Category: Accessibility

  • Inclusive module design: considering the needs of dyslexic students

    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 […]

  • Beyond the “real world”: exploring authentic assessment design

    Beyond the “real world”: exploring authentic assessment design

    Mary Simper ~ Learning Designer The Learning Design team at the OU has been exploring assessment practices, which has led to some rich discussions on accessibility, student choice, learning outcomes and authenticity. Discussions around authentic assessment have led us to think about how we can design assessments, well… more authentically! Let’s start with an analogy… […]

  • Will wonders ever SiSE?: Designing for Students in Secure Environments

    Will wonders ever SiSE?: Designing for Students in Secure Environments

    by Hayley Johns During my work with the Open University so far, I’ve been really privileged to work with students from all walks of life. One key part of the OU student community, and a new one for my own practice, is students in secure environments. The OU’s work reaches over 200 prisons and secure […]