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Engaging and Training Students in the Development of Inclusive Learning Materials for Their Peers
Teaching in Higher Education
  • Sally Everett
  • Gina Oswald, Wright State University - Main Campus
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-1-2018
Abstract

With 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 utilised student employees to convert and develop inclusive learning materials for their peers, with the expressed purpose of piloting a sustainable intervention method generalisable 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.

DOI
10.1080/13562517.2017.1421631
Citation Information
Sally Everett and Gina Oswald. "Engaging and Training Students in the Development of Inclusive Learning Materials for Their Peers" Teaching in Higher Education Vol. 23 Iss. 7 (2018) p. 802 - 817 ISSN: 1356-2517
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/gina-oswald/5/