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Developing inclusive digital citizens

Developing awareness in vocational education for inclusive digital citizenship  The DAVIES vision: Digital citizenship and developing  Awareness *for Vocational and employability skills *in Inclusive practices *for the Educational setting *and for our future digital  Society and generation.   Personal tutor framework  Part of EDI - how is that currently addressed and included in the curriculum (lesson planning, representation) - are EDI team on board, digital accessibility isn’t just tech discipline. Opportunities to raise awareness  What resources would be needed for teachers and students  What support and training needed for teachers and students and what could that look like. Resources we already have and how that is presented, implemented and organised  Strategy for role based responsibilities and levels of knowledge - different roles and different specific content (e.g. WCAG isn’t a great fit for those creating for social media) - levels of t...

L2E additions

Calendar image and story suggestion - each month make one item of digital accessibility a focus, e.g.  What are captions? Where do we need them in education (teacher/student) - content creation and finding learning resources. Why are they important?  What else other than captions (sound and visuals) - videos with just music not good for VI. Transcripts and their benefit for everyone. Think about it, can you hear all the content and can you see all of content? Tools that add captions/collect transcripts  Students do a video - captions are important for many reasons - most people now use captions as everyday. Resources to help turn captions on in various tools, when captions need to be checked and examples. Where this can be reinforced in teaching, added by default, choosing videos, creating videos, ‘I’ve kept the captions on’ - think of when you could use and reinforce this.

Social constructivism

  https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/51548785/construtivisim_and_social_C-libre.pdf?1485736263=&response-content-disposition=inline%3B+filename%3DReview_of_Constructivism_and_Social_Cons.pdf&Expires=1700600553&Signature=A604KEDbLanTPXjXYy8v7~kDdpEoXkE05MPKfBmn60vtBVaIhn-XCOAY8ajWiFYR4FopBsYSAJjjDlb7aEmZPe5eKRekWTI7D7e1qI8dtp2VF~UA~SP78LzSpyDrjVP2EgwRSRq9MjyP7uNirCOmQtL78uCDUlEuw16vHyyLc8Og~I6ctQmCD6nLWFOzU0NuHdmXxzkamCDjRBotywWo~mz6kqK-1ZJlxgt3pc~rN28rYDiwf99-kw4Ro16zkl8NVJBy0tiyQq186ccxOrZ4RI-oRr6hu4IzX0V9Pz1vdJ6aXWxU2S37rLh2lEnwewqe9ohX7fvcX8VeJJc97glmRA__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA

Microsoft accessibility

  Microsoft Accessibility Info https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/make-your-content-accessible-to-everyone-ecab0fcf-d143-4fe8-a2ff-6cd596bddc6d?ui=en-us&rs=en-us&ad=us Microsoft Accessibility at a glance bite-sized videos https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtSVUgxIo6KqBBGqNdPQG64f-hTs1YxFM Microsoft accessibility video training https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/accessibility-video-training-71572a1d-5656-4e01-8fce-53e35c3caaf4 Microsoft accessibility checker https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/make-your-content-accessible-to-everyone-with-the-accessibility-checker-38059c2d-45ef-4830-9797-618f0e96f3ab Links using colour alone  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Figma

  https://www.figma.com/community/file/1022394680250523675/intopias-accessibility-annotation-kit

Quiz ideas for teaching

1,What is best practice for writing links in digital content? Click here Read more https://www.learntoenable.co.uk Learn to Enable website 2, What is a heading? Text you have made bigger and bold Text you have made bigger and underlined  An in-built style to apply Words using all capitals 3, Who is responsible for creating accessible digital content? Specialist developers  Web and media creators The IT department  It’s absolutely everyone’s responsibility 4, What is the social model of disability? It’s a belief that disabled people need their impairments fixed It’s a belief that disabled people should integrate more in society  It’s a belief that people are disabled by society rather than their impairments Disabled people get together socially  5, what is a best practice way of writing an accessible hashtag  LearnToEnable learntoenable Learntoenable Learn-to-enable 6, Captions on videos are beneficial to who? People with hearing impairments  People who...

Assignment notes

This research study sits within the backdrop of digital equality and inclusion; digital knowledge and skills development and the school based educational curriculum.  E&I: The internet and digital content is paramount to today’s economy quote (Refs). Changes in digital transformation bring challenge to access. The web and digital content is woven into the fabric of today’s society. It has transformed almost every aspect of public, private and work life and is a vital part of our economy (Cabinet Office and Government Digital Service, 2014).  Terms such as Digital by default (refs) and Digital first (ref) are synonymous with this digital transformation. However, the shift to digital has presented its own challenges because the accessibility of services are variable (Disability Unit, 2021; p.90). 1 in 5 are estimated to have some form of disability or impairment  …and the issue of assistive technology not working unless content is made accessible. And many others may st...