E-Learning Content Accessibility
Many strides have been made in the last 5 years pertaining to the education of students with disabilities and e-learning content accessibility. For students who need assistance with reading, writing and those with cognitive impairment issues, e learning has been an invaluable aid in and outside the classroom for children with learning challenges. Even with the much advancement, many of these solutions have been developed for a student who is able to communicate verbally on some level. What about the student who does not communicate through vocalization? Is there anyway to measure what is gained and whether or not learning comprehension is really taking place? This has been a perplexing issue that has spurned many an educator to write a white paper about. Strides With Technology And The Non-Verbal Student Few are the issues in the classroom more demanding than helping the non-verbal child to be able to participate in the learning process and to be able to ensure that learning transfer is taking place. Oftentimes, non-verbal children come with emotional responses to stress, coupled with an inability to verbalize what the stress are. Students who are unable to articulate verbally are now able to use certain technology tools to help them communicate and be able to interact in the learning environment. These fascinating developments are a great relief to their educators and are excellent confidence builders for the student. For these students, the education space needs a redefining of the term, “literacy.” What was the norm before has to […]