Today we had a video conference day where the class was split in two, each half in a different classrooms where we got to experience a lesson “remotely” through video conferencing. The video conference rooms at UVic can vary depending on the needs of students and faculty. It is important to have video conference room for accessibility to remote lectures, to help combat low enrollment, and to bring in specialty teachers.
Redesign of Multi-Access Learning
by Valerie Irvine
- Success doesn’t always appear the same and it’s important to recognize the different needs of our students
- Modality: using different modes (types of integration) to maintain accessibility
- Binary thinking of face-to-face versus online
- doesn’t have to be so separate, online can mean you work face-to-face > multi-access modality
- the best way to work online schooling to a face-to-face accessible format is to make it synchronous with a set meet time
Rather than blended work towards inclusion modality – as it can help meet all types of needs and situations
I think that video conferencing rooms work well for secondary and post-secondary schooling, but is not feasible for elementary or middle school. However, that doesn’t mean that elementary schools can’t be made electronically accessible for remote students. The University of Victoria has two telepresense robots and I can see those being of use in elementary schools for students who are ill or unable to make it to school otherwise.
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