1. www.le.ac.uk/accessability AccessAbility Centre Access to Study Skills Online Study Guides Claire Graham and Matthew Mobbs

2. www.le.ac.uk/accessability Background AccessAbility Centre offers: Face-to-face study support for students with Specific Learning Difficulties 4 Study Advisers offering 6 hour long appointments per day 591 students with splds registered with Centre University of Leicester 22,048 students in total 8,651 (39%) distance learners Only 27 distance learners with splds registered with Centre

3. www.le.ac.uk/accessability New Approach To engage and support DL students and a new approach for campus based students 10 Online Study Guides Design based on most frequently requested study support sessions Multisensory approach was essential. – Visuals – colour, images and subtitles – Audio – Voice over – Kinaesthetic – Interactivity

4. www.le.ac.uk/accessability The Guides Writing an Essay376 hits Active Reading280 Exam Skills212 Improving Concentration208 Writing a Dissertation188 Time Management and Organisation181 Spelling Strategies174 Note Taking Skills162 Improving Memory144 Making Notes98

5. www.le.ac.uk/accessability Example

6. www.le.ac.uk/accessability How they were made PowerPoint Adobe Presenter

7. www.le.ac.uk/accessability How they were made PowerPoint Adobe Presenter

8. www.le.ac.uk/accessability How they were made PowerPoint Adobe Presenter http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

9. www.le.ac.uk/accessability How they were made PowerPoint Adobe Presenter PowerPoint Plugin Combine Audio and visuals Published to the Web

10. www.le.ac.uk/accessability Alternative Free Tools www.screenr.com

11. www.le.ac.uk/accessability Alternative Free Tools www.slideshare.net http://www.slideshare.net/uolssds/writing-an-essay

12. www.le.ac.uk/accessability Raising Awareness Cards - posters Web Blackboard YouTube Podcasts Course Handbooks Direct mailing to distance learners Email to all dyslexic students

13. www.le.ac.uk/accessability Feedback Feedback gathered in a variety of ways Students have been positive about the resources: appreciating different elements of the delivery depending on learning styles; using the guides in a variety of ways, ie. 1) when it was difficult to get a face to face session, 2) to prepare for a meeting with a Study Adviser, 3) as consolidation after a study advice session.

14. www.le.ac.uk/accessability Feedback Some students viewed the guides a number of times. They appreciated being able to access the guides 24/7. Comments included: ‘I liked the ‘Improving Memory’ one in particular: they had a sort of practical memory test right there and then. You can see that it actually works; and it stayed in my memory for longer…’ ‘…it’s nice to have this preliminary stuff done and out of the way so you can really concentrate on a specific area…You’ve built on something so when you get to the study adviser she can push you further’.

15. www.le.ac.uk/accessability Feedback – Points for improvement Students didn’t like font size and theme. There is no ability to change this on Adobe Connect. Some students wanted to be able to skip whole sections of the presentation. Students wanted more control over the pacing of the material. Some students wanted more examples. It was suggested that more in-depth presentations follow on from these ‘short intro’ guides

16. www.le.ac.uk/accessability Future Developments Study guides to be signposted to every student booking a study advice session iTunes U One to one study advice sessions to be offered remotely using adobe connect.

17. www.le.ac.uk/accessability Examples of study guides Improving Memory http://connect.le.ac.uk/memory Essay Writing http://connect.le.ac.uk/essaywriting

18. www.le.ac.uk/accessability Contact details Claire Graham Study Adviser 0116 252 5002 clg20@le.ac.uk Matt Mobbs Learning Technologist mjm33@le.ac.uk 0116 229 7753