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1 Addressing Issues of Social Justice with Technology Mike Menchaca, Ed.D. mikepm@hawaii.edu mikepm@hawaii.edu Tracie Ortiz (A-M) tracier@hawaii.edu Alex Parisky (N-Z) parisky@hawaii.edu Menchaca, Ortiz © 2009

2 Overview Futurism vs. Reality Diverse Learners Political Action

3 Futurism Looking Backward Dyson, et al., 1994: “The reason for America's victory in the computer wars of the 1980s is that dynamic competition was allowed to occur, in an area so breakneck and pell-mell that government would've had a hard time controlling it _even had it been paying attention_. The challenge for policy in the 1990s is to permit, even encourage, dynamic competition in every aspect of the cyberspace marketplace.” Meinrath, 2006: “For the last six years, the Administration has defined America's best interests as synonymous with those of a handful of giant telephone and cable companies. During this period, trillions of dollars of investment capital have evaporated, America has plunged from 4th to 16th (some would say 19th) in global broadband penetration, and we have fallen increasingly behind the leading nations in access to high-bandwidth capacity and in cost per unit of bandwidth.” What does a lack of appropriate high speed infrastructure mean for our country, especially with regard to issues of equity and social justice?

4 Reality Check Dyson, et al.: Demassification, customization, individuality, freedom -- these are the keys to success for Third Wave civilization. Most other advanced industrial countries will attain cyberspace democracy … before America does. Meinrath: In a communications age, access to the resources, information, opportunities, and conversations that broadband services and community and municipal wireless networks facilitate is a vital element -- the foundation upon which the future of civil society rests. Digital inclusion is not about averting social catastrophe, or noblese oblige to the underprivileged, or charity … The quality of the networks and infrastructure we have, along with the social and human capital investments in our communities, will define our quality of life and the direction our economies and societal structures will take.

5 Diverse Learners in Higher Education Designing distance courses to meet the educational needs of diverse learners aims in providing access to the rich array of instructional resources available to students and faculty. The following will inform of possible diversities of students in which faculty members may encounter in their online course(s). Tracie Ortiz

6 Introduction Distance education is extending and creating greater opportunities to diverse learners and larger populations more than ever. Additionally, distance learning programs have created opportunities for people with disabilities to participate in online instruction (Santovec, 2005).

7 Diverse learners include: Diverse Learners Physical disabilities Cognitive disabilities Second language learners

8 Physical disabilities include but not limited to: Hearing loss Vision loss Motor or limb loss

9 Examples: Vision loss Hearing loss: Vision loss: Text-to-speech Braille Large print Electronic materials Audio books text captioning interpreter Videos (signed) visual aids/icons

10 motor/limb loss Few navigational links Text-t0-speech

11 Cognitive disabilities include but not limited to: Autism Traumatic brain injury Aphasia Dyslexia Learning disabilities ADD/ADHD Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome (PTSD) Friedman, M. G. & Bryen, D. N. (2007). Web accessibility design recommendations for people with cognitive disabilities. Technology and Disability, IOS Press. 19, 205-212.

12 Partial table of strategies for cognitive impairments Grabinger, R. S. Aplin, G., & Ponnappa-Brenner, G. (2008). Supporting learners with cognitive impairments in online environments. TechTrends, 52(8), 63-69. Pg.66

13 Second Language Learners English as a second language Simple language Audio books Text-to-speech

14 Laws Section 504 (component of Rehab Act of 1973) ADA- Americans with Disabilities Act Section 508 (part of ADA) W3C-Wide Web Consortium

15 References National Center for Education Statistics. (2006). Retrieved June 1, 2009 from http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=64. http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=64 Friedman, M. G. & Bryen, D. N. (2007). Web accessibility design recommendations for people with cognitive disabilities. Technology and Disability, IOS Press. 19, 205-212. Gallaudet Research Institute. (2008). Retrieved June 1, 2009 from http://gri.gallaudet.edu/.http://gri.gallaudet.edu/ Grabinger, R. S. Aplin, G., & Ponnappa-Brenner, G. (2008). Supporting learners with cognitive impairments in online environments. TechTrends, 52(8), 63-69. Santovec, M. (2005). Accessibilty and universal design. Distance Education Report, 9(9), 3- 7. Using Technology to Support Diverse Learners. (2009). Retrieved June 2, 2009 from http://www.wested.org/cs/tdl/view/tdl_tip/60. http://www.wested.org/cs/tdl/view/tdl_tip/60

16 Political Action Committee See agenda for activity etec.hawaii.edu/otec/classes/698/6.04.09.html

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