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sherrilattimer

Author: When It Comes To High-Speed Internet, U.S. 'Falling Way Behind' : All Tech Cons... - 0 views

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internet access

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  • They're just like the railroad in that if you were a farmer in the 1890s, the only way to get your goods to market would be to work through the railroad. ... We just can't operate without it. They're also like them in that they're expensive businesses to build in the first place — it's very hard to come in and compete against one of these guys once they've built one of these giant networks. They're also like the railroad in that it takes intentional policy to make them stretch all the way across the United States.
  • We seem to currently assume that communications access is a luxury, something that should be entirely left to the private market unconstrained by any form of oversight. The problem is that it's just not true in the modern era. You can't get a job, you can't get access to adequate health care, you can't educate your children, we can't keep up with other countries in the developed world without having very high capacity, very high speed access for everybody in the country. And the only way you get there is through government involvement in this market. That's how we did it for the telephone, that's how we did it for the federal highway system, and we seem to have forgotten that when it comes to these utility basic services, we can't create a level playing field for all Americans or indeed compete on the world stage without having some form of government involvement.
  • "Unless somebody in the system has industrial policy in mind, a long-term picture of where the United States needs to be and has the political power to act on it, we'll be a Third World country when it comes to communications."
Hedy Lowenheim

Libraries Struggle to Close the 'Digital Divide' - Room for Debate - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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libraries education Learning technology

shared by Hedy Lowenheim on 13 Jun 13 - No Cached
  • In the 21st century, high-speed Internet access is almost as essential as electricity. That libraries serve as the provider for millions of Americans isn't something to celebrate. It's a sign that we're in trouble. We're depriving people of basic information access that is central to every policy we care about – including health, education and national security – even though every American should be able to communicate reliably and access information at any time.
Gary Bedenharn

ScreenReader.net: freedom for blind and Visually impaired people - 0 views

www.screenreader.net

accessibility screenreader tools freeware reader text-to-speech software blind

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  • Gary Bedenharn on 24 Jun 12
     
    Commercial site for screen readers for blind people to access their computers.
Amy M

Much of Rural America Still Struggles With Broadband Access - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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shared by Amy M on 28 Jun 12 - No Cached
  • In rural America, only 60 percent of households use broadband Internet service, according to a report released Thursday by the Department of Commerce. That is 10 percent less than urban households. Over all, 28 percent of Americans do not use the Internet at all.
  • It took her three days to try to arrange a meeting with the governor 150 miles away in Montgomery because such inquiries cannot be made over the phone and she had to drive 45 minutes to her daughter’s house to use e-mail.
  • Amy M on 28 Jun 12
     
    rural areas still cannot get fast  internet access
Amy M

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

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shared by Amy M on 08 Jun 12 - No Cached
  • "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
Amy M

Accessibility of eBook Readers - 0 views

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  • Amy M on 08 Jun 12
     
    Research on accessibility of eReaders.
Amy M

Times Higher Education - Muscle from Brussels as open access gets an €80bn boost - 1 views

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shared by Amy M on 11 Jun 12 - No Cached
  • The European Union is set to throw the weight of its €80 billion
  • Amy M on 11 Jun 12
     
    EU Funding open access
Amy M

Duke Open Access Policy - 0 views

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  • The Faculty of Duke University is committed to disseminating the fruits of its research and scholarship as widely as possible. In addition to the public benefit of such dissemination, this policy is intended to serve faculty interests by promoting greater reach and impact for articles, simplifying authors’ retention of distributio
  • Amy M on 11 Jun 12
     
    Duke's open access policy
Anneke Chodan

How to Meet WCAG 2.0 - 0 views

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disability reference how to accessibility accommodations

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  • Anneke Chodan on 12 Jun 12
     
    Quick reference on making Web content accessible to those with a variety of disabilities
alexandra m. pickett

Malczyk Mirror | Am I an online learner or an online teacher? - 1 views

bmalczyk.edublogs.org

shared by alexandra m. pickett on 12 Jun 12 - No Cached
  • access to highspeed internet
    • alexandra m. pickett
      alexandra m. pickett on 12 Jun 12
       
      huge assumption
  • Perhaps the mark of an effective teacher is not that there students have all the right answers but that there students know how to ask the right questions.  
  • I appreciate the chance to reflect and recognize that the “me” that comes out in the blog is different than the “me” in the discussion area. I want my students to have various opportunities to express themselves.
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  • reveals things about myself.
  • his has been a great exercise to realize that my personal preferences are not likely everyone else’s preferences and should therefore be thought through.
  • I really believe that this course has taught me important skills because I was required to actually use the skills I was learning about.
  • when I am able to direct the topic of my learning I am more engaged. It becomes a joy to find additional resources instead of chore. Online courses offer a unique aibilty to have more individually focused learning in discussions that I have greatly benefitted from during this semester.
  • . My learning was enhanced when I sat down and made time for the course. Even though it is an online course, I had to treat it at times like a traditional course and block out an hour or two or three as if it were a class time. Then I was much more productive. Setting aside time for online courses is a must as many others have recognized. 2. If my life was sufficiently complex to hinder learning, how much harder it must be for young students who face much more challenging conditions. I have a very supportive wife and family, a car to get from place to place, an office and access to fast reliable internet. Many youth who we criticize for dropping out or doing poorly in school have no such supports or access. They live in unsafe conditions, lack examples and role models and may even be lacking basic necessities of life like food and safe shelter. These conditions are the real hindrances to learning and have been recognized as such for some time.
Amy M

Designing for Mobile Devices in Higher Education Research « Researching Usabi... - 0 views

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  • Charging for it Creating a game Using specific locations (though some devices are able to detect location through browser applications) Using cameras Using accelerometers (to detect motion or rotation) Accessing file systems Offline users
  • Amy M on 20 Jun 12
     
    CDL Recommendations: Auto-detect mobile devices and automatically display mobile version of a site (though always provide obvious links back to the full version of the site). Create mobile websites rather than apps whenever possible so that users do not  need to download software in advance of using it. Advertise through a variety of channels, including campus or departmental emails, campus websites, library websites, and blogs. Overall CDL design recommendations: Set up testing practices and environments for the most heavily used device platforms (Apple iOS,  RIM Blackberry OS, and Android OS). Test with physical devices where possible rather than emulation environments. Support mobile web access as opposed to building standalone mobile applications. Adopt and maintain web analytical tools to accurate mobile device tracking and usage statistics for online services. Continue to survey constituents and end-users annually or bi-annually to capture rapidly changing behaviours.
aperr1

COLSD - 0 views

centerononlinelearning.org

accessibility onlinelearning swd

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  • aperr1 on 17 Jun 14
     
    Provides articles and research pertaining to accessibility of online learning for students with disabilities
efleonhardt

Creating Effective Collaborative Learning Groups in an Online Environment | Brindley | ... - 1 views

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Collaboration Online

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  • Access to education should not mean merely access to content
    • efleonhardt
      efleonhardt on 18 Jun 14
       
      I think this is an interesting point when talking about creating online classes. It's important to take into account that a class is not mearly sharing information but having th students work together
  • rather, it should mean access to a rich learning environment that provides opportunity for interaction and connectedness
  • instructor skill in creating and managing interaction in online courses
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  • course design as a critical factor in determining the quantity, quality, and type of interactivity
  • connectivism
  • it relies on the connected learning that occurs through interaction with various sources of knowledge
  • participation in communities of common interest, social networks, and group tasks.
  • Transparency of expectations Details of the requirements to participate in a study group are posted in the course syllabus. The purpose (learning objectives) of collaboration and expectations of the learners are made very clear in the main conference. If students communicate reluctance about study group participation, instructors encourage participation and are open about discussing the purpose and process.
  • Transparency of expectations
  • Transparency of expectations
  • Clear instructions
  • Clear instructions
  • Meaning-making/relevance
  • Meaning-making/relevanc
  • scaffolding
  • informality, familiarity, honesty, openness, heart, passion, dialogue, rapport, empathy, trust, authenticity, disclosure, humour, and diverse opinions
Tera

Development:Moodle Accessibility Specification - MoodleDocs - 0 views

docs.moodle.org/...le_Accessibility_Specification

moodle accessibility ada

shared by Tera on 01 Jun 10 - Cached
  • he document specifies improvements to the accessibility of the Moodle course management system
alexandra m. pickett

Sloan-C - Publications - Journal: JALN - Vol4:2 Student Satisfaction and Perceived Lear... - 0 views

www.sloan-c.org/...v4n2_fredericksen.asp

jaln student satisfaction at suny vol4

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  • For new SLN faculty the first stage in their development as on-line instructors is to get on-line and access the SLN Faculty Developer Gateway (http://SLN.suny.edu/developer). There, they are introduced to the SLN faculty development and course design processes. They participate in a facilitated on-line conference to network with our growing community of on-line instructors and to get the feel for on-line discussion in the asynchronous Web environment. In stage two, faculty begin to conceptualize their courses. They complete an on-line orientation to the Web course environment and they also have the opportunity to observe a variety of live on-line courses that have been selected as models to help them get a sense of the possibilities and to get the look and feel of the on-line classroom. Stage three is the SLN Course Development stage. They are asked to attend three workshops. At the first workshop, faculty receive a customized course template created in Lotus Notes, access to our networked system and on-line resources, and a step-by-step guide for building the components of their course. They are also assigned an instructional design partner to work with throughout their first course-development and delivery cycles and have access to a Help Desk for technology support. Note that it is not until stage three of our faculty development process that faculty are introduced to the technology that they will use to create their course. Our primary focus is on developing and supporting on-line faculty and effective on-line pedagogy, not on the technology. 
    • alexandra m. pickett
      alexandra m. pickett on 27 May 08
       
      what are your thoughts on this passage?
    • Robert Braathe
      Robert Braathe on 30 May 08
       
      Getting faculty involved in the system of communicating in a new way is very effective. If we expect our students to be involved, we need to (as faculty) get immersed in communicating in these new ways to make the technology effective. Otherwise, the technology is obsolete
  • alexandra m. pickett on 22 Apr 08
     
    Student Satisfaction and Perceived Learning with On-line Courses: Principles and Examples from the SUNY Learning Network Eric Fredericksen, Alexandra Pickett, Peter Shea State University of New York William Pelz Herkimer County Community College http://www.sloan-c.org/publications/jaln/v4n2/pdf/v4n2_fredericksen.pdf Karen Swan University of Albany
  • alexandra m. pickett on 27 May 08
     
    doing a demo ignore this.
Jane DeMeis

accesselearning Tutorial: Overview - 0 views

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for Mod 4 lesson

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  • Jane DeMeis on 16 Jul 09
     
    this is a course on how to make different media forms suchas vieo, and PowerPoint accessible for the guys I work with who have developmental disabilities and need or use devices to help them work on the computer. I am very excited about this course and information and I am presenting this at work
  • Jane DeMeis on 16 Jul 09
     
    this is a course on how to make different media forms such as video, and PowerPoint accessible for the guys I work with who have developmental disabilities and need or use devices to help them work on the computer. I was very excited about this course and information until I read through and found that some of it was basic knowledge and some of it was junk. However, the end had great resource bibliography which I am using in my class. :)
  • Jane DeMeis on 16 Jul 09
     
    for mod 4 assignment
Jessica Backus-Foster

5. Increasing Time on Task: 7 Principles Collection of TLT Ideas - 0 views

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time on task

shared by Jessica Backus-Foster on 13 Jul 09 - Cached
  • helping communicate to students how much time and energy you and your institution expect them to invest in their work
  • the ability to store work and work-in-process on the school's network
  • ability to send file attachments with email has made it easy for students to send me a draft of their work for feedback at any time.
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  • With randomly generated homework problems, immediate feedback, and the opportunity to try again, students view the homework almost like a game with the challenge of getting all the problems correct. As a result, they seem to spend more time than with paper and pencil homework.
  • availability of many research materials on-line and through electronic databases to which libraries subscribe should enable students to access what they need from their homes or their dorms at time which are convenient to them
  • “capturing students’ beer time
  • streaming video versions of all lectures
  • our approach to students is to encourage students to do what works for them (but to be sure to do it!)
  • Access to the Internet has changed research possibilities. Students have access to much more information faster than in the past.
  • Hot links to articles and other readings
  • E-mail messages are quickly replacing the live visit to professors and probably encouraging more students to talk to professors since it is less scary to them to write rather than face professors face to face.
  • Searching for journal articles using electronic bibliographic databases has been a major time saver for students
  • electronic reserves at the library
  • Use of the Calendar in WebCT to promote planning by students. Can also use the Calendar to highlight particular content or web resources to be ready for in-class discussion. Remind students in different media such as in-class and on-line about the expected completion dates for projects. (Virginia Arp, Gannon University)
  • "2 hours outside to 1 hour in class
  • Some may be spending more time because they’re unfamiliar with the medium. Some may be spending more time because instructions for assignments are not well-written for online use Some may be spending more time because they want to: the assignments are more interesting. And so on. Depending on the reasons, “spending more time” may be a) a triumph, b) a problem to be fixed, c) a temporary situation to be endured.
  • Going 'paperless" has saved me much time on task
  • publisher of one of our texts provides a tutorial CD and website as well as online course support
sherrilattimer

Report: Google Spending $1B on Internet Satellites - World Wide Web on Top Tech News - 0 views

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  • Search giant Google has been working on Internet expansion technologies for at least a few years and its latest project could involve spending $1 billion on 180 satellites, according to the Wall Street Journal. Just like the balloons in Google's Project Loon, the satellites would be used to extend Internet access to large groups of people in remote areas
  • Since Project Loon was first revealed and subsequently rolled out in a test run over New Zealand, many people have praised Google for its Internet expansion initiatives. The majority of people on earth do not have access to the Internet and with Project Loon ability to provide 3G-like speeds, people could at least get online for simple tasks if there is no ground-based Internet provider.
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