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Contents of Inclusive e-learning (compared to inclusive education)

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Inclusive e-learning (compared to inclusive education)

• Increasing access and removing barriers
• Discourse dominated by arguments regarding web accessibility and universal design (Seale, 2006)
• Inclusive e-learning is seen as designing e-learning so that widest possible number of learners can benefit and the specific needs o learners are met
• Inherent is notion of equality of opportunities..
• E-learning staff who opt to specialise in learning support are encouraged to acquire an identity as experts in learners' deficits/specialist technologies