Key Details
- Course Code
- CPE23DMA
Course Information
Students with low vision benefit from accessing printed material through a variety of means and may use both print and braille effectively in their education. These students are referred to as Dual Media Learners and many have specific and unique educational needs that have not been adequately researched in the past. This workshop focused on the needs of students with visual impairment who may benefit from both braille and print reading and writing.
The workshop was divided into three parts:
The first part of the workshop addressed available information on the educational situation of students who are dual media users. Information was presented that provides a context for issues related to this topic.
The second session addressed Learning Media Assessment (LMA) for students with low vision and included techniques and strategies for comparing media for students who are able to access both print and braille. Participants have access to sample LMA reports and implications of assessment results.
The final session of this workshop focused on instructional solutions and strategies for working with students who will access texts through both print and braille.
This event addresses the following Standards from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers: 1.1.2, 1.2.2, 1.3.2, 1.4.2, 1.5.2, 1.6.2, 2.6.2, 3.2.2, 3.3.2, 3.4.2, 3.6.2, 4.1.2, 4.4.2, 4.5.2, 5.1.2, 5.2.2, 5.3.2, 5.4.2, 6.2.2, 6.2.6, 6.3.2, 6.4.2, 7.4.2. It fits within the Priority Area of Children/ Student with Disabilities.
Presenter
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Dr Cay Holbrook
DrCay Holbrook began her career as a teacher of students with visual impairments (TVI) during her undergraduate pre-service teacher training program at Florida State University. She continued to teach students in Georgia, South Carolina and Florida while she completed her masters and doctoral degrees also at Florida State University. Her doctoral dissertation focused on the perceived role of the teacher of students with visual impairments and she has remained interested in questions regarding service delivery and educational supports and curriculum for this population. Cay's first faculty position was at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. After three years she moved to Little Rock to assume a faculty position at The University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) where she was program coordinator for the TVI program. She remained at UALR for eight years and, in 1998, moved to Vancouver, British Columbia to join the faculty at The University of British Columbia where she is now.
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Fabian Winter
Fabian Winter is a German TSVI, researcher, and braille enthusiast. He graduated in Special Education in 2015 from the University of Education in Heidelberg and has since worked on different research-projects, e. g. on braille literacy skills, 3d-printing, or inclusion of students with visual impairments. In 2017 he started his dissertation on dual-media learners, focusing mainly on literacy issues and instructional strategies for dual-media learners. From 2019 to 2020, he spent nine inspiring months at the University of British Columbia (UBC). Fabian now works at the University of Applied Science in Special Education in Zürich as a professor in Switzerland.
