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Accessibility in e-assessment
(University of Winchester) presented a session on accessibility in e-assessment, which included the Accessibility Checklist Game. Simon and Helen’s paper, Making law teaching accessible and inclusive, appeared in JILT 2009 (3), and the game is offered below as a downloa…
Accessibility in law schools: learning, teaching and assessment
teachers of anticipating the requirements of accessibility legislation. If legal action is to be avoided in higher education a number of crucial accessibility issues need to be addressed. Many institutions focus on the compliance of the Estate with the legislation, and while t…
Accessibility in law schools: resources
together this compilation of resources on accessibility, covering the key agencies, codes of practice, guidance and toolkits, case studies and staff development, to assist you in addressing the issues. Agencies and advice Action on Access – national co-ordination te…
Accessibility
Accessibility is a key feature of the UKCLE site. If you need any further information or explanation of the features explained here, contact UKCLE on e-mail: ukcle@warwick.ac.uk. Compliance with accessibility guidelines It is our aim to comply with the priority 1, 2 a…
Images of law, law schools and legal education
highlighted considerable differences in accessibility, navigation and the nature and quality of the information available on them. One sixth former, quoted in the article, observed: “Most universities websites don’t show you information you want to know, they just show you t…
SENDA: Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001
The Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001 (SENDA) establishes legal rights for disabled students in pre- and post-16 education. In this article from the Spring 2002 issue of Directions Skill (the National Bureau for Students with Disabilities) takes a look at its con…
Dealing with difference: supporting neuro-diverse learners in law
In her paper Sheree Peaple (De Montfort University) discussed the issues raised by the increasing number of neuro-diverse learners in law schools. Below she gives an overview of two specific learning differences, Asperger syndrome and dyspraxia, and outlines reasonable adjust…
Using e-assessment
Unit, University of Hertfordshire) the Accessibility Checklist Game – learning object highlighting the accessibility considerations of e-assessments developed by Simon Ball (JISC TechDis Service) and Helen James (University of Winchester) …
UKCLE professional development seminars
widening participation, including retention and accessibility issues Each seminar is tailored to meet specific requirements and costs are calculated on an individual basis, taking into account budgetary constraints. Where funding for an event is problematic it may be possibl…
UKCLE networking
widening participation issues, and generated an accessibility mini-site. UKCLE has also supported up working groups on personal development planning (PDP) and problem-based learning (PBL). Support for cognate organisations and networks UKCLE provides support services to BI…
Using SIMPLE at the University of Glamorgan law school
kmcounse@glam.ac.uk. Update: Evaluating SIMPLE’s accessibility – in August 2008 the law school received funding from the JISC TechDis HEAT scheme to examine accessibility and inclusion issues raised in using SIMPLE. Find out more in the project report. Glamorgan …
Widening participation in legal education
issues. Resources: legal education Accessibility in law schools – paper addressing the learning and teaching issues and a listing of the key agencies, publications and materials Recruitment and retention in legal education – report (2002) commissioned by CAL…
Toolkit for law teachers
materials will be checked to ensure they satisfy accessibility criteria research-based learning – making students participants in a legal/socio-legal research process, a form of active learning substantive law – the toolkit’s USP is that it is a discipline-spec…
Research matters: learning, teaching and the role of research
work. Another problematic area is that of the accessibility of research – many students (and some academics!) say they find some academic literature incomprehensible. Is this the fault of the students, or is it the fault of the academics, communicating in a convoluted so…
Recommended reading on teaching legal research
inquiry.) Virtual learning environments (VLEs) Accessibility ALERT project – Accessibility in Learning Environments and Related Technologies (HEFCE project run jointly by Durham and Bournemouth Universities. Case studies include several law students.) Doyle C …
SIMPLE: innovative learning across the professions
e-assessment | Evaluating SIMPLE’s accessibility (JISC TechDis HEAT project) SIMPLE, the SIMulated Professional Learning Environment, is an open source teaching, learning and assessment environment. SIMPLE supports the creation of a virtual town where students engage in …
Supporting the use of the SIMPLE application
JISC TechDis to ensure that guidance on accessibility issues is clear and the tutorial is fully accessible.…
The Simshare team
in science and mathematics, usability and accessibility, and environmental science. Before working in education Julian was a research scientist and spent most of his career with the British Antarctic Survey, He led several research cruises in the Southern Ocean and was involve…
UKCLE vision
practice. To maintain and enhance the accessibility of information made available by the Centre through a range of media. To support and enhance the initial and continuing professional development and recognition of all staff engaged in the delivery of legal education. …
Setting up a live client clinic: a checklist
clients’ access to the clinic (consider also accessibility issues here) for student-centred or student-directed clinical activities for supervision by clinical teaching staff for dedicated support staff How much dedicated teaching space (if any) does the cli…
The personalisation of the curriculum: the Programme Overview Browser on the City Law School Bar Professional Training Course
this dichotomy.It may potentially improve accessibility for learners with visual impairment, see Lee A (2004), Scaffolding visually cluttered web pages to facilitate accessibility, Proceedings of the working conference on Advanced visual interfaces, May 25-28, 2004, Gallipoli, I…
Maintaining standards whilst increasing flexibility: changes to the qualification process for solicitors
– again opening up student choice and accessibility. The criteria against which organisations seeking authorisation to provide LPCs and individual courses put forward for validation have been revised – providers will need to demonstrate that they understand and are commi…
Getting started with e-portfolios
work-based learning into a coherent whole. Accessibility – learning can be demonstrated in the way most appropriate to an individual’s situation. What you need to know Law teachers who have used e-portfolios in their teaching say they: make students&…
UKCLE Wales e-newsletter
officers, staff developers, IT specialists and accessibility or support specialists) with technology with which to develop or uncover an aspect of good inclusive practice. This may be specific to the teaching of a particular discipline, supporting a specific role area, or may ha…
PodLaw: developing a portable learning environment to enhance the study of law
to be auditory learners. The ease of use, accessibility and portability of the iPod has meant that students increasingly become intrinsically motivated, choosing to do activities for no other reason beyond the satisfaction of doing them. Around two thirds of my students curren…
A world class legal education?
(including the USA) on measures such as accessibility, retention and employability (see, for example, the Lisbon Council’s “University systems ranking”:http://www.lisboncouncil.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=100&Itemid=28〈=en, 2008)…
VLEs and their role in legal education support: a UK overview
importance of hard copy offset by the benefits of accessibility practitioner works perhaps more suitable to electronic format than scholarly texts currently students seem to be combining paper and digital – speedy searching and updating online complemented by in-depth …
Using the virtual learning environment
for teaching and training Advantages Accessibility The accessibility of the course is improved for students with special needs, and for distance learning and part time students. It can also make a difference to students in any category who learn best by being able to watch…
Teaching environmental law
environmental law teaching, both because of the accessibility of primary materials at national, EC and international levels, and for the light it can shed on the workings of key institutional actors. We found no adverse comment on the value of the Web to teaching and learning. A…
Ethnic Minorities Law Net
guidelines similar to those provided by the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) for universal access to the Web irrespective of disability. In addition to the above the site will be highly structured both in terms of resources and users. The main resources on the site are: …
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