E-learning and disability in higher education : accessibility research and practice / Jane K. Seale.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Seale, Jane.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Computer-assisted instruction.

Education, Higher.

College students with disabilities--Effect of technological innovations on.

College students with disabilities.

Computers and people with disabilities.

Physical Description:

vi, 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.

Summary:

Most practitioners know that they should make e-learning accessible to students with disabilities, yet it is not always clear exactly how this should be done. E-Learning and Disability in Higher Education evaluates current practice and provision and explores the tools, methods and approaches available for improving accessible practice. Examining the social, educational and political background behind making e-learning accessible in higher and further education, this book considers the role of, and provides advice for, the key stake-holders involved in e-learning provision: lecturers, learning technologists, student support services, staff developers and senior managers. Key topics covered include: the opportunities that e-learning can offer students with disabilities; the impact of accessibility legislation, guidelines and standards on current e-learning practices; the reliability and validity of accessibility related evaluation and repair tools; practical guidelines for 'best practice' in providing accessible e-learning experiences. E-Learning and Disability in Higher Education is valuable reading for all practitioners and researchers involved in the design and delivery of accessible e-learning in higher, further and distance education.

Contents:

Introduction : magic fairies and accessibility dust

Disability and higher education

E-learning, disability and higher education

Accessibility, e-learning and higher education

Accessing e-learning : the student's perspective

Planning and developing accessible e-learning experiences : the lecturer's perspective

Designing and developing accessible e-learning resources : the learning technologist's perspective

Supporting the use of accessible e-learning : the student support service perspective

Developing accessible e-learning practice: the staff developer's perspective

Managing accessible e-learning practice : the senior manager's perspective

Institutional responses to accessibility : rules, games and politics

Individual responses to accessibility : tools, activities and contradictions

Community responses to accessibility : enterprises, boundary practices and brokers

Conclusions : building bridges.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [208]-235) and index.

ISBN:

0415383102

0415383099

0203969596

OCLC:

62408603

Publisher Number:

9780415383103 (pbk.)

9780415383097 (hbk.)

9780203969595 (pbk.)

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