[Athen] Schools with Accessibility Standards and Faculty Pages

[Sheryl E. Burgstahler]

I think many faculty are influenced by the tendency of students to be distracted with email, web surfing, etc., when they are allowed to use laptops in class.

Sheryl 

> On Apr 18, 2018, at 5:43 AM, Berger, Eileen <eileen_berger at gse.harvard.edu> wrote:

> 

> Hi All,

> I have a question about use of laptops in courses. Automaticity allows some students with cognitive differences, those with RSI, vision impairments, Hearing imp. Reading CART and etc. to take notes, stay tuned into classes, view PowerPOints and projected materials up close or enlarged etc. How do we influence our faculty to reconsider rigid no laptop in class policies? They seem to be influenced  by several articles and some limited research about how notetaking on laptops diminishes learning and long term memory.

> Have you encountered this and how did you deal with it?

> Thanks for any info!

> Eileen

>  

> Eileen Connell Berger

> Access and Disability Services Administrator

> Assistant Director Office of Student Affairs

> Harvard Graduate School of Education

>  

> From: athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu> On Behalf Of Sheryl E. Burgstahler

> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 4:37 PM

> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list at u.washington.edu>

> Subject: Re: [Athen] Schools with Accessibility Standards and Faculty Pages

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> We state that individuals campus wide are responsible for accessible IT under their control, including those who create web pages. Having said that, we, in a very distributed environment, do not employ an accessible IT “police department.”

>  

> Sheryl Burgstahler, Ph.D.

> Director, UW Accessible Technology & DO-IT, UW-IT

> Affiliate Professor, Education

> University of Washington, Box 354842

> Seattle, WA 98195

> 206-543-0622          FAX 206-221-4171

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> On Apr 17, 2018, at 12:21 PM, James Bailey <jbailey at uoregon.edu <mailto:jbailey at uoregon.edu>> wrote:

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>  

> Hello All,

> If your school has advanced and campus-wide ICT accessibility policies, how do you handle faculty and/or student created pages? Please excuse duplicate posts.

>  

> Thanks,

>  

> James

>  

> James Bailey M.S.

> Associate Director

> Accessible Education Center

> University of Oregon

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