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Training principles have long been based on a diversity of learning styles. 

Think of setting up a new video recorder – some people don’t touch anything until they have read the book, some people use the book as the last resort, and some use the book and a bit of trial and error. 

Trainers have worked to accommodate these different styles for many years.

Universal design is an extension of this practice.  It is about looking at aspects of our everyday surroundings and the things that we use, and saying:

“How can these things be made so that more people can use them, and that most people can use them more easily?” 

Resources for Learning

Learners expect good quality resources to assist them in their training.  They want these resources to be:

• interesting

• valuable tools for learning what they need to know

• available when they need them

• easy to use

• written at the level of their technical understanding of the area

• relevant and up-to-date

• at a reasonable cost

• as much as possible, good references for use in the workplace as well as in training.

Students with a disability want these things too.

What if it were possible to design learning resources so that they are:

• Easy to print

• Easy to read in print

• Easy to read on a computer

• Easy to magnify on a computer screen

• Easy to email

• Easy for a computer to convert to speech output

• Easy to listen to

• Easy to access on the Internet

• As accessible as possible for people with a disability

There are many good learning resources being written or purchased, and many that are accessible, or partly accessible to people with a disability. 

There are also costly conversions of learning resources taking place. 

The aim of this Design Studio is to reduce the cost and time involved in any necessary conversions, and to reduce the need for conversions at all.