scholarly journals Disability Sensitivity and Sensibility: A Nondisabled Lecturer Perspective on Inclusive Lecturing Opportunities

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 52-75
Author(s):  
Sandra Makwembere
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Educational Practices ◽  
Social Force ◽  
Social Oppression ◽  
Societal Culture ◽  
Learning Attitudes ◽  
Made In

Disability is a social force that arguably creates more education problems for students with disabilities than their impairments. Understanding it as a form of social oppression can lead to less exclusionary teaching and learning attitudes, beliefs, expectations and practices. Numerous studies have looked at the experiences of staff and students with disabilities as well as the experiences of teaching students with disabilities. However, more studies are needed to better understand and address disability in higher education. Nondisabled perspectives have a role to play in opposing disabling educational practices and cultures to make higher education more inclusive. Many opportunities especially exist for nondisabled lecturers to contribute to addressing the higher education barriers and discrimination which often affect students with disabilities. The purpose of this study was to use a disability perspective to present my lecturing practices during the move to emergency remote teaching and learning in response to COVID-19 while working at an HDI. An autoethnographic method was used. Content analysis of my accounts exposed the exclusionary nature of my practices in terms of how they facilitated ableism and suppressed disability discourse. Recommendations are made, in light of the results, on ways to not only make higher education spaces more accommodating but counter a wider societal culture that oppresses and even seeks to eradicate the value of those who live with impairments. 

scholarly journals Attitudinal Barriers Encountered by Students with Disabilities in Higher Education Institutions

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nageswara Rao Ambati
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Andhra Pradesh ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Higher Education Curriculum ◽  
Attitudinal Barriers

The present study is an exploratory in nature. The papers aims to understand the attitudinal barriers encountered by students with disabilities in higher education institutions and its impact on their learning experiences. The study was conducted in the erstwhile State of Andhra Pradesh (now bifurcated in to Andhra Pradesh and Telangana), India. For this study, the researcher selected three universities in different parts of Andhra Pradesh by using purposive sampling. In the second phase the researcher interviewed 100 students with disabilities from the selected universities by using snowball sampling. For this study, quantitative and qualitative data analyses were used and in most cases quotes of real text for each theme were maintained and used extensively. The findings of the paper covered characteristics of students with disabilities, attitudinal barriers faced by them. The findings of the study suggests that changes are needed to be made, not only in the physical environment in which teaching and learning takes place, but also in the way in which higher education curriculum is organised, delivered and assessed and changes should also come in attitudes of teachers, university administration, peer group and public at large.

scholarly journals Conceptualizing Open Educational Practices through the Lens of Constructive Alignment

Open Praxis ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Paskevicius
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Educational Practices ◽  
Open Education ◽  
Learning Design ◽  
The Core ◽  
Learning Practices ◽  
Open Educational Practices

The act of instruction may be conceptualized as consisting of four elements: learning outcomes, learning resources, teaching and learning activities, and assessments and evaluation. For instructors in higher education, the way they manage the relationships between these elements is what could be considered the core of their instructional practice. For each of the elements, this paper seeks to identify open educational practices, their affordances, and evidence of their utility in supporting the work of teachers in shifting from existing teaching and learning practices to more open educational practices. The literature reviewed and model proposed may provide educational developers or proponents of open education a lens with which to discuss open educational practices with faculty specifically related to their teaching and learning design practices.

scholarly journals A model for evaluating the institutional costs and benefits of ICT initiatives in teaching and learning in higher education

2003 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
David Nicol ◽  
Michael Coen
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
Institutional Perspective ◽  
New Information ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
Institutional Costs ◽  
Made In

Significant investments are being made in the application of new information and communications technologies (ICT) to teaching and learning in higher education. However, until recently, there has been little progress in devising an integrated costbenefit model that decision-makers can use to appraise ICT investment options from the wider institutional perspective. This paper describes and illustrates a model that has been developed to enable evaluations of the costs and benefits of the use of ICT. The strengths and limitations of the model are highlighted and discussed DOI:10.1080/0968776030110205

scholarly journals Universal Design: Strategies and Examples to Assist Educators in the Classroom

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linn Jorgenson ◽  
Korey Singleton ◽  
Deborah Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
New York ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Universal Design ◽  
Washington Dc ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Course Materials ◽  
Course Material

"College can be challenging for all students, and the challenges for students with visible and invisible disabilities are even greater. According to Taylor & Colvin in About Campus, the number of students with disabilities attending institutions of higher education has increased by 20% from 2003 to 2009 (2013).  Technology can be used to transform course materials from inaccessible to accessible. Universal design (UD) was coined by architect Ronald Mace to design products and environments to be usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible (Vance, 2014). Universal instructional design (UID), a term used on college campuses, will potentially make it easier for students and faculty with different learning styles, students with disabilities, and international students to access course material and participate more fully in the classroom (Adams, 2013). The unspoken way an institution of higher education communicates with any underserved population is by offering a welcoming environment. Teaching and learning opportunities through universal design is an exciting new avenue through which more students will be able to participate and be successful as they pursue a agree in higher education. ReferencesAdams, M. (Eds.). (2013) Readings for diversity and social justice (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Routledge, 98._Taylor, C.M. & Colvin K.L. (2013). Universal design: A tool to help college students with  Asperger's syndrome engage on campus. About Campus, 18(3), 9-15. doi:10.1002/abc.21118Vance, L.V. (Eds.). (2014). Beyond the Americans with disabilities act. Washington, DC: 37-8.

scholarly journals Including the excluded in Open and Distance Learning in Namibia: Policy transformation to maximise the inclusion of students with visual impairments

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isobel Green ◽  
Mirjam Sheyapo
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Visual Impairments ◽  
Link Type ◽  
Open And Distance Learning ◽  
Policy Transformation

It is evident that there is an increase in the enrolment of students with disability in Higher Education, particularly Students with Visual Impairments (SVI). However, it is also sad to note that, this group of students remain excluded and thus are less visible in Open and Distance Learning (ODL). The current pandemic (COVID-19) has put to test, the preparedness and pro-activeness of most higher education institutions to include students with disabilities in different modes of teaching and learning. This paper observed, reviewed, and analysed various legislatives to determine the preparedness of different ODL Centres of selected HEIs in Namibia. Amongst others, some national and institutional legislatives revealed lack of obliging guidelines to compel HEIs to commit to the inclusion of students with disabilities particularly the SVI. The paper concludes that there is lack of policy guidelines in HEIs toward inclusive education and consequently most institutions remain reluctant to prepare and be proactive to include SVI in the ODL programme. The paper calls for policy transformation at national, ministerial, and institutional, to move toward inclusive education through all modes of learning.

scholarly journals Percepção dos docentes de Enfermagem sobre ensino das competências gerenciais: estudo descritivo

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 587
Author(s):  
Luciene Rodrigues Barboza ◽  
Luciane Lucio Pereira
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Managerial Competencies ◽  
Managerial Skills

Aim: to determine the viewpoint of professors on developing managerial skills inundergraduate nursing students. Methods: an exploratory and descriptive study, using a qualitative approach, undertaken with nine professors of a higher education institute located in Guarulhos, between the months of January and May 2013. The data were systematically evaluated using content analysis. Results: five major topics emerged: The development of an academic approach to nursing care; the importance of acquiring techno-scientific knowledge; student’s struggles regarding managerial subjects; teaching strategies for bringing theory and practice together; professional managerial skills to be developed in the future. Conclusion: the professors made use of the connection between theory and practice to facilitate the process of teaching and learning.  They acknowledged the importance of developing managerial competencies, although they could only designate three of them. They point to them as being vital for the development of managerial activities.

Competence Analysis of Teaching and Teaching Activity as a Reflection on the Quality of Higher Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-197
Author(s):  
Rumyana Neminska
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Academic Education ◽  
Teaching Activity ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
Meta Level ◽  
Analysis Of Teaching ◽  
Criterion Analysis ◽  
Made In

The competence approach and innovations in education are one of the levers for the development of quality in academic education. The Strategy for Development of Higher Education 2021 – 2030 (draft) sets out a number of priority areas and goals for the development of higher education. In the present study, these objectives are operationalized through a competency analysis of updated curricula of direction 1.2. “Pedagogy”. The study specifies a number of concepts and scientific statements at the meta-level, so as to outline the operational scientific structure of the competency approach. A qualitative criterion analysis of the teaching activity is made in order to outline the leading approaches in academic teaching, types of competencies set in the curricula, effective methods of teaching and learning.

A Review of Entrepreneurial Higher Education Institution Activities Across the Dimensions of HEInnovate

2022 ◽  
pp. 222-257
Author(s):  
Ester Bernadó-Mansilla ◽  
Davy Vercruysse
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Knowledge Exchange ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Organisational Capacity ◽  
Future Challenges

This study provides an overview of the important initiatives higher education institutions (HEIs) are implementing to develop their entrepreneurial and innovative potential. The authors performed a systematic analysis of the 62 case studies reported on the HEInnovate website. The initiatives described within these case studies are classified under the eight dimensions of the HEInnovate framework and further grouped under new sub-dimensions which emerged inductively during content analysis. For each sub-dimension, the study analyses the similarities and specificities of the initiatives taken by universities and identifies key learnings and future challenges. The most frequently highlighted dimensions include entrepreneurial teaching and learning, knowledge exchange and collaboration, leadership and governance, and organisational capacity. Findings reveal the key role of strategy and organisational resources and capacities in developing the entrepreneurial agenda and the strong alignment of the entrepreneurial university to its three missions.

scholarly journals An Analysis of Peer-Reviewed Publications on Open Educational Practices (OEP) from 2007 to 2020: A Bibliometric Mapping Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (19) ◽  
pp. 10798
Author(s):  
Ahmed Tlili ◽  
Daniel Burgos ◽  
Ronghuai Huang ◽  
Sanjaya Mishra ◽  
Ramesh Chander Sharma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Open Data ◽  
Open Science ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Educational Practices ◽  
Bibliometric Mapping ◽  
Mapping Analysis ◽  
Open Educational Practices ◽  
New Research

This study undertook a bibliometric mapping analysis of research papers on Open Educational Practices (OEP) in the Web of Science and Scopus databases. This study functions as a guide for new research, serving to identify trends in the OEP field and compare the existing research so as to identify gaps and promising future paths. A total of 635 studies were obtained; however, only 156 were finally selected for the analysis. VOSviewer software was used to identify the most frequently used keywords and terms in the abstracts and titles. This software was also used to analyse the studies for co-authorship and citations. The findings showed that research on OEP started in 2007 and focused on higher education, including open and distance higher education. Most of the OEP studies were published in English as journal articles, in particular, many were published in Distance Education, International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, and Open Praxis. The United Kingdom, Spain, and Australia were the top contributors to the OEP literature. The analysis of keywords and terms in the titles and abstracts revealed that current OEP trends covered only open pedagogy and open collaboration, suggesting a need for more research on other trends, such as open assessment, open data, and open science. The results also suggested that future research needs to focus more on inclusive open educational practices that accommodate students with disabilities.

scholarly journals Access to curriculum for students with disabilities at higher education institutions: How does the National University of Lesotho fare?

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paseka A. Mosia ◽  
Nareadi Phasha
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Policy Design ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Disabled Persons ◽  
Admission Policy ◽  
University Departments ◽  
Key Stakeholders

Background: Creating access to curricula at institutions of higher education for students with disabilities requires a concerted effort from management and other key stakeholders to identify students’ needs and create opportunities for success.Objectives: This paper presents the findings of a study which examined students with disabilities’ access to curricula at a higher education institution in Lesotho.Method: Data for this qualitative study were collected using three methods: in-depth interviews, focus group discussions and document analysis. Eleven students with various types of impairments and 15 academic and non-academic staff members currently working in close proximity to students with disabilities participated in this study.Results: The findings reveal inconsistencies between the institution’s admission policy of non-discrimination according to disability status and its practices. These inconsistencies are discussed under the following themes: (1) access at admission level, (2) management of disability data, (3) support by the special education unit, (4) teaching strategies, (5) support by lecturers, (6) availability of assistive technology, (7) special concessions and (8) students’ coping mechanisms.Conclusion: We recommend that a clear policy concerning the support of students with disabilities be developed with the following aims: guide decisions on how disability data should be used, define roles that different university departments must play in facilitating access to curricula for all students, influence suitable development of teaching and learning resources, stimulate research on success and completion rates of students with disabilities and mandate restructuring of programmes that are currently inaccessible to students with disabilities. Key stakeholders, including students with disabilities, disabled persons’ organisations, disability rights activists, and staff should be involved in such policy design.

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