EvALLution: making basic evolution concepts accessible to people with visual impairment through a multisensory tree of life.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People with visual impairment have benefitted from recent developments of assistive technology that aim to decrease socio-economic inequality. However, access to post-secondary education is still extremelly challenging, especially for scientific areas. The under representation of people with visual impairment in the evolution research community is connected with the vision-based communication of evolutionary biology knowledge and the accompanying lack of multisensory alternatives for learning.

Results

Here, we describe the development of an inclusive outreach activity based on a multisensory phylogeny representing 20 taxonomic groups. We provide a tool kit of materials and ideas that allow both the replication of this activity and the adaptation of others, to incl

SUBMITTER: Laurentino TG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7952356 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature