Workstation 5 Tactile symbols – Tactile symbols to learning’ to access’ ‘Access ‘Learning support strategies Ask your partner to present you a. List at three design In thinking about what this with at least three different Objects features that make for an activity tells us about of Reference/Tactile Symbols from accessible tactile symols. learning to access those on display. Explore each information through touch, through touch (and without using write down three things your vision) and try to guess what it is partner could do to make b. List at least three and what it might represent. this a more effective learning features to avoid. activity. Design features to draw on 1. 2. Features to avoid 3. Other points to note from plenary discussion
Workstation 5 – Tactile symbols Tactile symbols ‘Access to learning’ ‘Learning to access’ support strategies Ask your partner to present you with at least three different Objects of Reference/Tactile Symbols from those on display. Explore each through touch (and without using vision) and try to guess what it is and what it might represent. a. List at three design features that make for an accessible tactile symols. b. List at least three features to avoid. In thinking about what this activity tells us about learning to access information through touch, write down three things your partner could do to make this a more effective learning activity. Design features to draw on Features to avoid 1. 2. 3. Other points to note from plenary discussion
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