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Engaging and training students in the development of inclusive learning materials for their peers
journal contribution
posted on 2023-08-30, 15:01 authored by Sally Everett, Gina OswaldWith equal access requirements and increasing rates of enrolment of students with disabilities in higher education, universities must find appropriate and efficient ways to create accessible materials which benefit and support all students. In response to cuts to disability funding, issues relating to the provision of an inclusive curriculum are now dominating institutional policy and educational discourses. This paper reports on a trans-Atlantic project which utilized student employees to convert and develop inclusive learning materials for their peers, with the expressed purpose of piloting a sustainable intervention method generalizable to meeting similar needs of diverse universities for inclusive material provision and a future workforce aware of disability issues and accommodations. Qualitative in-depth interviews with ten students (eight UK and two US) find that involving student employees in the delivery of inclusive materials improves partnerships and attitudes around disability and accessibility measures.
History
Refereed
- Yes
Volume
23Issue number
7Page range
802-817Publication title
Teaching in Higher EducationISSN
1470-1294External DOI
Publisher
Taylor & FrancisFile version
- Accepted version
Language
- eng