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Inclusive module design: considering the needs of dyslexic students
Courtney Ince ~ Learning Designer I recently had the pleasure of working with a module team that were designing a Level 2 undergraduate art history module called Art and Life before 1800. It’s a particularly complex and ambitious thematic module that forms a pivotal stage in a new named degree pathway. It aims to incorporate […]
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Scaffolding learning: What does it mean for students?
Clare Hill and Paul Astles ~ Learning Designers When you scaffold your learning materials, you build students’ understanding and ability gradually and in a planned way by adjusting the amount of support offered. Researchers have described scaffolding as ‘support from experts enabling learners to accomplish what is beyond their current ability’ (Wood et al. […]