1. Audiobooks, accessibility tools & Universal Design for Learning: breaking down barriers
Dr Sarah Pittaway
Library The Hive, University of Worcester
Michelle Malomo
School of Education, University of Worcester

2. How can different ways of reading break down barriers to education?
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How can different ways of reading break down barriers to education?
How can they enhance student success?

3. @Dr_Sarah_P
STUDENT

4. Universal Design for Learning
@Dr_Sarah_P
Universal Design for Learning

5. Dr Abigail Moriarty - DMU Director of Teaching and Learning
Anticipatory Adjustments – DMU UDL
Equal
Equitable
DSA model is equitable, i.e. making adjustments for those that need it
UDL is about taking down the barriers. This is the challenge – what is the barrier to learning?
Multi-modality is key – there is no one size fits all approach
This is making reasonable adjustments to barriers to learning
Reproduced with permission from Dr Abi Moriarty

6. What does "interacting with texts in different ways" mean?
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What does "interacting with texts in different ways" mean?

7. We wanted to link audiobooks in our Resource (reading) Lists.
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We wanted to link audiobooks in our Resource (reading) Lists.
This is not without its problems!

8. We added accessibility tools to our lists instead
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We added accessibility tools to our lists instead

9. 30 out of around 200 students clicked on these tools
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30 out of around 200 students clicked on these tools

10. We've still got work to do... Our next step is talking to the students
@Dr_Sarah_P
We've still got work to do...
Our next step is talking to the students
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