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| Friday, 22 July 2005: 8:30 AM-9:30 AM | |||
| Yerba Buena Salon 02 (San Francisco Marriott) | |||
| L-1: A World of Knowledge Open to All | |||
| Detailed Description: | This presentation offers an overview of a service model providing services to post-secondary students who have difficulty accessing course material due to their disabilities. The goal of this presentation is to demonstrate a model that (1) provides equal access using WebCT Vista as the environment for students to access textbook and course packets and (2) incorporates intuitive adaptive technology tools for students to navigate and manage coursework. | ||
| Presentation Format: | Paper | ||
| Topic: | Driving student success: Attracting, supporting and retaining learners | ||
| Target Audience: | Academic Technology Directors, E-learning Managers, Faculty and Other Instructors | ||
| Appropriate Audience Level: | Beginning or new users of WebCT, Experienced WebCT users | ||
| Abstract Text: | Under federal law (1793 Rehabilitation Act and 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act), students with print disabilities are entitled to the academic and intellectual resources of the nation's colleges and universities. Through accommodation, these important laws have evened the playing field, providing this population with access to all the possibilities that education can offer. For the University System of Georgia, this mandate presented an important challenge – the timely conversion of a diverse and complex array of printed materials into accessible and user-friendly formats. With a growing population of eligible students enrolled in most of the University System of Georgia's 34 institutions, it was time to explore more effective ways to produce and deliver alternative media. Technology was the answers and WebCT/Vista along with Premier Assistive Technology offered a vehicle to deliver online solutions for students with print disabilities who needed to access their course materials. Join the presenters as they demonstrate The Alternative Text Model which has streamlined and improved the delivery of alternative media to all eligible students with disabilities system-wide. | ||
| Session Leader: | Christopher Lee Alternative Media Access Center - University of Georgia | ||
| Co-presenters: | Steven Timmer University of Georgia System - UGA Marie Lasseter Advanced Learning Technologies University System of Georgia | ||
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