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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Where Do Students with Educational Disabilities Fit in Online Education?

                All students have the right to be included in any educational setting and receive the same access to the general education curriculum. This includes students with educational disabilities who have an individual education plan who have the right to access the general education curriculum. There is little research to illustrate how to help students with disabilities to access online education, unless there is a paraprofessional and teacher to help read the print.
Student with educational disabilities do not have the necessary skills to access the current educational material that is available online. The materials students can access at their skill level are directed at students who are chronologically younger. Online education can be programmed so that the student can access grade level curriculum at their skill level. My question, why is not there more available for students with exceptional needs? Does anyone know?

3 comments:

  1. Hello, Michelle

    I teach a couple of inclusion classes, so your challenging post immediately caught my attention. There are all kinds of disabilities, and for some students (those who lack mobility, for example) do not need any kind of accommodation for their distance learning courses. Students with emotional disabilities are also capable of completing online courses successfully without modifications. That leaves the students with learning disabilities. Many of them just need extra time, and the virtual classroom offers that already, as students are able to set their own pace to learn lessons and complete assignments. If they need extra time, I think that it can be provided with ease, as it would not interfere with other students' progress.

    As for your question, I think that the technology is so new that developers have not gotten around to the exceptionalities yet. Maybe one of us will.

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  2. True. Its students right to get education. I am preparing for the gate academy vijayawada. Thanks for sharing.

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