{"id":4289,"date":"2023-10-23T14:53:05","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T13:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/?p=4289"},"modified":"2025-07-24T18:59:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T17:59:57","slug":"digital-education-accessible-learning-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/2023\/10\/23\/digital-education-accessible-learning-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Education &amp; Accessible Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3><strong>What is the project about?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>This interdisciplinary, collaborative project brings together colleagues from the Institute of Education who are experts in promoting good teaching practices and have a strong portfolio in research on the barriers to learning for disabled students, with colleagues from the Department of Computer Science with programming expertise in online learning.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Who is running the project?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The project was run by <span class=\"TextRun SCXW265869417 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW265869417 BCX4\">Professor Suzanne Graham<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW265869417 BCX4\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0at the University of Reading.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Who is funding the project?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Leverhulme Trust<\/p>\n<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\">\n<div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<p><strong>Project Timeline: Oct 2017 \u2013 Sept 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3><strong>Find out more<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reading.ac.uk\/deal\/\">Visit the project website<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A key outcome of this study was the development of a <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reading.ac.uk\/deal\/our-recommendations-2\/\">set of recommendations<\/a> for how to make online learning resources more accessible for different learners in Higher Education.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Investigating the accessibility of online learning materials for university-level students who are deaf or hard of hearing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":4627,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-projects"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Digital Education &amp; 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