1. E-Learning and Information and Communication Technologies in Postsecondary Education of Students with Disabilities: Where We Are and Where We’re Going Catherine Fichten, Ph.D., Co-Director, Adaptech Research Network Jennison Asuncion, M.A., Co-Director, Adaptech Research Network Rafael Scapin, Ph.D., Coordinator of Educational Technology, Dawson College Dawson College and Adaptech Research Network 17th Annual Accessing Higher Ground Accessible Media, Web and Technology Conference Westminster, Colorado November, 2014

2. Agenda About the Adaptech Research Network The 1990s Turn of the century to date Future trends in e-learning and accessibility Future trends in technology useful to students with disabilities 2

3. Adaptech Research Network Based at Dawson College, Montreal Since 1996 Team is multidisciplinary Research is Empirical Bilingual English-French (reflecting Canada) Qualitative and quantitative 3

4. Research focused on postsecondary students and graduates with disabilities Factors impacting student success What happens to students after graduation Use and accessibility of information and communication technologies Free or inexpensive technology www.adaptech.org/downloads www.adaptech.org/downloads 4 Adaptech Research Network

5. Developments In the 1990s Shift to digital assignment submission Sheryl Burgstahler’s seminal Ph.D. thesis Growth of EASI Founding of the Adaptech Research Network Launch of the AHG Conference High Tech Center Training Unit of the California Community Colleges Cutting edge: accessibility and distance education 5

6. Turn of the Century to Date Shift from medical to social model Increasing impact of US Section 508 Birth of ATHEN Birth of IT Accessibility Constituent Group of EDUCAUSE US court cases highlight inaccessibility of e- learning Departments of Education and Justice Dear Colleague Letter Followed by a supplement in 2011 6

7. Future Trends In E-Learning E-learning Information and communication technology (ICT) used by faculty Accessibility and usability issues can exist In the classroom Online With library material 7

8. Future Trends In E-Learning Active learning (interactive whiteboards) Social media Cloud and collaborative tools Mobile learning MOOCs Massive Open Online Courses 8

9. Gamification of learning materials Wearable technologies Digital textbooks YouTube 9 Future Trends In E-Learning

10. Future Trends for Students with Disabilities Built-in accessibility features Free or inexpensive alternatives www.adaptech.org/downloads YouTube and Vimeo captioning maturing 3D printing 10

11. Personalization via the cloud GPII - Global Public Inclusive Infrastructure Strengthening legislation via the ADA TEACH Act? Adoption of Universal Design practices 11 Future Trends for Students with Disabilities

12. Questions? 12

13. Contact Us / More Information Adaptech Research Network www.adaptech.org Catherine Fichten catherine.fichten@mcgill.ca Jennison Asuncion jasuncion@dawsoncollege.qc.ca More information related to this presentation http://accessinghigherground.org/wp/wp- content/uploads/2014/04/accessing-higher-groundRe5-2-5- pager.docx 13