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Enabling Great Coaching
through Technology
Learning for Coaching People with a Visual Impairment
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Produced in collaboration with British Blind Sport and part-funded by Sport
England, our Coaching People with a Visual Impairment online learning course
empowers coaches to adapt their coaching sessions to include people with
visual impairments (VI).
The course is packed full of helpful
tips, practical solutions and vibrant
videos. And with screen reader
capability, the eLearning also helps
coaches with VI to complete the
online course independently.
It was this use of innovative
technology that helped us win
the prestigious 2019 Learning
Technologies Awards.
“By combining a simple idea, a very
worthy cause, determination and
dedication, the team at UK Coaching
have created accessibility as not seen
before in the industry and set a new
standard for thinking about this area
when developing digital learning
content.
“What is amazing is that they
achieved this with virtually no
budget and have validated and
tested by including the end users
right from the start of development
and responded to the challenges
along the way. The technology itself,
while having a limited application
currently, has the ability to become
a new protocol for an industry such
as SCORM (Shareable Content Object
Reference Model) or AICC (Aviation
Industry Computer-based Training
Committee) and with the right push
and development should make any
digital content developers stand up,
take a step back and evaluate what
accessible learning truly means.”
Member of the awards’ judging panel
and Director, Product & Innovation at
DC-Activ, Joe Richardson