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25 January 2017
Victorian Deaf Education Institute
Melbourne, Australia

Doug Bowen-Bailey is an interpreter practitioner and educator hailing from Duluth, Minnesota.

Doug will draw on his extensive knowledge and experience in interpreting, interpreting education and interpreting research, to deliver a full day of informative sessions aimed at practitioners working in the field of education.

A multitude of demands are presented in this specialised area. Doug will address many of these by introducing materials and ideas he has developed that are interactive in nature, require reflective thinking and deliberate practice. His use of current research and experiential learning approaches will motivate and challenge interpreters, giving each participant the tools and strategies to enable them to reach the next level of competence.

Learning objectives

The seminar will help participants:
•   Enhance their understanding of the importance of visual information.
•   Learn strategies to implement these theories across the school curriculum.
•   Use information gathered to enhance the quality of support provided to Deaf/HH students across all year levels.
•   Develop strategies to reflect on and improve professional competence
•   Clarify professional values that underlie work in the classroom.
•   Identify professional development resources for on-going practice.

Workshop Presentation & Handout

Click the buttons below to download resources for the presentation or to participate in Online Discussion. (Directions below for how to sing up for Online Discussion Forum.)

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Remote Participants

Online Discussion

I created an online discussion forum for you to be able to take part in a chat during regular discussion and a Forum during Group activities (so that you can work in smaller groups.) To access that forum here’s what you need to do:

Copy this Enrolment Key: VDEI-2017
Go to the Module for Discussion: http://www.digiterp.com/modules/course/view.php?id=16 (This link will open in a new tab.)
Create a New Account. (The system will have you verify that you are human by checking your e-mail and clicking a link.)
To access the course, you will need to enter the enrolment key (VDEI-2017) when prompted.
If you have any issues, please send a text message to: 407568869 (We will do our best to resolve them as quickly as possible.)

Following the Presentation

If you are viewing live stream, you might want to have the stream of the discussion in one window and be able to view the presentation in another. The slides will show in the LiveStream – but it will be more clear with the text if you are able to view it on your own computer directly. I will give you cues as to what slide I am on so you can follow along.

Workshop Resources

Each of the titles in the list below is a link. When you click on the title, it will reveal a series of resources contained in that category.

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Auslan-Specific Resources

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In Gratitude

Thanks to ASLIA-Victoria for their support and coordination in making this workshop possible, as well as the vicdeaf and their SLVP team that assisted with filming and editing of new Auslan resources.