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jenn stevens

A Rising Tide: How Closed Captions Can Benefit All Students | EDUCAUSE - 0 views

  • more than half of students are using closed captions in their educational videos at least sometimes. Although one might expect students with disabilities to report using captions at much higher rates, this study shows that students not reporting disabilities use captions almost as frequently, with more than 50 percent using them sometimes or more often;
  • Among those who reported using closed captions, the vast majority find the captions to be at least moderately helpful.
  • When asked why captions are helpful, respondents overall expressed strong agreement that captions help students focus, retain information, and overcome poor audio. Open-ended responses further illustrate that students find captions to be helpful learning aids. Captions help students with comprehension, accuracy, engagement, and the retention of information transmitted in course videos.
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  • almost half of the students who reported having no difficulty hearing use closed captions sometimes or more often, compared to two-thirds of students reporting difficulty with hearing. Further, the majority of frequent caption users find closed captions to be considerably helpful, regardless of their ability status.
  • closed captions are being used by a wide range of students, perhaps wider than one might guess.
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    "more than half of students are using closed captions in their educational videos at least sometimes. Although one might expect students with disabilities to report using captions at much higher rates, this study shows that students not reporting disabilities use captions almost as frequently, with more than 50 percent using them sometimes or more often;" "respondents overall expressed strong agreement that captions help students focus, retain information, and overcome poor audio. Open-ended responses further illustrate that students find captions to be helpful learning aids. Captions help students with comprehension, accuracy, engagement, and the retention of information transmitted in course video"
jenn stevens

The Synchronous Opportunity: Wiley's 2022 Voice of the Online Learner Report - PhilOnEd... - 0 views

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    To be clear, I don't think the lesson is to require all online course sections to have synchronous sessions, but there should increasing options for students to choose.
rachel levin

Library E-Resource Accessibility - Introduction - 0 views

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    Testing tab - a few vendor accessibility reports so that we don't duplicate efforts if we look into those vendors in the future Standardized License Language tab - language to include/look for in contracts/licenses
jenn stevens

2023 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report | Teaching and Learning Edition | EDUCAUSE Library - 0 views

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    Worth reading, though the Implications essays at the end seem like the weakest part to me.
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