Education
Captions help one third of students in the classroom
CAP THAT! targets all schools and all classrooms across Australia with a simple message: Whenever you are watching television or video you need to turn on the captions. The impact can be significant as up to one in three students in a classroom can benefit from using captions.
The CAP THAT! campaign runs for the next three months, finishing with National Literacy and Numeracy Week (31 August – 6 September). Improving literacy is one of the identified benefits of captioning.
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Digital Accessibility Services
Captions can help address disability education funding crisis
Recent research conducted by the Australian Education Union (AEU) through the State of Our Schools Survey questioned 3,300 teachers and principals about funding for students with disability.
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iPads, and improved access to education
Think ‘Smart’ – IEP goals for access
Inclusive design and improving access for people with visual impairments
Rachel Hewett, Research Fellow at the Visual Impairment Centre for Teaching and Research, School of Education, University of Birmingham, is researching whether a greater focus on inclusive design might help improve access to information, and so improve access to employment, education and training.
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