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Approaches To Implementing Virtual Reality For All, Amy Sugar, Kathleen Bastedo Dec 2021

Approaches To Implementing Virtual Reality For All, Amy Sugar, Kathleen Bastedo

FDLA Journal

This article discusses practical approaches and strategies to help educators determine how they can start implementing virtual reality (VR) in their courses while addressing the needs of diverse learners and engaging all students in meaningful VR learning experiences. The practical approaches and strategies shared in this paper center around three main areas of access: accessibility considerations, access to available technology, and access to VR experiences.


Accessibility Of Virtual Instruction In Higher Education: Challenges Caused By The Covid-19 Pandemic, Carlie L. Cooper Nov 2021

Accessibility Of Virtual Instruction In Higher Education: Challenges Caused By The Covid-19 Pandemic, Carlie L. Cooper

Georgia Journal of College Student Affairs

In 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed. It prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities. Institutions of higher education are included under Title III of the ADA, and as such are required to provide the same access to services and education to qualified individuals with disabilities as individuals without. A review of the literature of accessibility of online programs and courses in higher education shows that compliance to the ADA is sporadic due to several challenges. In Spring 2020, all institutions of higher education transitioned to some form of online instruction due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This created …


Studenting And Teaching With Chronic Pain: Accessibility At The Intersection Of Contingency And Disability, Beth Greene Mar 2021

Studenting And Teaching With Chronic Pain: Accessibility At The Intersection Of Contingency And Disability, Beth Greene

Academic Labor: Research and Artistry

While much attention is given to undergraduate students with disabilities, far less is devoted to graduate students, particularly those who also act as faculty: Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs). This article discusses issues of accessibility encountered by these contingent faculty members, specifically GTAs who have invisible disabilities, and how approaching discussions of contingency and disability with an ethos of transparent vulnerability—a level of transparency that necessarily leads to vulnerability—can help combat the stigma that continues to surround contingency and disability in higher education.


Oer Design: Creating Functional And Attractive Open Textbooks, Judy Schmitt Feb 2021

Oer Design: Creating Functional And Attractive Open Textbooks, Judy Schmitt

Library Faculty Works

Presented at the 2021 Missouri A&OER Symposium


Accommodating Students With Disabilities, Laura James Jan 2021

Accommodating Students With Disabilities, Laura James

TFSC Publications and Presentations

The Center for Educational Access (CEA) staff is your campus partner when working with students with disabilities, and will be sharing details about the accommodation process, procedures, as well as quick tips that will be helpful as you navigate this semester.