[Athen] Distance Education and Assistive Technology

[Robert Beach]

For somebody to take an online course from us, they have to have regular access to a computer.  If they have a disability and do not have appropriate assistive technology to access that computer, then they do not have regular access to a computer.  Access technology on a personal computer is the student's responsibility, not the institution's.

If it is a computer that the institution is providing, then you have a different responsibility.

HTH.

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From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Brown, Carol [cbrown at ad.nmsu.edu]
Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 2:14 PM
To: athen at athenpro.org
Subject: [Athen] Distance Education and Assistive Technology

A student in another state is taking a distance education course from our University and has requested speech-to-text software.  How are colleges/universities handling this type or request?
Any policies/procedures that you wish to share would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Carol Brown
Assistive Technology Specialist
Student Accessibility Services
Rm. 244, Corbett Center
MSC 4149
New Mexico State University
P.O. Box 30001
Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003-8001

(575) 646-6840  Office
(575) 646-5222  Fax
(575) 646-1918  TTY