Report: Accessibility in Digital Learning Increasingly Complex — from campustechnology.com by Dian Schaffhauser
Excerpt:
The Online Learning Consortium (OLC)has introduced a series of original reports to keep people in education up-to-date on the latest developments in the field of digital learning. The first report covers accessibility and addresses both K-12 and higher education. The series is being produced by OLC’s Research Center for Digital Learning & Leadership.
The initial report addresses four broad areas tied to accessibility:
- The national laws governing disability and access and how they apply to online courses;
- What legal cases exist to guide online course design and delivery in various educational settings;
- The issues that emerge regarding online course access that might be unique to higher ed or to K-12, and which ones might be shared; and
- What support online course designers need to generate accessible courses for learners across the education life span (from K-12 to higher education).