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Hi
As a Learning Support department in an FE college we discourage learners to share notes taken by a note-taker, but not for funding reasons. We have experienced the situation where notes have been shared resulting in other learners, with no additional support needs, choosing to switch off in lessons knowing that they would get a comprehensive set of notes supplied to them. We emphasise to the learner that whilst they think that they may be helping their friends/classmates, they may actually be doing them a disservice as they may not be paying attention to the tutor or be developing their own note-taking skills.
Also, we may have up to 5 groups on the same course. If there is a note-taker in one of those groups whose notes subsequently get shared with that group, the other 4 groups may well have a case for saying they are being disadvantaged as they aren’t receiving the same notes as the other group.
In reality they may well still share notes, but we do discourage. We encourage tutors to prepare comprehensive supporting materials to provide learners with a solid base of information from which to expand on.
James
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From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Alistair McNaught
Sent: 14 March 2013 10:03
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Subject: Re: Sharing notes query
Unfortunately the (then) head of learning support took the view that the funding was for supporting a specific learner with specific needs and letting other people be supported by the notes would compromise that contract.
To me it's a classic case of perceiving something as an opportunity to be grasped or a risk to hide from. I would grasp it.
A
From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David Walmsley
Sent: 14 March 2013 09:41
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Subject: Sharing notes query
Morning,
Just wondered what the collective wisdom was regarding permitting disabled students to share note-taker produced notes with other students via Moodle. A student of our has been asked by his classmates if he could do this, and he’s happy to oblige; the department have been in touch to enquire whether there are any reasons why this might be a bad idea.
On one level it highlights a lack of existing provision here at the Institute as we don’t operate any co-ordinated system for recording lectures.
Any thoughts would be welcomed.
David Walmsley
Disability & Wellbeing Support Manager
Registry & Student Support
Institute of Education
University of London
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