Methods for best practice
Information on learning and teaching approaches for various kinds of neurodiversity in students:
- Birkbeck, University of London
- University of Bournemouth
- University of Loughborough : http://www.lboro.ac.uk/disabilities/pages/staff-teaching.html
- http://www.techdis.ac.uk/index.php?p=3_20040610031024_20042511111126
- Open University: http://www.open.ac.uk/inclusiveteaching/
- Accessible assessment: http://www.shu.ac.uk/services/lti/accessibleassessments/
- Inclusive computer-assisted assessment: http://www.caaconference.com/pastConferences/2005/proceedings/BallS.pdf
- Trinity College, Dublin: http://www.tcd.ie/disability/information/for_staff/
A useful set of documents about making electronic materials accessible:
- http://www.techdis.ac.uk/resources/sites/staffpacks/index.xml
- http://www.techdis.ac.uk/resources/files/curricula.pdf
Strategies for the Creation of Inclusive Programmes of Study:
- http://www.scips.worc.ac.uk/
- Page of articles from De Montfort University about inclusive learning and teaching here.
- RAISE Project - Raising Aspirations, Inclusion, Success and Employability - Support for students in Higher Education with specific learning difficulties, especially dyslexia.
- South West Academic Network for Disability Support (SWANDS) A useful staff development resource which may be reproduced for auditing and training purposes. It covers a wide range of accessible learning and teaching practices:
www.plymouth.ac.uk/pages/view.asp?page=3243 - Promoting Enhanced Student Learning (PESL)By making small adjustments and speaking to the students about the implications of their disability in the learning and teaching environment, many difficulties faced by students can be can greatly alleviated and the effectiveness of teaching for all students can be enhanced. http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/teaching/resources/issues/disability/
- Making research education accessible (PREMIA) The Premia resource base offers awareness and development materials for research supervisors, managers, administrators, examiners, research and generic skills trainers, disabled students and graduates, staff developers, non-disabled researchers, careers advisers and others. The aim of all the materials is to make the research environment more accessible to disabled postgraduate students. http://www.premia.ac.uk/
- Teachability Project - The Teachability project at the University of Strathclyde promotes the creation of an Accessible Curriculum For Students With Disabilities through making freely available informative publications for academic staff. http://www.teachability.strath.ac.uk/
- Inclusive Curriculum Project - The project aims to develop, disseminate and embed resources for supporting disabled students studying geography, earth and environmental sciences in higher education and to transfer the generic lessons widely to subject-based academics, educational developers, learning support staff and disability advisers. http://www2.glos.ac.uk/gdn/icp/gdlist.htm
- South West Academic Network for Disability Support (SWANDS) - A useful staff development resource which may be reproduced for auditing and training purposes. It covers a wide range of accessible learning and teaching practices:
www.plymouth.ac.uk/pages/view.asp?page=3243
