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Event : ADCET webinar — Glean: the 2020 vision for notetaking has arrived
Glean is a web-based app that is designed for cognition. It has a distraction free and accessible interface that ensures the content is the focus, not the tool. Glean demands the smallest possible amount of attention to scaffold the note taking process. This enables students to independently create more authentic notes that can be integrated […]
19 May 2020
Disability, General
Event : ADCET webinar — Support for Writing using Microsoft Tools
In this Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training (ADCET) webinar, Troy Waller will help you personalise Microsoft’s writing tools for your own experience and to motivate your students to achieve their fullest potential. Accessible technologies help students with challenges unlock their full potential by addressing the diversity of needs. When a creative twist is […]
19 May 2020
Disability, General
Event : ADCET webinar — Microsoft’s Reading Support with Immersive Reader
In this webinar, Troy Waller will help you personalise Microsoft’s Immersive Reader for your own experience and to motivate your students to achieve their fullest potential. The Microsoft Immersive Reader is a free tool, built into Word, OneNote, Outlook, Office Lens, Microsoft Teams, Forms, Flipgrid, Minecraft Education Edition and the Edge browser, that implement proven […]
19 May 2020
Disability, Featured, General
Event : AHEAD Online Conference: 10 weeks of Webinars
Through the Looking Glass — Online conference Transformation is a key characteristic in education and the workplace as it adapts to a changing society. AHEAD is no stranger to adaption and transformation too as this year they will be welcoming you to their online conference. They have an exciting plan to deliver 10 weeks of […]
12 May 2020
Disability, General
Event : CGHE webinar: Can we rank universities based on principles of fairness and equity? And if so, should we?
The Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE) hosted a webinar on 14 May 2020, presented by NCSEHE Equity Fellow Tim Pitman. Overview Higher education ranking systems are ubiquitous and are used, increasingly, to measure and hold universities accountable for a range of issues, such as quality and performance. However to date, very few ranks incorporate […]
11 May 2020
Disability, Featured, General, Indigenous, Low SES, Non-English speaking background, Regional
Event : NCSEHE webinar: The WPO ‘Pivot’ — Shifting Widening Participation Outreach activities to a remote learning environment
Webinar Overview Equity practitioners across the sector are currently responding to the impact of COVID-19 and how this influences the design, delivery and evaluation of Widening Participation (WP) Outreach activities. There is increased pressure on staff in WP roles, in responding to the needs of their institution and the needs of their partner schools, whilst […]
6 May 2020
Featured, General, Low SES, Regional
Event : ADCET webinar: Transcribing and captioning content with Echo360
The Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training (ADCET) is delighted to have Cassidy Fein back with them to present another webinar on Echo360. Echo360 is Australia and New Zealand’s leading video platform for higher and further education. Videos can greatly expand the accessibility of educational content to learners with cognitive or sensory disabilities, but […]
30 April 2020
Disability, Featured, General
Event : ADCET webinar — 2018 Vision Australia Report: Online, but off-track
The Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training (ADCET) looks forward to bringing you this webinar presented by Bruce Maguire from Vision Australia. In 2017, Vision Australia conducted survey-based research into the online learning experiences of university students who are blind or have low vision. Thirty-four of the 35 respondents reported that experienced significant barriers […]
30 April 2020
Disability, Featured, General
Event : NCSEHE webinar — Five meaningful minutes: Small changes to support psychological needs, wellbeing and motivation online in 2020
On Thursday 7 May, the NCSEHE hosted a webinar presented by Associate Professor Lydia Woodyatt, award winning lecturer at Flinders University. Overview Students’ experience of wellbeing and distress is interconnected with their learning and motivation. However, addressing wellbeing within curriculum can seem challenging in an online (or constantly changing) environment, or when we feel we […]
29 April 2020
Disability, Featured, First in Family, General, Indigenous, Low SES, Non-English speaking background, Regional
Event : NDCO webinar — Setting up for success: How JobAccess supports graduates with disability to transition into employment
The National Disability Coordination Officer (NDCO) Program will present a webinar on 29 April with Daniel Valiente-Riedl, General Manager, JobAccess at WorkFocus Australia and Allana Bianchi, Manager, Workforce Futures and Inclusion, Queensland Public Service Commission. Overview National data demonstrates that for both university and TAFE graduates, having a disability is correlated with a lower employment […]
27 April 2020
Disability, Featured, General