I've said it before, but I need to say again. I love the clarity and creativity of your responses.
Kind regards
Claire Salter
> On 4 Sep 2014, at 11:17, "Penny Georgiou" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Hello Peter,
>
> We need to formulate our question in a way that is consistent with DSA remit
> and so is viable for SFE, as well as Course Tutors to construct a
> well-reasoned opinion.
>
> Something like: Would a student be disadvantaged by virtue of their
> disability if they did not have access to a MAC or particular specification
> of PC (in some cases)?
>
> I have obtained a change of position from SFE for a student who was on a MAC
> based course, and where the tutor's position was not crisp enough to enable
> SFE to justify funding for the MAC.
>
> The point has been that if the teaching assumed in terms of a MAC based
> context, a student would have to be translating instructions between MAC and
> PC in order to keep pace with their peers. This is not reasonable. MAC and
> PC may be, in principle, interchangeable for 'techies', but this is not the
> case for most of the students that we work with, often by virtue of their
> condition - any of the conditions affecting cognitive elements (memory,
> attention, processing speed, etc etc) would imply delays in processing and
> translating information between differing contexts. The physical conditions
> where physical fatigue is an issue would also have implications, where the
> student is not a MAC/PC friendly user, the effort would have cumulative
> effects of delay on someone who is contending with various other logistical
> obstacles as well, by virtue of their condition.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Penny
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff.
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Robin Hodges
> Sent: 04 September 2014 11:02
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Mac-based courses
>
> Hi Peter,
>
> This is my problem with this policy - SFE have *never defined* what a
> 'solely Mac based course' actually is, and in the sense of producing written
> coursework, there is no such thing.
> It seems to be left to interpretation. My personal interpretation is that if
> a student has to use a Mac to access course-related software, then the
> course is Mac based.
>
> Regards,
>
> Robin Hodges
> DSA Assessor
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff.
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Peter Hill
> Sent: 04 September 2014 08:45
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Mac-based courses
>
> Hi
>
> Can someone point me towards an SFE definition of a Mac-based course?
> Responses by course leaders about this can be a little woolly.
>
> Any advice welcomed.
>
> Regards
>
> Peter
>
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