scholarly journals Taylor, the Disability Disclosure Virtual Assistant: A Case Study of Participatory Research with Disabled Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 587
Author(s):  
Kate Lister ◽  
Tim Coughlan ◽  
Ian Kenny ◽  
Ruth Tudor ◽  
Francisco Iniesto
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Participatory Research ◽  
Participatory Design ◽  
Final Solution ◽  
Disabled Students ◽  
Administrative Burden ◽  
Additional Strain

Administrative burden in education is a serious issue for disabled students. Form-filling and bureaucracy are ubiquitous in further and higher education, particularly for students who need to disclose a disability and arrange for accommodations and support for an equitable educational experience. Paradoxically, many of these processes are inherently inaccessible for disabled students, and yet completing them can be critical to their success. Artificial Intelligence has potential to alleviate some of the burden imposed by administration and bureaucracy; virtual assistants and chatbots can replace forms with dialogue, without placing additional strain on institutions. However, it is essential that solutions are designed in partnership with disabled students to ensure that students’ needs are met, their concerns addressed, and the final solution is equitable for them. This paper explores a case study of participatory research with disabled students in a large UK distance learning institution, in which participatory research identified an issue of administrative burden for disabled students, and a virtual assistant was designed as a solution using participatory design. It shares the methodology and design process, explores findings from different phases of the research, and shares recurrent themes arising throughout the study. In doing so, it aims to provide a foundation for future participatory research to reduce barriers for disabled students.

scholarly journals Para além da Educação a Distância: Práticas Formativas e Relacionais em um Curso de Ciências Biológicas

EAD em FOCO ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Germana Costa Paixão ◽  
Ana Ciléia Pinto Teixeira Henriques ◽  
Francisco Fábio Castelo Branco ◽  
Eloisa Maia Vidal
Keyword(s):  
Biological Sciences ◽  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Education Technology ◽  
State University ◽  
Relational Practice ◽  
Short Time ◽  
Affective Skills

As práticas de formação que incentivam o desenvolvimento das habilidades afetivas em estudantes têm sido avaliadas no contexto de ensino a distância no Brasil. O estudo tem como objetivo apresentar práticas formativas e relacionais desenvolvidas no curso de Ciências Biológicas na modalidade a distância de uma universidade estadual no Ceará. É um estudo descritivo-reflexivo em forma de estudo de caso que discute experiências em andamento, sendo estas: Monitoria Acadêmica; Vida em Foco; Ciência na Escola e Musicalizando a Biologia. As atividades têm procurado desenvolver nos alunos o espírito de colaboração e da experiência de realidade em que, em um curto espaço de tempo, estarão inseridos. Acredita-se que, dessa forma, se permite um ensino mais crítico e reflexivo, no qual novas ferramentas são oportunizadas e que podem romper a hierarquia ainda persistente entre professores e alunos. Palavras-chave: Ensino; Atitude; Educação a distância; Educação superior; Tecnologia da educação.Beyond the Distance Education: Formation and Relational Practice in a Biological Sciences CourseAbstract Training practices that encourage the development of affective skills in students have been valued in the context of distance learning (DL) in Brazil. The study aims to provide formative and relational practices developed in the course of Biological Sciences in the distance mode of a state university in Ceara. It is descriptive-reflective research in the form of case study that discusses the following ongoing experiments: Academic Monitoring; Life in Focus; Science in School and Musicalizing Biology. The activities have sought to develop in students the spirit of collaboration and the experience of reality in which they, in a short time, will be placed. It is believed that  this way allows more critical and reflective teaching, in which new tools become available for DL that will break the persistent hierarchy between teachers and students.Keywords: Teaching; Attitude; Distance education; Higher education; Education technology.

Creating a Global and Innovative Higher Education Environment

2018 ◽  
pp. 358-378
Author(s):  
Paula Peres ◽  
Anabela Mesquita
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Technology In Education ◽  
Global Learning ◽  
Adoption Of Technology ◽  
Education Environment

Since the first generation of distance learning the format of distance education has changed a lot. Actually, with the increasing use of web technology to interact online the learning environments have been radically changed. The emergence of MOOC and its adoption by well-known universities has also influenced the change. Of course, the adoption of technology in education is not happening in the same way and at the same time and pace in all educational institutions. In fact, the success of adoption of technology depends on several factors related to the organization where it is implemented and with the individuals involved. In this chapter, the authors present the creation of a global and innovative higher education environment case study, the evolution of the solutions offered concerning distance learning, the actual offers, and the concerns for the future. They identify the factors that enabled or constrained this evolution as well as raise some questions that are still unanswered and point out some clues for future research in the field of creating a global learning environment.

scholarly journals Participatory Design

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 78-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lilit Hakobyan ◽  
Jo Lumsden ◽  
Dympna O'Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Participatory Research ◽  
Participatory Design ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Age Related Macular Degeneration ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Effective Design

Ongoing advances in mobile technologies have the potential to improve independence and quality of life of older adults by supporting the delivery of personalised and ubiquitous healthcare solutions. The authors are actively engaged in participatory, user-focused research to create a mobile assistive healthcare-related intervention for persons with age-related macular degeneration (AMD): the authors report here on our participatory research in which participatory design (PD) has been positively adopted and adapted for the design of our mobile assistive technology. The authors discuss their work as a case study in order to outline the practicalities and highlight the benefits of participatory research for the design of technology for (and importantly with) older adults. The authors argue it is largely impossible to achieve informed and effective design and development of healthcare-related technologies without employing participatory approaches, and outline recommendations for engaging in participatory design with older adults (with impairments) based on practical experience.

Use of Algorithmic Method of Teaching When Organizing Classes in the Mathematical Disciplines

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 43-48
Author(s):  
Mariya Maskina
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Final Solution ◽  
Algorithmic Method ◽  
Significant Step ◽  
Epidemiological Situation

In the current sanitary-epidemiological situation and the total transition to the distance learning form, the problem of developing the skills and abilities needed for the formation of competencies in students becomes especially relevant. A significant step forward in solving this problem will be the appeal to the algorithmic method of training. The article discusses the features of the use of the algorithmic method of teaching in the construction of the educational process in institutions of higher education are described. The experience of its use in conducting classes in the disciplines of the mathematical cycle with students in undergraduate economic specialties is described. The effectiveness of the application of this method is confirmed by the fact that acting on the basis of the algorithm, the student may not receive the final solution to the problem, but he clearly understands which particular step is causing him difficulty, which makes it possible to purposefully and consciously manage his activities.

TEACHER READINESS FOR DISTANCE EDUCATION OF DISABLED STUDENTS

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 1011-1014
Author(s):  
Zulfiya Movkebayeva ◽  
Itska Derijan ◽  
Dana Khamitova ◽  
Assem Akhmetova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Necessary Conditions ◽  
Disabled Persons ◽  
Disabled Students ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Personal Attitude ◽  
The Republic

The article describes the teacher’s readiness for distance learning of students with disabilities in higher education institutions of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The article defines the leading principles of distance education and formulates the problems of managing this process. The authors have conducted a research including questionnaires and interviews with teachers of universities that provide educational activities to disabled students. Resulting data are analyzed, factors affecting the formation of teachers personal attitude to distance education students with disabilities are elicited. The authors revealed a positive attitude of teachers towards the education of disabled students, it is noted that they have a positive motivation in providing all necessary conditions for effective education of this category of students. Teachers are interested in obtaining the necessary knowledge on the organization of distance education for students with disabilities and increasing their own professional qualifications. However, the results of this survey have identified the lack of teacher’s understanding of the characteristics of the psychophysical development of disabled persons, ignorance of the perception specifics of students with hearing and visual disabilities, insufficient understanding of psychological features (fatigue, attention and perception, the visual thinking prevalence, etc.). Teachers of higher educational institutions had difficulty in determining the form of presentation of lecture material, the selection of pedagogical techniques and means of organizing and monitoring the performance of independent practical work. The teachers had some difficulties with the adaptation of educational materials in accessible forms for students with impaired vision and hearing, the materials should be specific and accessible for their understanding. There were particular difficulties in explaining by teachers of abstract concepts and theoretical positions. Based on the identified difficulties in the implementation of distance learning for disabled students describes the possible risks inherent in inclusive higher education. The necessary conditions for organizing the process of distance education for disabled students are highlighted, it should increase readiness of teachers to work with students with disabilities.

scholarly journals Green curriculum: Sustainable learning in higher education

2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Willa Petronella Louw
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Literature Search ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Study Material ◽  
Open And Distance Learning

<p>The United Nations (UN) constituted 2005–2014 as the decade for educational sustainable development when bridges have to be built between academic institutions and their communities. In this article I will therefore do a literature search from 2005–2011 on what it means to be a sustainable university with a sustainable curriculum by looking at case studies from other higher education institutions in order to begin to give guidelines for such an endeavour in an open and distance learning (ODL) institution. Thereafter I will focus on recommendations on how to transform present study material into a green curriculum by using a qualification in Human Settlements as a case study.</p>

scholarly journals A Comparative Case Study

2005 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 287-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Des Monk ◽  
Julie Hitchen
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Institutional Practice ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
Open And Distance Learning ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Strategic Thought

This article is concerned with the provision of open and distance learning by the higher education sectors in two countries, the UK and Finland. The central contention is that more strategic thought must be given to this issue if the potential benefits of such learning are to be maximized. The article considers in detail institutional practice in one UK university and compares it to practice in a Finnish institution to ascertain whether procedures and practices adopted in Finland might inform policies in UK universities. By way of conclusion, it is suggested that higher education institutions in both countries need to explore the importance of improved networking, develop better quality-assurance procedures and introduce changes in pedagogic practice.

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