1. Peer notes is now a ‘legacy’ support system
In our research earlier this year, we asked the question: how has the pandemic had affected note taking support?
One of our key findings was this: The use of technology in note taking accommodations has skyrocketed in the last few years. Take a look at this chart, which represents the primary note taking accommodation that a disability services department offers.
You can see that the use of technology has grown as the primary note taking accommodation over the past 2 years. But the most stark answers were in respondents’ strategy for the future.
We asked respondents whether they were looking to increase their use of peer notes over the next 5 years. Only 9% of respondents were looking to increase peer notes, and 43% of departments were actively looking to decrease their peer notes offering.
Meanwhile, 67% of departments are looking to increase their use of technology over the next 5 years, with only 4% of departments looking to decrease their technology use.
