Assistive Technology in Higher Education UK Style

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Assistive Technology in Higher Education UK
Style
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Google map from UK to USA
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Different laws, funding and support structures
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UK Laws linked to the use of Assistive Technology

• Health Acts
• European Convention on Human Rights
• Article 10 of Human Rights Act
• The Special Educational Needs and Disability
  (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (SENDO)
• Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act
  (1992)
• Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) 1995 2005

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DDA Part 4 Legislation

• Anticipate the kind of adjustments that disabled
  students will need.
• Make reasonable adjustments.
• The Disability Equality Duty - Disability
  Equality Scheme
• Commission for Equality and Human Rights (CEHR)
  

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Web Accessibility Guidelines

• European Parliament set the minimum level of
  accessibility for all public sector websites at
  Level Double-A. (W3C WCAG)
• Publicly Available Specifications - PAS 78 Guide
  to good practice in commissioning accessible
  websites.
• Delivering inclusive websites user centred
  accessibility Central Office of Information UK

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Possible sources of support

• Students may have access to the Disabled
  Students Allowances (DSA).
• Universities receive premium funding based on No.
  of students receiving the DSA
• Other sources - Charities, grants etc.

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It has speech output, a built in word processor,
offers high contrast mode, back up disks and is
indestructible!
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Assessment for Study Strategies, Support and
Technologies
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UK style - Audit, appraisal and outcomes

• Assessment Centres
• Suppliers
• Training
• Student usage

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Possible Technologies for StudentsAudio Notetaker
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Making it work Try scanning?
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Screenshot Reader
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Internet Usage

• 76 access internet from bedroom.
• Two-thirds using social networking sites
  regularly
• 84 agreeing they like to keep up-to-date with
  new technology and use it as much as possible
  both for study and in my free time.

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Free

• yEd
• Graph
• tool

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Quick

• Time Management Tab Groups

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Remote Assistance
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Social
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Blogs Wikis
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Students are using technologies that are often
free, social and portable
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AT in HE UK style
Assistive Technologies
Access Technologies
Agile Technologies
Adaptive Technologies
Adjustable Technologies
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Agile?

• Iterative
• Incremental
• Collaborative
• Successful
• Cost effective
• Timely

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Thank You

• E.A. Draffan
• Assistive Technologist Research Fellow
• Learning Societies Lab
• University of Southampton
• Mobile [phone]
• E-mail ead_at_ecs.soton.ac.uk
• LexDis Project website
• www.lexdis.ecs.soton.ac.uk