Recent dispatches from CanDARE
Posts are regularly added to the Praxis, Learning from Learners and Library sections of the CanDARE site. See all the latest posts here.
Canadian Landscape of Accessibility and Accommodations in Post-Secondary
What I Didn’t Know About Text-to-Speech When I Started Using it in University.
Digital Accessibility Literacy Skills: Reading, Writing, and Producing Accessible Media
Digital accessibility literacy skills are built upon W3C WAI strategies to include writing, production, work-checking, reading and curating skills.
Is teaching care work? A pathway to social justice? This book isn’t specifically about either education or digital accessibility but it is a raw, evocative…
This easy-to-digest podcast outlines things educators need to consider when thinking about what makes a learning environment or a pedagogical approach accessible in post-secondary.
This article is included here with my “points of contention” annotations to illustrate how the UDL framework and much UDL literature ignores digital accessibility and…
This paper offers some examples of “why” and “how” educators could make digital accessibility improvements to their courses. By attempting to map WCAG 2.0, and…
This article would be useful to educators beginning to grapple with the legacy of ablism within their courses and institutions. This critical piece of writing…
Jung is adept at pointing out how academic accommodations fall short of delivering equitable learning experiences. This is one of the very few academic papers…
Presentation assessments can make a lot of learners nervous. They be made more accessible to all learners when learners choose what ICT and presentation format…
Not all learners are able to meaningfully engage with all forms of ICT. Educators can inadvertently create disabling assessment requirements by specifying novel ICT or…
This post looks briefly at the accessibility of Zotpress, then takes a step back to raise questions about the digital accessibility of common citation practices…