Hear my Voice
Table of Contents
- Hear my voice: disabled e-learners' narratives of exclusion and inclusion
- Overview
- Data and analysis
- Narratives of exclusion
- Can't use technology, even if wanted to
- An example: Stacey
- Accessibility is a pedagogic & resource issue as much as it a design issue….
- Can use technology, but choose not to
- Can use technology, but choose not to
- Stigmatisation
- Stigmatisation: Focus group discussion
- Narratives of inclusion
- Digital agility
- Familiarity levels
- Support requirements
- Digital decisions: cost-benefit analysis
- Cost-benefit analysis: an example
- Digital decisions and inclusion
- Discussion and Questions
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Stigmatisation
- Jim and Paul K describe how using assistive technologies in lecture theatres can draw attention to themselves, which makes them feel uncomfortable
- Nick and Reena outline circumstances under which they would not use assistive technologies in "public" for fear of standing out as different:
Nick
I wouldn't use voice dictation software in public. I'd feel to self-conscious.
Reena
I have to say that if I'd got that technology, I would use it at home. I wouldn't use it in the lab.
[…]But with technology, I still think there's a stigma to it. If I did have assistive technology I would use it on my home computer. There's no way I would use a lot of it in the lab because I wouldn't want that stigma on me like that thing - which is bad, but it's how people are.