Accessibility: More than technology, more than Section 508.
This is an article with pretty wide scope. It addresses all of the problems in design, information technology, and assistive technology that get in the way of online learning. For example, talking about "learning styles" (a theory I personally am very skeptical about), the authors found:
"We had originally assumed that extroverted students would report preferring Internet courses, citing the chat and discussion boards as great places to interact. However, we found instead that most of the extraverts did NOT prefer online courses ... Contrary to this finding, was the preference of introverts for the discussion board and virtual chat. We received many reports saying things like: “I’m usually too shy to join discussions, but on the Internet I do it much better.”
Another interesting finding was that the learning styles and personality preferences of most of the course participants were the opposite of my own. We would need to look again at this course, re-developing it with more concreteness, and more sequentially arranged directions. We also needed to re-think student interaction assignments to make them more meaningful to the extroverts."
This could really help shape your thinking about design.
Addressing On-line Accessibility Issues at East Carolina University - Melissa D. Engleman, Campus Technologies. Like many universities, East Carolina University (ECU) has seen an overwhelming increase in demand for online courses.... First, there was the accessibility of current technology to our faculty and students. We found that we would implement some really wo [Online Learning Update]
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