@TamsynMSmith

Senior Learning Designer Team Lead @LearnSoton #EdTech enthusiast. #UDL #equity and #DigitalCapabilities #CATE winner #SCMALT PhD Researcher @LancasterUni

 Southampton, UK
linkedin.com/in/tamsynmsmith
Joined November 2012
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Call for Speakers! Share Your AI in Education Insights. Have you implemented or supported AI-powered initiatives in learning, teaching, or digital capability? Submit your proposal by 17:00 GMT on 17th September at 17:00 ucisa.ac.uk/Events/2024/Octo… #AI #DigitalCapabilities
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Are you thinking about reading for an #education PhD? Have you registered to attend the next #TELresearchers online event yet? @Puiyin and @johnbrindletel will be hosting a discussion about everything PhD on Tuesday 14/05/24 13:00-15:00 (BST) More details: bit.ly/CTEL0524
Poster featuring the Lancaster University logo and the tagline #TELresearchers - where we tell you about our practice.

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What can we learn from #accessibility leaders working in Higher Education? I’ve written a post about our panel discussion from earlier this year. Check this video preview and then open the blog post: matthewdeeprose.github.io/Ac… #a11y #AnthologyAlly
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Accessibility testing. Accessibility statements. Recognising academic efforts in #accessibility. How are universities approaching these topics? Join us on 26 October to learn how @MartinNutbeem and @slrichter are innovating in #a11y. Sign up via usergroup.ally.ac/content/pe…
International Ally User Group – 26 October 2023. All allies are welcome to the Anthology Ally User Group. 27 July 2023. 07:00 PDT / 10:00 EDT / 15:00 BST/ 16:00 CEST / 17:00 TRT / 18:00 GST. Details on ally community site: https://tinyurl.com/AllyEvents

ALT International Ally User Group – 26 October 2023. All allies are welcome to the Anthology Ally User Group. 27 July 2023. 07:00 PDT / 10:00 EDT / 15:00 BST/ 16:00 CEST / 17:00 TRT / 18:00 GST. Details on ally community site: https://tinyurl.com/AllyEvents

Taming Accessibility Statements. Martin Nutbeem, Senior Digital Education Developer and Steve Cole, Digital Learning Materials Developer, University of Bristol. How did the Digital Education Office at University of Bristol take the pain out of creating and maintaining accessibility statements for the tools and platforms they support? The team will share innovative approaches they developed for consistent accessibility testing and accessibility statement creation.

ALT Taming Accessibility Statements. Martin Nutbeem, Senior Digital Education Developer and Steve Cole, Digital Learning Materials Developer, University of Bristol. How did the Digital Education Office at University of Bristol take the pain out of creating and maintaining accessibility statements for the tools and platforms they support? The team will share innovative approaches they developed for consistent accessibility testing and accessibility statement creation.

Digital Badges to Promote Accessibility of Course Materials and Recognize Accessibility Champions. Stephanie Richter, Director of Teaching Excellence and Support, Northern Illinois University. Accessibility doesn’t happen organically; it requires dedication and commitment to improve the accessibility of digital course materials. At Northern Illinois University, we developed a digital badge initiative to motivate faculty to use Anthology Ally to increase their overall course accessibility score by finding and fixing accessibility issues. In this session, we will share our digital badge framework and process.

ALT Digital Badges to Promote Accessibility of Course Materials and Recognize Accessibility Champions. Stephanie Richter, Director of Teaching Excellence and Support, Northern Illinois University. Accessibility doesn’t happen organically; it requires dedication and commitment to improve the accessibility of digital course materials. At Northern Illinois University, we developed a digital badge initiative to motivate faculty to use Anthology Ally to increase their overall course accessibility score by finding and fixing accessibility issues. In this session, we will share our digital badge framework and process.

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Closing date is 28th September... @A_L_T #LearningTechnologist
Sarah Fielding@Shieldingafar9 Sep 2023
I'm recruiting for 2 Learning Technologist positions to aid in our VLE migration project. Good entry level position for anyone looking for a career change into digital education, but all applications welcome. Come work with the great @learnsoton team. jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.asp…

Recruitment at the University of Southampton

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I'm recruiting for 2 Learning Technologist positions to aid in our VLE migration project. Good entry level position for anyone looking for a career change into digital education, but all applications welcome. Come work with the great @learnsoton team. jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.asp…

Recruitment at the University of Southampton

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Great article by @LukedInLearning Grow your own accessibility allies timeshighereducation.com/cam… via @timeshighered #accessibility #a11y

Grow your own accessibility allies

The steps to making learning content accessible include identifying areas that need attention, overcoming barriers and recruiting allies to get the job done, writes Luke Searle

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A colour matrix to make visual content more accessible timeshighereducation.com/cam… via @timeshighered A really useful article by my colleague @VLEguru

A colour matrix to make visual content more accessible

Accessible content is better content. One way to boost accessibility in visual materials is paying attention to colour contrast during the design process. Here’s a tool to make that simpler

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I'm recruiting for a new Senior Learning Designer Team Lead. 3 yr fixed term post. This role will make a significant contribution to our VLE migration project & will manage a small team heavily involved in this major change project. Pls retweet @A_L_T... jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.asp…

Recruitment at the University of Southampton

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Looking forward to sharing #AT8: The 8 Amazing A’s of #AssistiveTechnology. The AT8 map provides the student with the milestone moments they can experience in the stages of their AT journey #gatherAHEAD #UDLchat #UDLchatIE #AssistiveTech
AT8: The 8 Amazing A’s of Assistive Technology. The AT8 map provides the student with the milestone moments they can experience in the stages of their AT journey: Awareness Adventurous Accumulate Analysis Accessibility Agency Achieve Advocate

ALT AT8: The 8 Amazing A’s of Assistive Technology. The AT8 map provides the student with the milestone moments they can experience in the stages of their AT journey: Awareness Adventurous Accumulate Analysis Accessibility Agency Achieve Advocate

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Would you like a permanent post as a #LearningDesigner @unisouthampton ? We're looking for a talented and creative person to join our team #edtech #instructionaldesign jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.asp…
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Really frustrated that someone @LancasterUni has decided to change my name on Uni systems to the one on my birth certificate. I haven’t used that name for 21 years and provided evidence of my change of name during enrolment. – at South East, England
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Fabulous FREE #techupwomen IT support training role for #women + #nonbinary people in the #North of England 🎉 Come and join us! ❤️🙌🏽🥳 techup.ac.uk/techup-women/ Pls share with anyone you think might be interested 🤩 #training #tech #techupwomen #industryroles #ITsupport – at Esher, South East
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Our next talk in 7 Mar is with @GOGN_OER! If you care or want to find our more about what it's like to the an open edu researcher, then this talk is for you! More details ➡️ bit.ly/TEL_GOGN_0323 @CtelLancaster @EdResLancaster @UoLOnlineEd @SJLancasterU @BeckPitt @BrettBligh
#TELresearchers talk with Go-GN network, details on poster can be found on the website https://bit.ly/TEL_GOGN_0323

ALT #TELresearchers talk with Go-GN network, details on poster can be found on the website https://bit.ly/TEL_GOGN_0323

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Dara Ryder@dararyder12 Jan 2023
Come & join our team! 2 really interesting roles on offer. I can garauntee you one thing, it won't be boring, & you'll get to meet & work with loads of talented students &/or graduates with disabilities. Our team are pure sound to boot, & really committed to making a difference.
AHEAD Ireland@aheadireland6 Jan 2023
Come join AHEAD! 2 roles. We need a Project Officer for our employment programme for people with disabilities. We need a Student & Graduate Engagement Officer. They will work with students with disabilities and grads seeking jobs. Apply by Feb 3 - buff.ly/3Zjk2Z6
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ALT AHEAD are hiring! Image with a brightly coloured graphic of 2 people on phone screens.

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Calling all Academics! The #DiscoveryTool has a questionnaire/resources focussing on 'Effective Digital Teaching'. It looks at designing, delivering and assessing digital learning in blended, hybrid, self-directed, active+hyflex situations. Give it a try!: jisc.potential.ly/signin
A woman in glasses is sitting at a desk and looking at the screen of an open laptop. The text on the image reads: Jisc. Discover your digital skills. The Discovery Tool. Log in at : https://jisc.potential.ly/signin.

ALT A woman in glasses is sitting at a desk and looking at the screen of an open laptop. The text on the image reads: Jisc. Discover your digital skills. The Discovery Tool. Log in at : https://jisc.potential.ly/signin.

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It's my #Twitterversary! I have been on Twitter for 10 years, since 15 Nov 2012 (via @twi_age).
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1/8 It’s Children in Need season. I always feel like an absolute grinch critiquing it because it’s so beloved and obviously raises much needed cash. But my ick outweighs my discomfort at being impolite so here we go (a thread)
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Find me on Mastodon: @[email protected] #Mastodon
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Ian rodd@ian_rodd2 Nov 2022
The day before my son should have been 26, and on the day the news is reporting 3 suicides relating to the same hospital, I’d like to make a point about the language around suicide. It’s only going to be 3/4 tweets. If you agree, please retweet and let’s see how this goes
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