Creating a Safety Net for Moving the Classroom to the Web

Proposal No: 907

Bios & Handouts

Speaker(s)

• Van Credle, Assistive Technology Specialist, The Catholic University of America
• Berkeley Collins, Acting Manager of Learning Technologies, The Catholic University of America

Disability Area: Cognitive|Learning   Mobility   Vision   Deaf|HOH   Other Disability  

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Topic Area: Legal   Best Practices   Web|Media Access   Alternate Format   Campus Policy   Curriculum Access   Assistive Technology   Information Resources  

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Length of Session (in hours): 1-hr

Format: Lecture

Expertise Level: Beginner

Type of session: Not provided

Summary of Session

This presentation will cover how Disability Support Services and IT on campus are collaborating to prepare faculty using newly adopted classroom technology with principles of universal design and adapting for accessibility.

Abstract

Faculty are excited about the use of new media and platforms in the classrooms. To help the faculty utilize technology available to them, such as learning management systems, course capture software, and digital classrooms, the IT department with Disability Support Services has focused attention on teaching faculty how to use university-adopted technology with a focus on universal design and accessibility. Faculty receive orientation and training on technology they can implement in the classroom through designed curriculum, plain-speech brochures, and one-off presentations. As a part of technology adoption, faculty are taught basics principles of universal design, how to create their own accessible materials, and how to use university resources for complex materials. The aim of this instruction is to help faculty prepare materials with principles of universal design and accessibility before the course is deployed.

Kepoints

1. New online media and classroom technology can be employed to great success for learning
2. Faculty are excited about technology but lack understanding in how to best use it to facilitate learning
3. DSS and IT collaborate to encourage accessibility and universal design in faculty use of new technology.

Speaker Bio(s)

Van Credle

The speaker has worked in education and in private companies in the field of assistive technology. She started at Boston University as Alternative Formats Lab Manager developing processes for creating DAISY books and other alternative formats. Then she moved to Dolphin Computer Access where she worked with Ron Stewart as both trainer and marketing coordinator, and she was also a founding employee of Digilife Media, LLC, a digital text publisher. She left to pursue humanitarian work in developing countries and is now State-side working with The Catholic University of America.

Berkeley Collins

Handout(s)

• wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Creating-a-Safety-Net-for-Moving-Your-Classroom-to-the-Web.pptx
• ../handouts2013/credle/Creating a Safety Net for Moving Your Classroom to the Web.docx