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William Meredith

Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities in the Online Classroom - Faculty Focus | ... - 0 views

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    • William Meredith
      William Meredith on 11 Jun 12
       
      Should it be solely the student's need.  Should the instructor try to diagnose?  Is that going too far?
  • Students with learning disabilities tend to learn better in the online environment, but institutions are not doing enough to prepare instructors to meet their needs, says Mary Beth Crum, an online instructor at the University of Wisconsin—Stout
  • For some, online learning provides the opportunity to hide their learning disabilities from classmates, which can be a welcome relief from the unwanted attention their learning disabilities received in their face-to-face courses.
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  • Their response: open and constant communication, compassion, a willingness to bend the rules to accommodate students, and one-on-one instruction.
    • William Meredith
      William Meredith on 11 Jun 12
       
      Text based courses can prove problematic - have more aural 
  • Crum has found that when students who need extra time initially receive it, they tend to get subsequent assignments in on time. Planning becomes a way for them to reach their potential once the obstacle of a due date is removed.
  • Students with learning disabilities may have difficulties with online courses that are predominantly text based
  • William Meredith on 11 Jun 12
     
    How to help students with learning disabilities online. 
Jessica M

Enabling Students with Disabilities with Computing Interaction and Empowerment though E... - 0 views

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StudentsWithDisabilities Online Need Benefits

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  • or many centuries, education has been focused on the learning of course content, but the learning styles of the students have been ignored .
  • While most of the academic approaches have been centered on the mastery of course content knowledge, not all learners learn in the same way.
  • As a result, different teaching techniques, strategies, and tools may be needed to help all students acquire, understand, and apply learning gained from the course content.
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  • visual learners were able to benefit from applications in PowerPoint and Flash Multi-Media technology.
  • students with disabilities are finding technology to be more enabling than disabling at times.
  • us, more students with disabilities are enrolling in online courses. O
  • Auditory learners could benefit from online classrooms with auditory lectures, Podcasts for students, as well as live chats
  • Jessica M on 03 Jun 14
     
    - need to teach students use of technology for future - work place - needs of different type of learners - online classes offer varying opportunities (accommodate different learning styles and strategies) - increase in students with disabilities enrolling in online courses - less barriers for students with disabilities
Danielle Melia

Reaching Online Students with Learning Disabilities - Faculty Focus | Faculty Focus - 0 views

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interaction education teaching online

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  • Danielle Melia on 19 Jun 12
     
    Students with disabilities are drawn to online courses for many of the same reasons as everyone else, but it's often the anonymity that makes learning online particularly attractive to someone who's spent his or her life trying to mask a disability. For online instructors, this can present new issues.
Gary Bedenharn

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disability online education mod 2 support services distance learning technology

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  • Gary Bedenharn on 24 Jun 12
     
    Students with Disabilities in Distance Education: Characteristics, Course Enrollment and Completion, and Support Services.  Research on the completion of online courses of students with variety of disability.
Gary Bedenharn

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disability web accomadations online distance mod 2 learning teaching technology

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  • Gary Bedenharn on 24 Jun 12
     
    Distance, Disability and the Commodification of Education: Web accessibility and the construction of knowledge. Research on different aspects of web accessibility for students with disability.
Anneke Chodan

Youth with Disabilities in the Foster Care System: Barriers to Success and Proposed Pol... - 0 views

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youth disability foster care intersectionality

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  • Anneke Chodan on 12 Jun 12
     
    Source for information about the intersection between disability and out of home care experiences.
Kelly Hermann

Technology and Universal Design - 1 views

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Technology Disability

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  • Kelly Hermann on 31 May 10
     
    DO-IT is a federally funded grant program from the University of Washington that provides many resources for faculty and staff working with students with disabilities. This particular page takes you to the page on their site with information and resources regarding technology for individuals with disabilities.
  • Sue Rappazzo on 02 Jun 10
     
    Great resource. Thanks.
Jessica M

Educators: Are Web - based Resources an Effective Means for Increasing Knowledge in Hig... - 0 views

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Educators Prepared Online StudentsWithDisabilities Benefit

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  • Previous research has shown that online instruction has aided in the preparation and retention of special education teachers (Dymond & Bentz, 2006; Knapczyk, Frey, & Wall-Marencik, 2005).
    • Jessica M
      Jessica M on 03 Jun 14
       
      Online instruction is research proven to help benefit special education students
  • positively affect attitudes, knowledge
  • lack of training during their preservice years in proper interventions for students with disabilities, including modification, accommodations and assistive technology
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  • outcomes, and perceptions of educating students with disabilities in general education (Carroll, 2003; Cook, 2002; Kirk, 1998; Powers, 1992).
  • For example teacher educators identify time constraints as one of the biggest barriers in providing an effective overall class on how to educate students with disabilities in the general education classroom
  • ill-equipped
  • Assistive Technology Outcomes and BenefitsFocused Issue: The Role of Higher Education in Preparing Education Professionals to Use AT
  • Jessica M on 03 Jun 14
     
    Many facts about students with disabilities and how educators can benefit from online courses and learning to better support the needs of these students. Benefit of taking this course online - community, sharing..
Amy M

Colleges face obstacles with e-reader technology for disabled students - DailyFinance - 0 views

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  • "It is unacceptable for universities to use emerging technology without insisting that this technology be accessible to all students,"
  • "The key here is fully accessible, not in-part accessible," Ali said. "Blind users cannot navigate t
  • e menu. They couldn't fast forward or even know which book they were reading."
  • Amy M on 08 Jun 12
     
    Research on eReaders and students with disabilities
Anneke Chodan

DisabilityEtiquette.pdf - 0 views

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disability etiquette accessibility assignment

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  • Anneke Chodan on 25 Jun 12
     
    United Spinal Association's Disability Etiquette guide
Erin Fontaine

Teaching Students with Special Needs: Advice for Teachers (Grades K-12) - TeacherVision... - 0 views

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  • A learning disabled student …
  • Use these appropriate strategies with learning disabled students:
  • Present tests and reading materials in an oral format so the assessment is not unduly influenced by lack of reading ability.
    • Erin Fontaine
      Erin Fontaine on 24 Jun 12
       
      You could try using voice to text service, set up chat sessions, even meet in person to conduct evaluations
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  • frequent progress checks.
    • Erin Fontaine
      Erin Fontaine on 24 Jun 12
       
      Great way to utilize the Act. Report feature in Moodle
  • immediate feedback
  • Make activities concise and short
  • Learning disabled youngsters have difficulty learning abstract terms and concepts. Whenever possible, provide them with concrete objects and events—items they can touch, hear, smell, etc.
    • Erin Fontaine
      Erin Fontaine on 24 Jun 12
       
      This will be my hardest, how do you accomodate everyone, with every thing they need?
  • provide specific praising comments that link the activity directly with the recognition
  • offer information in both written and verbal formats
  • Create an atmosphere in which a true “community of learners” is facilitated and enhanced.
Gary Bedenharn

Athabasca University : Canada's Leader in Online & Distance Education - 0 views

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university education distance e-learning learning disability

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  • Gary Bedenharn on 24 Jun 12
     
    Online and distance education They have done research on access education to the people with disability.
Anneke Chodan

Blind and the Beast - Television Tropes & Idioms - 0 views

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disability tropes for Anneke's class

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  • Anneke Chodan on 23 Jul 12
     
    Another example disability trope.
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