Connecting to learn : educational and assistive technology for people with disabilities /

Connecting to learn : educational and assistive technology for people with disabilities / Marcia J. Scherer.

"Connecting to Learn: Educational and Assistive Technology for People With Disabilities presents a comprehensive approach to matching the right assistive technology with students with disabilities, especially visual and auditory disabilities. Dr. Scherer explores the way disabilities, especiall...

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Main Author: Scherer, Marcia J. 1948-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2004]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
People with disabilities > Education > United States.
People with disabilities > United States > Computer-assisted instruction.
Self-help devices for people with disabilities > United States.
Assistive listening systems > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • The fundamental sense of connectedness
  • II: Learner characteristics and preferences
  • The effects of loss of hearing or vision on the learner and learning
  • The personal meaning of hearing or vision loss
  • III: Environments for learning
  • The move from separate to inclusive education
  • Contrasting inclusive with exclusive education
  • Technology made inclusive education possible
  • IV: Technologies for access to information and for instructional delivery
  • Computers: mixing assistive, information, and access technologies
  • Desirable and less desirable effects of educational technologies
  • Getting going on learning
  • V: Matching learners with the most appropriate technologies and strategies for their use
  • Individual learner preferences and needs
  • The matching person and technology model
  • VI: Connecting to learn
  • Bringing it all together for the individual user.

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