Are the students visually impaired in the sense of having restricted vision
or are they blind and have no vision?
Bernard Doherty
Assessor
East Anglia Regional ACCESS Centre
Anglia Polytechnic University
East Road
Cambridge CB1 1PT
01223 363271 x2534
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Clare Davies" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 2:28 PM
Subject: Re: lecture notes
> Can anyone suggest how to make a group seminar/discussion of worked
examples
> (eg maths equations, accounting or computer progamming) during a session
> accesssible for visually impaired students who can not see example worked
> through on the board?
>
> Notes in advance are not appropriate as the tutor can not predict how the
> example will develop, and these examples are often too complex for the
> student to rely on memory.
>
> many thanks
> Clare
>
> Clare Davies
> Student Services
> University College Northampton
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff.
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Michael Trott
> Sent: 15 April 2004 23:11
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: lecture notes
>
>
> I'm sure colleagues will have informatio to share but I think that what
you
> can expect will vary from subject to subject. For example, some courses
such
> as Maths, Engineering will involve worked examples during a session, some
> will
> be delivered through a high proportion of group discussion / seminar style
> teaching while others will lend themselves more to formal lecture style
> delivery.
> However, I'm encouraged to find that more and more courses are providing
> information / supporting notes on-line - though these are not always
> available
> before a lecture - possibly to encourage attendance? My olfdest son said
> that
> when he did his first degree, attendance at lectures was lower when
> lecturers
> made tapes of lectures available in the library.
> Like all things, therte is never a clear solution.
>
> Mick Trott
>
> In a message dated 15/04/04 16:38:12 GMT Daylight Time, [log in to unmask]
> writes:
>
> << Has anyone got anything written on what 'lecture notes' actually are.
> We ask all the time for copies of lecture notes in advance for many of
our
> disabled students and occassionally we get into discussions with tutors
over
> what we actually mean, sometimes they are happy to give copies of the
OHT's,
> sometimes they have the notes all available online, some have module
> handbooks
> outlining the contents of each lecture. We would like to give the tutors
> more
> information on what is acceptable and also guidance to the students with
> what
> it is reasonable for them to expect.
> Anyone have anything they are willing to share? >>
>
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