk/tbx/balabolka

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» http://tiny.cc/usingaudacity

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» You can download add-ins for the Chrome web browser too add extra functionality. There are add-ins available for a huge range of tasks, but some are particularly useful for improving the accessibility of the web pages you view.

» Extensions and add-ons

› Text to speech,

› Magnification,

› De-clutter,

› Changing colour,

› Word prediction

› Access evaluation for web developers.

» Chrome Readerhttp://tinyurl.com/8wopfne

» Chrome Speech reads what is on the webpage and it can also be sent to iTunes.

» Chrome Vox is a screen reader and describes the page and allows users to access the content with the keyboard.

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» Little things can make a big difference

» Margaret McKay

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» Scottish Voices from CALL Scotland - http://www.thescottishvoice.org.uk/Home/

» PDFs: the art of accessibility - http://tinyurl.com/AccessiblePDF

» Accessibility features of Adobe Reader - http://tiny.cc/AdobeReaderAccess

» Free enabling technologies – http://eduapps.org/

» Making the most of your browser - http://tiny.cc/AccessibleBrowsing

» Mobile devices for productivity, living and learning - http://www.scoop.it/t/tablet-devices-living-learning-productivity

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