Time for digital inclusion at scale

 Look at backbone document - written with key points  Action research is about an intervention in practice and offers iterative cycles to test and retest. Action research however is practitioner as researcher, usually one practitioner reflecting on and developing their own practice. In the context of primary school teaching it is an unfamiliar context to me as a researcher. My contextual understanding comes from teaching the subject within a workplace settings which holds a different set of logistics. Using the contextual knowledge of primary teachers as active participants for the research would be the most appropriate action. However, it has also been identified the teachers are not familiar with the subject with it not being a familiar or yet included part of the curriculum, and as yet no studies are evident in the primary school setting to guide them, so following teachers as practitioners isn’t on its own going to be possible, but also hindered by the lack of pedagogical ...

Headings in Word Chapters in a book help us locate the information we are seeking  Headings on a printed out or newspaper allow us to navigate through written materials to help us know what content is there, offering us clues to what content is include, how information might be organised or structured Visually it offers cues to skim read content or locate what we need  In the same way headings, if added to digital content in the right way can provide the same means of navigation to those with visual impairments who use screen reading technology  Roger - headings and how they benefit him - barriers when headings aren’t there. Demo in screen reader - tabbing through and elements list. How to Nav pane useful to everyone  Changing colours time saving  Table of contents - compare on screen to book chapters  DA as a subject swimming pool that we want everyone to get involved in. Swimming pool concept  Everyone needs water to wash to maintain cleanliness - ev...

  https://www.cast.org/impact/universal-design-for-learning-udl https://udlguidelines.cast.org/ https://www.cast.org/ YouTube  https://youtu.be/Mnpk3YCkelE?si=aTZWCnFNmyUdlg4r https://www.understood.org/en/articles/universal-design-for-learning-what-it-is-and-how-it-works

  https://bookish.press/tac

  My long-term ambition is to one day see digital accessibility awareness education on the curriculum so our next generation can grow up with the knowledge to make the future digital world a more inclusive place.

  https://webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey10/  2023 https://webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey9/  2021 https://webaim.org/blog/screen-reader-user-survey-10-results/ People talking about it. https://allyant.com/webaim-screen-reader-survey-10-key-takeaways-for-2024-and-beyond/ ALL SURVEYS FROM WEBAIM https://webaim.org/projects/ Homepages 2024 https://webaim.org/projects/million/

What is the teaching context - why KS2 Why experienced teachers rather than ITT Using a MAT - one or multiple - participant recruitment  Using 3 schools - why 3 - diverse locations - ideally one MAT The social model of disability (Oliver, 1983), the reasonable adjustments element of the Equality Act 2010 (ref) and the related web accessibility regulations (ref) frame this research. The social model of disability says that ….. this research views this from the lens of our digital by default (ref) society.  Preventing these barriers are the reasonable adjustments, with some basic principles of digital accessibility being described as simple or take minutes to learn (ref) or something people can do even with only basic IT skills (ref), making this an achievable way that everyone can contribute to making our digital society inclusive as a shared endeavour (Lewthwaite). And reasonable adjustments everyone could take. Some very simple adjustments such as descriptive hyperlinks (ref)...

  v title  v name of presenter(s)  v sentence contextualising your research  v outline of the project being presented  v brief explanation of your argument or conclusion as a result of the research  v appropriate references ( list not included in the word count )  v statement confirming ethical approval has been gained. Learning to teach the next generation about digital accessibility awareness in primary school. Helen Wilson Digital and online content pervades every aspect of our society, such as in education, the workplace and our social lives, and throughout our lives we are both consumers as well as creators of digital content. Looking at our digital society through the lens of the social model of disability we need to actively prevent any barriers in the use of the digital content we create. It is reported that one in five people have some form of disability, and with that being such a significant proportion of society it is vital that everyone is...

  https://blogs.qub.ac.uk/digitallearning/2020/07/06/accessiblepresentations/ Useful basic principles video https://youtu.be/lYZJKr8CX_U?si=Qd3ik1HT8F6I3xtA

  https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37337778

  https://betterplaces.uk/my-first-year-of-better-places/687/

 Most papers are singular accounts exploring from students perspectives of experiences, but… Lewthwaite experienced teachers…they claim the benefits to be Focus groups  Interviews  What these techniques provided beneficially 

Inspired by Dudley (2013) Conceptual model of the support mechanisms to develop new pedagogical content knowledge for teaching digital accessibility awareness education. Socially constructed pedagogic content knowledge.

 Useful notes  BERA guidelines for educational research (research codes of conduct) file:///C:/Users/helen/Downloads/BERA-Ethical-Guidelines-for-Educational-Research_4thEdn_2018.pdf Deontological - harm to participants - does methodology cause harm? Useful ideas for ethical approval Portraying disability -  GOV.UK https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/inclusive-communication/portraying-disability https://businessdisabilityforum.org.uk/changing-the-image-of-disability/?utm_source=BDF+Full+Masterlist+including+staff%2C+all+membership+and+non-members&utm_campaign=7c3526cee8-CID_SOLUS_2024_03_05_NON_MEMBERS&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-7c3526cee8-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D   UoW Research integrity policy Be aware of my resesrch limitations - contextual/broader knowledgeable others (disability?) -Dolphin -Sean's contact Read a Sean Bracken paper. 23-24 - show what has happened already (to reflect progress so far) 24-25 25-26 26-27 27-28 SPring/Summer 2024 - PGCe...

 Anderson and Shattuck (2012) Being situated in a real educational context provides a sense of validity to the research and ensures that the results can be effectively used to assess, inform and improve practice (p.16). DBR typically involves mixed methods using a variety of research tools and techniques (p.17) Initial problem identification is usually informed through the literature review (p.17) DBR studies always involve some type of intervention (p.21). Anderson and Shattuck (2012) explored a decade of research articles relating to DBR and found that over half of the studies had progressed through three or more iterative cycles (p.21). Most DBR studies provide rich descriptions of the contexts in which the study occurred, the challenges of implementation, the development of processes involved in creating and administering the interventions and the design principles that emerged (p.22). Collins, Joseph and Bielaczyc (2004) highlighted that DBR projects often produce a large amou...

Name - list supervisors names/subjects (on the presentation slides) How can teachers be supported to plan and deliver basic digital accessibility awareness education in the primary school context at Key Stage 2? Broader background of the study *1,This research is underpinned by the social model of disability (Oliver, 1983) quote. It refers to addressing this model through the context of digital accessibility. *1, (Quote) Just like buildings and the physical space has ramps, automatic doors, hearing loops or braille signage, the digital world that we now live in needs to be as equally accommodating (AbilityNet, 2024). *1, Tim- Berners Lee In 1997, Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web and Director of the Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C) said,  The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect.” But accessibility is not a given. It requires work.” (W3C, 1997) https://www.w3.org/press-releases/1997/ipo-announce/...