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Lilian Joy

@xlearn.bsky.social

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Digital Accessibility Manager at University of York. Interested in Accessible Maths, braille, supporting disabled staff and students, user research, appreciative inquiry. Part of the @ft30uk.bsky.social crew. https://bit.ly/aboutlilian2

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Lilian Joy @xlearn.bsky.social · 26d

Some tips on preparing to teach our VI students at York. Our lecturers and students have provided insights that have helped us to develop our practice further!

Preparing to teach vision-impaired students

As we head towards the start of semester, it’s a good time to prepare for our students. There will be lecturers new to teaching students who are vision-impaired (VI). This blog post aims to r…

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Lilian Joy @xlearn.bsky.social · 26d

Some tips on preparing to teach our VI students at York. Our lecturers and students have provided insights that have helped us to develop our practice further!

Preparing to teach vision-impaired students

As we head towards the start of semester, it’s a good time to prepare for our students. There will be lecturers new to teaching students who are vision-impaired (VI). This blog post aims to r…

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Lilian Joy @xlearn.bsky.social · Aug 11

Reflections on DigAcc25
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Reflections on DigAcc25

The digital accessibility conference, DigAcc25, that took place in June 2025 continues to resonate with me. This blog post is a delayed reflection on the event; by writing about it, it’s also an op…

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Lilian Joy @xlearn.bsky.social · Jun 25

Image alt text: Stand with goodies and DigAcc25 iced buns.

Lilian Joy @xlearn.bsky.social · Jun 25

All set up for #DigAcc25 at UoY

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Lilian Joy @xlearn.bsky.social · Jun 3

Our @uoydigacc.bsky.social unit are running a workshop on supporting hearing impaired students on 11 June. UoY staff are encouraged to sign up! forms.gle/ozuxgjHugMQa...

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UoY Digital Accessibility Unit @uoydigacc.bsky.social · May 12

Our latest blog post is out and it's the latest in our ongoing series about the challenges of creating tactile graphic resources. @xlearn.bsky.social takes an in depth look at at tactile heat maps, issues around narration and gets creative in making resources: blogs.york.ac.uk/digital-acce...

Creating tactile graphics for VI students – part 3

Tactile resources are useful to supplement the digital versions of resources, enabling a student to use multiple senses to understand the data, patterns and connections. In Part 1 of our Tactile Gr…

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Disabled Students UK @disabledstudentsuk.bsky.social · May 12

Hear from one student who took part in the Annual Disabled Student Survey.

Your voice matters! Join us in filling out the Annual Disabled Students Survey 2025 and help create a more inclusive environment 👇

Link to the survey - app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/dsuk-resea...

#DisabledStudents

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Lilian Joy @xlearn.bsky.social · Apr 8

Photo shows Kay, Sally and Glenn in front of the title slide for the Authentic Assessment workshop.

Lilian Joy @xlearn.bsky.social · Apr 8

Thrilled to meet @profsallybrown.bsky.social and @kaysambell.bsky.social at @UniofYork. Thanks to @glennhurst.bsky.social for organising! #AuthenticAssessment

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Lilian Joy @xlearn.bsky.social · Mar 7

Thank you, Martin. I hope more stuff like this comes out of the woodwork so we can all learn how to do this work better!

Lilian Joy @xlearn.bsky.social · Mar 4

@mahabali.bsky.social As discussed, the blog post on creating tactile graphics to support VI STEM students.

Lilian Joy @xlearn.bsky.social · Mar 4

Finally finished our first blog post on Creating tactile graphics for visually impaired students. Feedback welcome! #VI #blind #accessibility blogs.york.ac.uk/digital-acce...

Creating tactile graphics for VI students – part 1 – Digital Accessibility

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Lilian Joy @xlearn.bsky.social · Feb 18

Will be writing up a blog post on our similar experience soon so will ping you when it's ready.

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UoY Digital Accessibility Unit @uoydigacc.bsky.social · Feb 7

Everyone's been talking a lot about generative AI - so we did too. Our latest blog post considers the accessibility implications around the wider use and reliance on AI tools: blogs.york.ac.uk/digital-acce...

AI and Accessibility: feature, the future or fad? – Digital Accessibility

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AmplifyFE @amplifyfe.bsky.social · Jan 7

Book now for the first #AmplifyFE webinar of 2025! Join Christophe Mallet from BodySwaps & Colin Smith from Cornwall College for 'The Do's and Don'ts of Immersive
Learning' on Friday 31January from 12-12:30. Free to book, all welcome! https://buff.ly/4iswdwo #FurtherEducation #LoveFE #ALTc #EduSky

AmplifyFE Community Space Webinar graphic with a cartoon person saying "well I don't know, but I know someone who does"

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ft30uk @ft30uk.bsky.social · Jan 10

January's Future Teacher session (Thurs 30th Jan, 1300-1400 GMT) explores ways of using technology to enhance learner participation and engagement. From chatting with an AI mentor/critic to successful use of discussion boards (yes, they are still a thing). Register now for free bit.ly/ft30ukpage.