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Overcoming the challenges of online learning for students with disabilities

Neo LMS

However, the nature of online learning and its reliance upon technology that isn’t always well-designed for group education can leave some students at serious disadvantages. Closed captioning accuracy in live teaching video calls is often subpar, and not all online tools are compatible with assistive technology.

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Thinking differently about dyslexia in the classroom: Part 1

Neo LMS

Assistive technologies abound to help younger students to master reading, and older students with note taking and organising their thoughts. A turn of the tide. Equally, there are a number of tools and resources online for parents and teachers of students with dyscalculia.

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How to create accessible e-learning design

Neo LMS

Many visually-impaired people use screen readers or other forms of assistive technology to navigate web pages, and heading tags are easier to interpret by such technology. Likewise, all video content should have its own transcription, in the same location. Subtitles make all these problems disappear.

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EdTech that transforms access for physically disabled students

Neo LMS

Undoubtedly eye-gaze technology has created the greatest advance in access for people with serious immobility such as those suffering paralysis or ALS. Often unearthing a number of more nuanced challenges, such as how do color-blind gamers interact with most video games?

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An Inside Look at the Edtech Purchasing Process

edWeb.net

They not only look at how the product would fit with their learning standards and curriculum, but the product must also work within their LMS. Diamond: Her district has a team of personnel to manage edtech initiatives from integrating it with their LMS to teacher training. How do you approach implementing a new edtech tool in schools?

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Technology in the Classroom: The Complete Guide

ViewSonic Education

2005 – Learning Management System (LMS) takes off as a viable teaching tool. Types of Technology in the Classroom. Even smart projectors won’t be able to do much more than playing a video or slideshow without streaming from another device. Rinse and repeat throughout the history of education. for group learning activities.

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Secrets of Accessible Online Content You Need to Know

The CoolCatTeacher

Bevin: For an online platform, what it means to be accessible is your images have alternate text, and descriptions , where whoever is a non-seeing user that uses assistive technologies such as a screen reader, can read the descriptions of to them. Videos and Multimediai Content. Videos and Multimediai Content. Bevin: Yes.