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All the papers cited are available for free this month to all.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a title=\"digital agility and digital decision-making by Seale, Draffan and Wald\" href=\"http:\/\/www.informaworld.com\/smpp\/content~db=all?content=10.1080\/03075070903131628\" target=\"_blank\">SEALE, J., DRAFFAN, E. A. &amp; WALD, M. (2010) Digital agility and digital decision-making: conceptualising digital inclusion in the context of disabled learners in higher education. <em>Studies in Higher Education,<\/em> 35, 4, 445-461.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1080\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_1080\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 109px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slewth.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/studies-in-higher-education.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1080\" title=\"Studies in Higher Education\" src=\"http:\/\/www.slewth.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/studies-in-higher-education.jpg?w=105\" alt=\"Studies in Higher Education\" width=\"105\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_1080\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Studies in Higher Education<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div><P>My last post outlining a selection of papers on <a title=\"#7 Three papers on Disability and the\u00a0Internet\" href=\"http:\/\/slewth.wordpress.com\/2011\/04\/13\/7-three-papers-on-disability-and-the-internet\/\">disability and the internet<\/a> was focussed on research that has taken place prior to the advent of Web 2.0. If you&#8217;ve been following my blog &#8211; you&#8217;ll also know that the vast majority of papers listed have sprung from the pages of <em>Disability and Society<\/em>. Today&#8217;s offering is strikingly different. <em>Digital Agility and Digital Decision-Making<\/em> is a paper based on landmark research undertaken by the team behind the\u00a0<a title=\"LexDis Project\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lexdis.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">LexDis project<\/a>:\u00a0Mike Wald,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/EADraffan\">EADraffan<\/a>\u00a0and <a title=\"Jane Seale\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/JaneSeale\" target=\"_blank\">JaneSeale<\/a>.\u00a0LexDis been concerned with the use of technology amongst disabled learners in higher education. The strength of LexDis is that it demonstrates the capabilities of disabled students, their strategies and tactics for technology use with regard to the media they actually use &#8211; with participants actively engaging in the development of the research.<\/P><\/div>\n<div><P><em>Digital Agility and Digital Decision-Making<\/em>\u00a0recognises and theorises\u00a0disabled users&#8217; agency, how disabled students&#8217; &#8221;break and enter&#8221; otherwise closed systems, the cost\/benefit analyses they conduct when applying assistive technologies and so on. In this way disabled students&#8217; &#8216;digital agility&#8217; is recognised (arguably, for the first time) and presented in a lucid and viable framework. \u00a0This does not mean that barriers to accessibility can be left unresolved, or that digital skills should not be taught &#8211; but the authors identify the value of an empowerment model of development that recognises disabled people as\u00a0collaborators\u00a0and agents, rather than passive recipients of digital services. \u00a0As such this paper is <strong>highly<\/strong>\u00a0recommended for anyone interested in HCI, user experience, accessibility, e-learning or assistive technology.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>If you are accessing this page outside of Routledge&#8217;s free for all &#8211; be sure to check the documents stemming from the <a title=\"Lexdis Project\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lexdis.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lexdis Project<\/a> itself. These are freely available day in, day out. The reports, methodology documents and other papers published from the research all reward attention.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Finally, another essential aspect of JISC funded and JISC TechDis work springing from Southampton&#8217;s accessibility Gurus \u00a0is the <a title=\"Web 2 Access online resource\" href=\"http:\/\/www.web2access.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Web2Access<\/a> website. A task-based resource which allows educators (and anyone else) to describe the task they want to achieve with students or other users, and then presents evaluative information about Web 2.0 technologies available. <a title=\"Slewth on Web2Access\" href=\"http:\/\/slewth.wordpress.com\/2009\/07\/20\/web-2-0-accessibility\/\">I&#8217;ve blogged about this before<\/a>, but it&#8217;s worth saying twice: It&#8217;s a great tool.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\r\n\t\t<!-- BEGIN ODIOGO LISTEN BUTTON v2.5.7 (WP) -->\r\n\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" language=\"javascript\">\r\n\t\t<!--\r\n\t\t\/\/ ODIOGO_START:do_NOT_remove_this_comment\r\n\t\tshowOdiogoReadNowButton (\"687068\", \"#8 &#8216;Digital Agility and Disabled Learners&#8217; by Seale, Draffan and Wald\", \"1241\", 290, 55);\r\n\t\t\/\/ -->\r\n\t\t<\/script>\r\n\t\t<br\/>\r\n\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" language=\"javascript\">\r\n\t\t<!--\r\n\t\tshowInitialOdiogoReadNowFrame (\"687068\", \"1241\", 290, 0);\r\n\t\t\/\/ ODIOGO_END:do_NOT_remove_this_comment\r\n\t\t\/\/ -->\r\n\t\t<\/script>\r\n\t\t<!-- END ODIOGO LISTEN BUTTON v2.5.7 (WP) -->\r\n\t\t\n<p>Over the course of April I have been highlighting influential disability, technology and education research published by Routledge. 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