5 week Technology and Dyslexia course

Posted by Shirley Lawson on the 30th August, 2022

• Do you have dyslexic pupils in your class?
• Are you keen to take your knowledge of how technology can support someone with dyslexia to the next level?
• Do you want to take part in some cohesive, practical Professional Learning over a longer period of time to allow you to develop your skills?

This new course starting on October 25th, 2022 is for you!

Technology to Support Dyslexia in Education

This 5 week online course will focus on and explore a range of technologies, resources, and strategies to support learners with literacy difficulties arising from dyslexia. It is a technology-based course for educators and other professionals working within the Scottish Education sector who want to learn how assistive technology can support learners with dyslexia to overcome barriers to learning.

This is a 5-week self-study course supplemented with 5 online workshops on a Tuesday 4:30 - 5:30pm delivered by CALL Scotland team with guest contributors from Education Scotland. The structure of the course will be as follows:

• Week 1: Introduction to Assistive Technologies and dyslexia.
• Week 2: Assistive technologies to support reading.
• Week 3: Assistive technologies to support writing.
• Week 4: Assistive technologies to support organisation.
• Week 5: Assistive technologies to support comorbid difficulties such as dyscalculia.

For full details and to sign up, go to the Technology to Support Dyslexia course page on our website.

Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions before signing up: shirley.lawson@ed.ac.uk