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The role of technology and authentic task contexts in promoting inclusive learning for disabled and non-disabled college students

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SIGMIS CPR '08: Proceedings of the 2008 ACM SIGMIS CPR conference on Computer personnel doctoral consortium and research

Pages 109 - 111

https://doi.org/10.1145/1355238.1355266

Published: 03 April 2008 Publication History

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Although most online courses offered by institutions of higher learning are accessible to both the disabled and non-disabled student population, little empirical research is available on how inclusive the online courses are. Fulfilling mandated accessibility requirements may not always connote inclusivity. As such, educational institutions may unwittingly foster separate educational tracks for disabled Vs non-disabled students; while simultaneously paying mere lip service to the notion of "making reasonable accommodations" for their disabled student population as required by law. In this research project, we intend to use our current understanding of how humans learn in technology enabled environments and findings in cognitive neuroscience, to develop and assess the effectiveness of online course materials that will be made inclusively accessible to both disabled and non-disabled students. Our initial focus is on Science, Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) online courses offered to college level blind and deaf as well as sighted/hearing students.

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SIGMIS CPR '08: Proceedings of the 2008 ACM SIGMIS CPR conference on Computer personnel doctoral consortium and research

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DOI:10.1145/1355238

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James Madison University, USA
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Michigan Technological University, USA
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University of Arkansas, USA
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Florida State University, USA

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Krasteva SNiederman F(2013)Computer PersonnelProceedings of the 2013 46th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences10.1109/HICSS.2013.141(4105-4114)Online publication date: 7-Jan-2013
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1109/HICSS.2013.141
Niederman FKrasteva SAdya MHorton RHuang HQuesenberry J(2012)Observations regarding the history of the study of computer personnelProceedings of the 50th annual conference on Computers and People Research10.1145/2214091.2214140(189-198)Online publication date: 31-May-2012
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2214091.2214140

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