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Digital Spaces: QOL & Alumni Volunteering

Thanks for coming to our blog. Last week, we looked at Queen’s Alumni Services and we continue this week with Alumni Volunteering. Let’s get started! Volunteering So, you’ve graduated from Queen’s and you want give something back. Why not consider volunteering as Alumni and offer your experience and expertise to Read more…

By Daria Casement, 2 years13th December 2021 ago
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Digital Spaces: QOL & International Student Support

Hello. Welcome to Monday. It’s the start of another lovely week! This week, we want to look at the International Student Support pages via QOL. These can be found under Academic & Student Affairs and Student Support & Development. Last week, we covered Careers & Employability Skills. What is International Read more…

By Daria Casement, 2 years15th November 2021 ago
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Digital Spaces: QOL and Careers, Employability & Skills

Students, you may have just started your course at Queen’s recently or you may be nearing the finish line. Either way, you may have heard of the Careers, Employability & Skills section in Academic & Student Affairs. If you haven’t, read on. If you have heard about the Careers, Employability Read more…

By Daria Casement, 2 years8th November 2021 ago
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Digital Spaces: QOL and Widening Participation

Moving on from last weeks blog post on the Learning Development Service, this week, we focus on Widening Participation. This is part of Student Support & Development under Academic and Student Affairs (QOL). What is Widening Participation? Education starts from an early age. And from an early age, Queen’s University Read more…

By Daria Casement, 2 years1st November 2021 ago
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Hacking Accessibility: Colour

Last week, we covered accessibility and audio for hearing and hearing impaired audience members. We distinguished between closed captions and subtitles and when transcripts should be used. This post can be viewed here: Hacking Accessibility: Audio. In our post on January 25th, Hacking Accessibility: Visual Information, we looked at ALT Read more…

By Daria Casement, 3 years15th February 2021 ago
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Hacking Accessibility: Video

It’s Monday again and seemingly, Monday’s come around very quickly. Really, it’s been no time at all since last weeks blog post on Visual Information and the previous weeks post on Text. We do hope you are finding these hints and tips helpful in your practices as this week we Read more…

By Daria Casement, 3 years1st February 2021 ago
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Hacking Accessibility: Text

In our previous post, we looked at mindfulness tips to help with using digital tools, screen and digital fatigue. Over the next number of weeks, we will be revisiting accessibility and breaking it down per area: Text Visual information Video Audio Colour, and Design and Output Everything that will be Read more…

By Daria Casement, 3 years18th January 2021 ago
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Screen Time and Mindfulness Tips

Many of us spend a lot of time working on computers as part of our jobs, studying and our everyday routines. It’s not just computer time, it’s screen time. Screen time also takes into account the use of tablets and mobile devices and televisions, not just computers. The fact that Read more…

By Daria Casement, 3 years11th January 2021 ago
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Learning App: Piktochart

Good afternoon and we hope you’re having a lovely start to your week. DigiKnow has been covering different learning Apps lately. This has included: Duolingo TED Talks Anatomy 3D Atlas Flash Cards Office Lens Mind Mapping, and Padlet To move on a little, DigiKnow wants to look at how information Read more…

By Daria Casement, 3 years14th December 2020 ago
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Learning Apps: Padlet

Good afternoon and we hope you’re having a lovely start to your week. DigiKnow has been covering different learning Apps lately. This has included: Duolingo TED Talks Anatomy 3D Atlas Flash Cards Office Lens, and Mind Mapping Padlet began life as an online tool but is now also available as Read more…

By Daria Casement, 3 years7th December 2020 ago

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