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VideoPathways15: Collective of Chronically Ill, Neurodiverse, Impaired or Disabled (candid) Students at La Trobe. Making University More Supportive, Because We Can, So We Did
Kathy Wilton, Laena D'Alton and Lyndel Kennedy, Latrobe University
This presentation will discuss the impetus behind, the focus of and the resources required for the development of a peer support group for ChronicAlly ill, NeuroDiverse, Impaired or Disabled (CANDID) students at La Trobe University. The presenters will outline their roles within CANDID, and the planning, development and projected outcomes of the group and discuss how it was initiated, promoted to students and took flight during this time of rapid change.
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Pathways15: Keynote: Digital Accessibility and a Global Inclusive Education Standard
Karen McCall, Karlen Communications
The biggest lesson we can take from the current pandemic is that due to inattention to accessibility and inclusion, many of the world’s one billion plus persons with disabilities will be left behind and unable to reach their potential or strive toward economic independence. Both education and employment are pillars of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Globally, despite siren calls from disability advocates, persons with disabilities and educators to address accessibility and inclusion in a digital ecosystem, little attention, if any, has been paid to the need.
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Pathways15: Keynote: How to Talk to Colleagues about Universal Design for Learning
Dr Thomas Tobin, University of Wisconsin - Madison
As Disability Practitioners and Educators in Vocational Education and Training and Universities, we should advocate for our colleagues around us to design their interactions with students to be as broadly accessible and inclusive as possible, in order to foster greater student agency, autonomy, and satisfaction. In the process, our work to support learners in addressing disability barriers can shift to focus more energy on more challenging concerns.
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Pathways15: Making Virtual Work - Employability and Career Events for Students with Disability in the Covid-19 Era
Jessica Buhne, Caroline Krix, Jacqui Lentini, NDCO Program; Friederike Gadow, Australian National University; Richard McKeon, Prosple; Krista Markham, University of Queensland; Mel Bruniges and Michelle Jeffrey, Macquarie University
2020 has seen traditional career expos transition from large scale in-person events to virtual platforms that can be accessed from anywhere. This workshop will showcase an unprecedented collaboration in the tertiary education sector, resulting in an innovative virtual event program designed to highlight inclusive employment pathways for students with disability. The session will conclude with a call to action and opportunity to be involved in future iterations of the events highlighted in the workshop.
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Pathways15: Moving from On-Campus to Online
Melissa Wortel, Griffith University
Taking an on-campus university off site and has had its fair share of challenges. With the sudden increased workload, the focus has also turned to ensuring course work and materials are accessible. This presentation will provide an insight into the teams we have working on captioning options for areas that were “uncaptionable”, teams working on various “how-to” documents and video, teams working on how to best support those students who need assistive technology and purpose built “COVID” teams designed to assist the Learning and Teaching community in navigating through the online environment.
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Pathways15: Silver Linings from the COVID-19 Scoping Survey to the Sector
Debbie Hindle, University of Tasmania
During 2020 COVID-19 disrupted life for most people working and studying in tertiary education. However, despite the challenges, uncertainties and difficulties this caused there also emerged some silver linings. This workshop gives a brief overview of the range of silver linings that were identified through the scoping survey conducted by ADCET in July this year. It will also challenge you to consider how we might carry some of these forward as we create our ‘new normal’.
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Pathways15: Successfully Embracing the Unknown: the TAFE NSW 2020 Student Support Journey
Greg O'Connor, Texthelp and Anita Raftery, TAFE NSW
This presentation will share the journey of TAFE NSW rapid move to supporting students through Connected Learning, connecting teachers and students via virtual platforms like Microsoft Teams. Learning and teaching support strategies and technologies were strengthened, changed and transformed in term 1 to meet these new unprecedented COVID-19 needs and requirements. This session will explore the implications for future support models moving ahead to the post-COVID training environment.
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Pathways15: The COVID Attitude - an Exciting New Normal for Assistive Technology at Western Sydney University
Sally Leggo and Natalie McLaughlin, Western Sydney University
Discover how the small but committed Assistive Technology team at Western Sydney University used the disruption of COVID-19 as an opportunity to completely transform their services into a more flexible engagement model, delivering superior value to their clients and expanding their reach. Walk away inspired to think about Assistive Technology from a different perspective. The AT Team will give a brief overview of the innovations we have implemented that enabled us to expand our focus so no student is left behind, and no staff member either!
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Pathways15: Using Covid-19 as an Opportunity to Change Practice and Promote a New Perspective on Assistive Technologies
Fiona Thomas, Texthelp; Sally Leggo, and Natalie McLaughlin, Western Sydney University
Western Sydney University partnered with Texthelp to provide students with access to Read&Write in 2017. Initially, uptake was limited to staff and students with a workplace Reasonable Adjustment Plan (RAP) or Academic Integration Plan (AIP) in place, but has now moved to an inclusive environment where disclosure of disability is not a requirement to gain access to Assistive Technology (AT). We will discuss how Western has begun to build a diverse base of Assistive Technology (AT) champions and supporters amongst staff and students, getting digital accessibility and AT into the discussions of key decision makers and change agents across Western and embedding the idea of inclusion through technology in new initiatives, systems and practices. Importantly, we'll share around the uptake and impact of these initiatives.
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