Benefits

Why you should participate in the Youth Initiative Project!

Student Benefits

While the impact of a successful postsecondary education for graduates with disabilities can be profound, this environment can be extremely challenging.  In postsecondary education, students require adequate notetaking skills as class notes are an invaluable resource.  Research demonstrates that studying lecture notes results in a greater learning experience and higher grades. While notetaking is clearly connected to academic achievement, less than 40% of information presented during lectures is typically captured by notetakers. Furthermore, studies show that students without disabilities record up to 70% more lecture information than students with disabilities.

Faculty Benefits

Although the central goal of the Liberated Learning Youth Initiative is to deliver a more accessible learning environment for students with disabilities, the project team believes SR provides faculty with many unique benefits.

By creating a permanent record of what was said in class and how information was conveyed, the technology provides faculty with the opportunity to appraise their teaching methods. This type of evaluation can help academics more effectively communicate their message and inspire serious reflection on their teaching style. Professors that have utilized SR in their learning environment have reported improved organization and flow to their lectures. Others have identified new teaching strategies to improve content delivery, clarity, and sequencing.

The Multimedia Transcripts generated through this project not only serve an evaluative purpose, they can be easily repurposed. Unique phraseology, spontaneously generated ideas, and spoken content are digitized and subsequently available in a variety of aggregated or disaggregated formats. Digital content can be used to aid publishing efforts, in blended and eLearning environments, and disseminated as modular learning objects.