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Category Archives: Accessibility

14th August 2015
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A Noteworthy Tool!

Do you use video (Youtube, Vimeo, Khan Academy) with your learners? If so you’ll be interested in this very useful tool VideoNot.es which provides a way to captures notes synched to the video. It works in conjunction with GoogleDrive, great … Continue reading →

Categories: Accessibility, Learning, Social Media, Teaching | Tags: video, YouTube | Permalink

11th August 2015
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Using Widgets – Dictionary Support

If you are using a VLE then one way to support learners is through the use of widgets. A widget is a small piece of software that can be installed on a web page or VLE course page. Care must … Continue reading →

Categories: Accessibility, EDI, Learning, VLE | Tags: widgets | Permalink

5th August 2015
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Teaching Modern Foreign Languages Online

Rafael Canet, Adult Skills Coordinator for Quality and E-learning at Newcastle City Learning uses different online activities to engage and support learners on Spanish Courses. Rafael explained that on the Virtual Learning Environment he includes pictures to bring context to … Continue reading →

Categories: Accessibility, Learning, Teaching, VLE | Tags: text-to-speech | Permalink

28th July 2015
by Holex Techlearn
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Xerte Online Toolkit – What can it do?

Xerte is a content creation tool that enables users to use a wide range of page templates to create multi-media rich and interactive learning modules. The final packages are produced in HTML5 making them very easy to play of different … Continue reading →

Categories: Accessibility, Assessment, Learning | Tags: FELTAG, Xerte | Permalink

24th July 2015
by Holex Techlearn
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Teachers need support too!

What do you do when a skilled teacher wants to give up teaching because of the paper-work demands of the job? This was the dilemma faced by managers at Portsmouth City Council’s (PCC), Community Learning Service because of their organisation’s … Continue reading →

Categories: Accessibility, Apps, Assessment, EDI, Learning | Tags: Apps, Course tutor files, Dyslexia | Permalink

27th May 2015
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Delivery through your Virtual Learning Environment

 “A VLE is an individual organisations biggest investment in assistive technology, if you have an easy to use VLE, one that is used effectively it will meet a huge range of needs of a wide range of learners.” Alistair McNaught, … Continue reading →

Categories: Accessibility, VLE | Tags: accessibility, Alt text, Heading Styles, VLE | Permalink

23rd April 2015
by Holex Techlearn
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Spot the Difference!

Take a look at the two images below and spot the difference! Ask yourself: What do you think the user was searching for? What website do you think they were searching? What are the differences in the results shown? Answers … Continue reading →

Categories: Accessibility, Resources, Social Media | Tags: accessibility, YouTube | Permalink

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