Making Online Learning Accessible for Students with Disabilities

Autor/inn/en	Hashey, Andrew I.; Stahl, Skip
Titel	Making Online Learning Accessible for Students with Disabilities
Quelle	In: TEACHING Exceptional Children, 46 (2014) 5, S.70-78 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0040-0599
DOI	10.1177/0040059914528329
Schlagwörter	Electronic Learning; Access to Education; Student Participation; Disabilities; Elementary School Students; Secondary School Students; Elementary Secondary Education; Enrollment; Virtual Classrooms; Barriers; Media Selection; Federal Legislation; Program Evaluation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Handicap; Behinderung; Sekundarschüler; Einschulung; Medienwahl; Bundesrecht; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation
Abstract	The growing presence of K-12 online education programs is a trend that promises to increase flexibility, improve efficiency, and foster engagement in learning. Students with disabilities can benefit from dynamic online educational environments, but only to the extent that they can access and participate in the learning process. As students with disabilities' enrollment in full-time virtual schools may not be keeping pace with the enrollment rates of their typically developing peers, educators are becoming better at identifying the barriers to access that may be partly responsible for this current scenario. The future landscape of K-12 online education therefore represents both challenge and opportunity for students with disabilities. The guidelines and resources identified here help decision makers reframe online resource selection in terms of accessibility-an essential first step in broadening participation in online learning programs. This perspective can also promote the selection of digital learning resources that emphasize inclusion and access needs over flashy products and strong product marketing campaigns. Ideally, the demands for accessible online learning resources will also spur educational programmers and designers to create more online learning products that can level the playing field through enhanced accessibility, putting all students in a position where they can reliably benefit from the rising tide of online learning opportunities. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01