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Digital Education & Accessible Learning 26 Jul 2022
This reports on the Leverhulme Project on Improving online learning in general, but specifically for students who are deaf or hard of hearing, have dyslexia or for whom English is not there first language. The Principal Investigator was Prof Suzanne Graham, and Dr Yota Dimitriadi and I were co investigators. Suzanne and Yota are in the Institute of Education.

Update On Making Word And Powerpoint Accessible 6 Dec 2018
Making Word And Powerpoint Accessible 27 Apr 2018
These give advice on making documents accessible and follow the working group of which I and Laura Bennett (then of Law and co author of the first article) were leading members.

Group Work In Computer Science 6 Jul 2018
Pat Parslow and I report on how we use Group Work in the Computer Science degree. This was a follow up of a departmental workshop which discussed various issues surrounding such assessments.

Improved Neural Network Assessment By Staged Laboratory Practicals 2 Dec 2015
I explain how I broke down an assignment into three stages, to help improve completion rates.

Interactive Web Pages Help Make MOOC A Success 25 Jun 2015
I explain how these pages helped make the Begin Robotics MOOC successful.

Blackboard Quizzes To Help Students To Be Prepared For Laboratory Practicals 19 Dec 2012
I discuss my use of Blackboard quizzes taken by students so they are prepated for their laboratory sessions.