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Kevin Campbell-Wright

IFTTT / Put the internet to work for you. - 2 views

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IFTTT tools feeds cross platform

shared by Kevin Campbell-Wright on 21 Jul 12 - No Cached
  • Kevin Campbell-Wright on 21 Jul 12
     
    Great tool for automating cross-platform
  • Ali-Marie Ladwa on 23 Jul 12
     
    I have set it up to text me what the weather will be like tomorrow so I can plan my commute and working day. I suppose it only saves me tapping the weather app on my phone the night before work, but this also prompts me in case I forget. And it's nice at the moment because it's saying it will be sunny. :)
Kathy Boyer

BBC News - BYOD: Bring your own device could spell end for work PC - 0 views

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bbc news device mobile sustainability mobile learning

shared by Kathy Boyer on 14 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • Kathy Boyer on 14 Feb 12
     
    Great Article about bringing your own devices to work, could be applied to learning providers
Deborah Judah

Is Your Smartphone Putting Your Business at Risk? | Business Matters - 1 views

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shared by Deborah Judah on 03 Feb 13 - No Cached
  • Deborah Judah on 03 Feb 13
     
    Points to think about when using our work phones
Deborah Judah

Seale Chapter 3: Printable version - 0 views

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H810 digital literacy accessibility

shared by Deborah Judah on 10 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • Examples of ATs that can be used to meet the needs of students with hearing disabilities include digital audio recording of lectures (that may be streamed online) and captioning and subtitles to ensure that information provided in audio format is also provided in a visual medium (Wald 2002). Examples of assistive technologies that can meet the needs of students with visual impairments include screen magnification software and speech output systems consisting of a speech synthesizer and screen reading software (Neumann 2002). Draffan (2002) outlines AT for dyslexic students including speech output systems (text being read back through synthesized speech); spell-checkers and speech recognition software. Henderson (2002) describes the kinds of AT that students with physical disabilities may use including alternative input devices such as switches, head mice or voice and keyboard emulators.
  • e-learning can be employed in face-to-face campus settings or at a distance as learners connect from home, work or other public spaces
  • E-learning
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  • reduce issues of distance,
  • electronic text, unlike printed text, can be read by individuals who are blind, vision impaired, dyslexic and by individuals who cannot hold a book or turn pages (Gay and Harrison 2001).
  • physical access.
  • However, for students with disabilities, even if they do have access to computers and the Internet, they may not necessarily have access to accessible e-learning opportunities. These students therefore are still ‘have-nots’ and may experience what Burgstahler (2002a) describes as the ‘second digital divide’.
  • Dixon (2004) describes the development of a ‘Code Memory Diagram Animation Software Tool’ designed to aid dyslexic computer programming students by expressing the temporal aspects of programming concepts.
  • Colwell et al. (2002) describe the development of a remote experimentation system (the PEARL system), which can extend access to laboratory work for students who are unable to attend a conventional laboratory for a variety of reasons, such as disability,
  • However, technology disables when it is developed without considering accessibility because it marginalizes segments of the population
  • With the evolution of the World Wide web into a complex and glamorous multimedia entity, designers, who are often ignorant of principles of accessible design, are likely to create access barriers that are unsurmountable … and that leave people with print disabilities stranded.
  • development of AudioMath, an AT designed to enable visually impaired people to access mathematical expressions contained in online documents. AudioMath can be connected to a text-to-speech engine, providing speech rendering of MathML (coded mathematical expressions of the World Wide web Consortium (W3Q).
  • This second digital divide is a result of the inaccessible design of many electronic resources.
  • Rowland (2000) argues that if the web developer made simple accommodations to the site, the student would be able to hear what others see.
  • Web pages divided [page 27] into segments or frames can confuse software programs that translate text to voice. Graphics that have not been labelled with text will be read only as ‘image’ by the software reading the text on the screen and will deprive students of valuable content. Whilst web pages with a long list of hyperlinks crowded together can confuse a student with visual, cognitive, or motor disabilities. In essence, the second digital divide is caused by poor inaccessible design:
  • Yes, the newer screen reader software can recognize some standard graphics and connect words to them. If software designers would put text labels with their graphics, access would be simplified.
  • If the staff in higher education do not design, develop and support accessible e-learning materials, then the gap between disabled and non-disabled students will widen and technology will outstrip its usefulness as a tool that can facilitate access to learning, curricula, independence and empowerment.
  • Deborah Judah on 10 Sep 11
     
    This is a chapter I have read for my master module. I have highlighed some interesting stuff around making elearning accessible.
Deborah Judah

The Early Results Of An iPad Classroom Are In. - Edudemic - 0 views

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ipad mobile learning

shared by Deborah Judah on 21 Nov 12 - No Cached
  • I see teachers learning more each day about what it means to become a facilitator of student learning. I see teachers who understand that students have access to unlimited numbers and types of educational resources and teachers that allow students to take more control of their learning. I’m fortunate enough to work with educators that understand our role is more about developing students that know how to learn than it is about filling their heads with rote knowledge.
  • I believe that the most successful of the students we are educating today will be those that can find information the fastest and know best what to do with that information. I am simply blown away at the impact this initiative has had on the way our teachers teach and the way students learn
Scott Hibberson

A Handy Method for Creating a Secure Password (that you can remember!) - 0 views

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e-safety

shared by Scott Hibberson on 27 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • Scott Hibberson on 27 Sep 12
     
    Need help creating a secure password that you can actually remember? Here's an easy method that generates some tough-to-crack combinations. Passwords have become an unavoidable part of life. We use them at work, at home, to check our email, to sign on to social networks, to check our bank statements.
Deborah Judah

The Seven Pillars of Information Literacy - 0 views

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shared by Deborah Judah on 20 Sep 11 - Cached
  • The SCONUL Working Group on Information Literacy published Information skills in higher education: a SCONUL position paper (SCONUL, 1999), introducing the Seven Pillars of Information Skills model. Since then, the model has been adopted by librarians and teachers around the world as a means of helping them to deliver information skills to their learners.
    • Deborah Judah
      Deborah Judah on 20 Sep 11
       
      very good point
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