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ERIC Number: EJ1202365
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Dec
Pages: 19
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-2472-5749
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Supporting Literacy with Accessibility: Virtual School Course Designers' Planning for Students with Disabilities
Rice, Mary F.
Online Learning, v22 n4 p161-179 Dec 2018
As more K-12 students with disabilities enroll in online courses, virtual schools and programs are working to make courses accessible through stronger course design. When course designers approach the issue of accessibility, they must comply with legal requirements and mitigate the challenges many students with disabilities face for literacy and learning. These challenges include a lack of vocabulary support and complex text in online course materials. This study describes qualitative research that sought to uncover strategies course designers used to meet accessibility standards and promote literacies online for all students, especially students with disabilities. Three strategies emerged as findings: (1) composing clear articulations of learning objectives, (2) promoting personalized and contextualized learning, and (3) planning for visual and audio representation of concepts. While the course designers displayed emerging understandings of accessibility, they were less adept at addressing the interplay between literacies that promote access and accessibility features that promote literacies.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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