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Technology Access at UW Madison ITC Meeting December 14, 2012 Presenters: Bruce Maas, Vice Provost for Information Technology, Chief Information Officer Carrie Nelson, General Library, ATR Team Member Cathy Trueba, Assistant Dean, Division of Student Life Director, McBurney Disability Resource Center
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Students w/Disabilities at UW Madison * 2010-11 data Learning Disorders 444 Learning Disability 202 Attention Deficit Dis. 213 Brain Injury 18 Autism/Asperger's 11 Sensory/Mobility/Health 254 Low Vision/Blind 15 Deaf/Hard of Hearing 29 Mobility 40 Chronic Health 172 Psychiatric 257 Total 969
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UW Student Adaptive Technology Users (160-170) Text/image enlargement – Magnifiers, ZoomText Screen reading software (Kurzweill) Voice recognition software (Dragon) CART captioning Captioned media Smart Pen technology FM/audio amplification systems Refreshable Braille http://www.mcburney.wisc.edu/training/mcburney/foundations/#module3 http://www.mcburney.wisc.edu/training/mcburney/foundations/#module3 (4:56 6:13 and 6:38)
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Technology Interactions Beyond the Classroom Timetable and course registration UW Scholarship Portal Electronic Portfolios Email and calendaring systems UW Athletics ticket requests
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Faculty Interaction with Information Technology Books/ebooks Interactive tutorials Flipped classrooms Podcasts Learning Management Systems Electronic testing Classroom learning technology Webinars & chats
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Faculty Interaction cont… Media, including social media Labs and research equipment Faculty/department websites Content - PDFs, PPT, etc. Databases Lecture capture Conferencing software (e.g., Adobe Connect)
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Federal Accessibility Law Rehabilitation Act (1973) Section 504 (1973) Program access Section 508 (amendment in 1986, amended 1998) Technology Access Americans with Disabilities Act (1990, amended, 2009) Voluntary standards and guidelines World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).World Wide Web ConsortiumWeb Accessibility Initiative
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UW System and UW Madison Policies UW System Non-Discrimination Policy (1988, 1996) http://www.uwsa.edu/bor/policies/rpd/rpd14-10.htm http://www.uwsa.edu/bor/policies/rpd/rpd14-10.htm http://www.wisc.edu/policies/wwwap.php http://www.wisc.edu/policies/wwwap.php VCA Accommodation Funding Policy http://www.vc.wisc.edu/Docs/AccommodationFundi ngPolicy2010.pdf http://www.vc.wisc.edu/Docs/AccommodationFundi ngPolicy2010.pdf Faculty Doc 1071 – Access to Instruction (1994) http://adac.wisc.edu/1071.html http://adac.wisc.edu/1071.html Faculty Doc1143 – Test Accommodations (1995) http://adac.wisc.edu/students/assess.html Web Accessibility Policy (2000, 2001, 2003, 2007)
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Cultural, Resource and Industry Challenges Independent decision making practices Decentralized technology infrastructure Limited dedicated FTE with expertise in adaptive technology Limited awareness and campus training Pace of technology innovation Vendor testing and compliance imits Procurement language
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Outcomes Overreliance on reactive retro-fit to achieve technology access Unequal access to learning Liability and compliance risk Penn State Northwestern
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Campus Response(s) Changes in policy and practice Faculty document on technology and learning? Campus community of practice More robust education and training Faculty influencing the industry (e.g., E Pub 3 standard) CIO CIC influencing the industry
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