Current Status of Proposal

Objectives:

• Investigation of assistive technology that supports the visually impaired student for the fall of 2006 (started, see appropriate blog post above)
• Creation of a Blog to promote communication and community to focus on emerging accessibility issues (done but needs to be promoted)
• Use of a wiki to provide a group work space to document resources available to faculty, Disibility office staff, students, Instructional Designers, and administrators (started but more content needs to be added)
• Discussion concerning the promising benefits of assistive technology
  Observation of a range of assistive technology devices in use (started, see post above)
• Identification and exploration of key questions … What are the issues around assistive technology? How can assistive technology enable special needs students to be empowered? How can technology promote achievement and increase academic success? What can we do as the Teaching, Learning and Technology Center to further support faculty and students with assistive technology?
• Presentation of accessibility issues and standards to content developers at Seton Hall
  Identification and examination of effective frameworks and successful assistive technology initiatives at other higher education institutions (scheduled for 3 weeks in December)
• Hold a Showcase on awareness of accessibility through the Emerging Technology Roundtable and the Office of Student Disabilities (i.e. speakers, presentations by students on use of assistive technology at SHU, legal issues, etc.) (scheduled for Spring of 2006)
• Development of a partnership between the TLTC and the Student Disability Office on campus (started, two meetings already held, see appropriate blog post above)