DDA Update...ALERT

Guidelines on improving provision for disabled students through use of a VLE (Virtual Learning Environment) are now available from the ALERT (Accessibility in Learning Environments and Related Technologies) project website – http://www.dur.ac.uk/alert. The guidelines have been developed over the past two years as part of the HEFCE funded Strand 2 ALERT project and are based on a series of case studies with staff and disabled students. Themed guidelines include the following: • Introduction to ALERT guidelines • Holistic use of a VLE • Delivery of learning support materials through a VLE • Asynchronous discussion through a VLE • Synchronous discussion through a VLE • Assessment through a VLE • Group work in a VLE • Technical aspects of VLE use • Practical aspects of VLE use • VLE recommendations This article briefly includes a case study of a mathematics and computing student with dyslexia.