[Athen] Schools with Accessibility Standards and Faculty Pages

[Heidi Scher]

Hi Eileen,

I have also read many of those studies on note taking - pencil vs tech. But
none that I have seen take into account the barrier that pen/pencil/paper
may create for some students. In other words, the studies and reports don't
address equitable access for students with disabilities. I would agree with
Rachel that a faculty member would have to make a case as to whether use of
a laptop fundamental alters the course before a laptop isn't allowed. I
don't see how these studies could be applied in such a manner as to deem
the laptop to fundamental alter the course.

At our institution, within the Faculty Notification Letter each faculty
member receives (and each student receives their own copy), the
accommodation is listed as "Use of laptop in class - Intenet disabled".

Heidi

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On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 12:35 PM, Thompson, Rachel <rsthompson2 at ua.edu>
wrote:


> If use of a laptop in class is part of a student’s accommodations, the

> instructor would have to make a strong case against it, right? I cannot

> imagine an instructor’s justification being sufficient to prevent the

> student having the tech they need.

>

>

>

> When I teach face-to-face courses and students use laptops, I inform them

> (and include in the syllabus) that doing non-class activities while in my

> class will result in them being counted absent and losing all daily points.

> The same is true for phone use.

>

>

>

> An aside - the last time I taught face-to-face first-year writing (75

> minute classes, twice a week), I had so many issues with students sneaking

> to text/snapchat on their phones that I started giving a 2-minute break in

> the middle of the course when they could check their messages. It really

> helped them stay focused for the rest of the time.

>

>

>

> Rachel

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>

> Dr. Rachel S. Thompson

> Director, Emerging Technology and Accessibility

> The Office of Information Technology

> The University of Alabama

> A207 Gordon Palmer Hall

> Box 870248

> Tuscaloosa, AL 35487

> Phone 205-348-0216

> rsthompson2 at ua.edu | http://accessibility.ua.edu

>

>

>

> *From:* athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu> *On

> Behalf Of *Sheryl E. Burgstahler

> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 18, 2018 12:26 PM

>

> *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network <

> athen-list at u.washington.edu>

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

> Pages

>

>

>

> 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

>

>

>

> 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

> http://staff.washington.edu/sherylb

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> On Apr 17, 2018, at 12:21 PM, James Bailey <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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