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Overcoming the challenges of online learning for students with disabilities

Neo LMS

However, the nature of online learning and its reliance upon technology that isn’t always well-designed for group education can leave some students at serious disadvantages. Closed captioning accuracy in live teaching video calls is often subpar, and not all online tools are compatible with assistive technology.

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Thinking differently about dyslexia in the classroom: Part 1

Neo LMS

Adrian Atkinson, a business psychologist who worked with a dyslexic research group studying the prevalence of dyslexia among entrepreneurs says, “Most people who make a million have difficult childhoods or have been frustrated in a major way. The middle classes emerged from this advanced ability to access knowledge. A turn of the tide.

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An Inside Look at the Edtech Purchasing Process

edWeb.net

They not only look at how the product would fit with their learning standards and curriculum, but the product must also work within their LMS. Noakes emphasized that the process must include an equity assessment—can all of the students and teachers access the tech outside of school? She thinks the industry is lagging behind.

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Secrets of Accessible Online Content You Need to Know

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In some of the statistics about online acceessibility , we see that, up to 20% of people are excluded from websites when our site is not accessible. Today, we dig into a university that is making progress on accessibility and compliance.

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Technology in the Classroom: The Complete Guide

ViewSonic Education

1990 – The Internet brings about unprecedented access to information. 2005 – Learning Management System (LMS) takes off as a viable teaching tool. These tend to be the challenges for any new technology, however, and as interactive whiteboards become more accessible they will continue to grow in popularity. .