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| 16 July 2014 |
Teachers on the power of captions in the classroom Media Access Australia recently spoke to teachers participating in this year’s CAP THAT! campaign about the power of captions to transform education... |
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| 25 June 2014 |
School improvement driven by teachers The Australian Council for Educational Research’s (ACER) ‘Excellence in Professional Practice Conference’ in May provided a rare opportunity for... |
| 04 June 2014 |
CAP THAT! promotes literacy through captions The annual CAP THAT! education campaign, a Media Access Australia initiative, launches today for another round promoting captions on video as a... |
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| 17 April 2014 |
University entrance now possible for blind students in China Thanks to a change in regulation, blind and vision impaired students in China will be given access to mainstream higher education. |
| 10 April 2014 |
Live captions for students on the autism spectrum Captioning company Ai-Media has launched a pilot program to test a new product designed to help students on the autism spectrum. |
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| 27 March 2014 |
Making materials accessible in the classroom Accessing education materials, such as videos and diagrams, in the classroom is a particular challenge for students who are blind or vision impaired... |
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| 17 December 2013 |
Highlights of 2013 – getting captions into the classroom CAP THAT! is our national awareness campaign encouraging teachers to turn on captions in the classroom to help improve learning and literacy for all... |
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| 28 November 2013 |
Online content to support the Australian Curriculum Finding online resources that are aligned to the Australian Curriculum is now a whole lot easier. Education Services Australia (ESA) has developed ... |
| 21 November 2013 |
Conference for educators of blind and vision impaired children A conference hosted by the Royal National Institute for Deaf and Blind Children (RIDBC) brings teachers together to explore how accessible media and... |
| 14 November 2013 |
New disability statistics show continuing need for access In 2012, there were 4.2 million Australians with a disability, according to Australian Bureau of Statistics survey results released yesterday. The... |
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| 28 October 2013 |
Our study into education for blind and vision impaired children Media Access Australia has today released a landmark study into how the access needs of blind and vision impaired students can be met in Australian... |
| 23 October 2013 |
Inclusive education report released Children with Disability Australia has today launched a major issues paper exploring the need for inclusive education in Australian schools. The... |
| 21 October 2013 |
Student campaigns for real time captions at school Earlier this month high school senior Delanie Harrington delivered a petition of 1,900 signatures to the Poway Unified School District Board of... |
| 14 October 2013 |
Captions improve learning: study A case study conducted at San Francisco State University has found that student test scores and levels of comprehension improve when captions are... |
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| 05 September 2013 |
Universal Design for Learning boosts student inclusion Inclusion in the classroom for all students is greatly enhanced when educators consider and use the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework in... |
| 02 September 2013 |
Live captions in education made more accessible A new version of Ai-Media’s live captioning system Ai-Live has been launched which is easier to use and more accessible to people with a range of... |
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| 22 August 2013 |
Accessible computer game released for young children Sonokids have recently released an accessible educational computer game called Ballyland for young children who are blind or vision impaired. |
| 08 August 2013 |
School’s out: CAP THAT! has its biggest year yet Media Access Australia’s annual CAP THAT! campaign promoting the use of captions in the classroom concluded last Sunday along with National Literacy... |
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| 31 July 2013 |
Using captions to teach for literacy With National Literacy and Numeracy Week in full swing, teachers are learning about how watching multimedia with captions can improve literacy. Why... |
| 29 July 2013 |
Switch on captions for National Literacy and Numeracy Week Media Access Australia is marking National Literacy and Numeracy (NLNW) week by asking teachers to turn on captions in the classroom via its CAP THAT... |