Creating an Inclusive Classroom: Approaches to Supporting Learners with SEND in Computing

CO700 Online course

Explore ways to make your computing lessons more inclusive for learners with special educational needs and disabilities.

Cross curricular Leadership Key stage 1 Key stage 2 Key stage 3 Key stage 4 Teach primary computing certificate Teach secondary computing certificate

Free online course Approximately 8 hours of self-study

As educators, we should aim to provide every young person with the skills and knowledge to become active participants in a digital world.

On this course, you will examine the common barriers faced by students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in the computing classroom, and how to address these barriers. You will explore a number of general approaches and specific computing activities that will help to include and engage learners.

You can benefit from facilitation by expert Professional Development Leaders during specific dates for each section of the course:

16th Sept – 22nd Sept: week 1
23rd Sept – 30th Sept: week 2

11th Nov - 17th Nov: week 1
18th Nov - 24th Nov: week 2

Don’t worry if you’ve missed the facilitation windows, you can still benefit from the contributions of others.

Who is it for?

This course will support teachers who want to create a more inclusive computing classroom for all of their students. The course is suitable for both primary and secondary teachers delivering computing.

Topics covered

You'll cover the following topics:

common barriers faced by students with SEND in computing lessons
strategies to support students overcome barriers
explore both general and specific computing activities that will help to include and engage learners

How will you learn?

This online, self-paced course can be completed flexibly. You can join and start this course at any time after the advertised date, and keep access for a year after booking. You can learn independently or with colleagues to directly address your individual needs.

This course will be periodically facilitated by expert Professional Development Leaders.

Outcomes

You will be able to:

Reflect on the common barriers faced by learners with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in the computing classroom
Develop a toolkit of general teaching approaches to make lessons more inclusive for learners with SEND
Identify ways to adapt and improve teaching materials to make them more accessible
Develop effective approaches to teach programming to learners with SEND
Identify accessible programming environments and physical computing devices that can be used to make lessons more inclusive for learners with SEND
Model best practice by creating an inclusive computing lesson plan and materials

This course is part of Teach primary computing

Teach primary computing

Our nationally recognised qualification will support you to demonstrate your commitment to developing your own practice and to computing as a school subject.

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This course is part of Teach secondary computing

Teach secondary computing

Our nationally recognised qualification will give you confidence to take your computing teaching to the next level and to apply those skills in the classroom.

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