Hi group members,
The Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children (RIDBC) Renwick Centre in Australia has announced the launch of its first online training course in Unified English Braille (UEB), entitled "UEB Online for Sighted Learners."
UEB Online consists of 30 lessons that are sub-divided into two modules. The course may be accessed using a Mac or PC computer and any web browser (e.g., Safari, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome). The course is not available via a tablet (e.g., iPad). Lessons are completed with a standard computer keyboard using a number of keys to replicate the keys of a brailleWriter. Marking is fully automated so that learners receive immediate feedback as they progress through each lesson. There are a number of lesson support videos under “video resources” in the “resources” section of the course. The videos are also available via YouTube.
UEB Online is a course intended for professionals, parents, and community members who wish to learn braille. It may be used by classroom teachers as a project for their students, or by specialist and mainstream educators and support staff who wish to obtain a qualification in braille. The next phase of the project will be the development of an accessible version of UEB Online for people with vision impairment.
Visit http://uebonline.org to sign up.
My question to members is whether anyone has vision impaired students in adult education programs.
Thanks,
Rochelle Kenyon, SME