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ERIC Number: ED665654
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 65
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: 979-8-7087-5758-6
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Creating Accessible Instruction
Cassandra C. Best
ProQuest LLC, Ed.D. Dissertation, Morehead State University
Creating accessible instruction has been a subject of debate and lawsuits since the Civil Rights Movement. Examples include "Mills v. Board of Education" in 1972 discussed the 14th Amendment of equal rights in public K-12 education; instances involving extracurricular after-school programs, such as the YMCA Middle Tennessee Agreement for creating accommodations to those with behavioral disabilities; and the current "National Association of the Deaf v. Harvard University" for online video accessibility to include appropriate closed captions. Creating accessible instruction is still an essential focus as school districts, faculty, teachers, and instructional designers' transition from synchronous and asynchronous learning. The COVID-19 pandemic has created new challenges for K-12 and higher education faculty and staff to design accessible instructional materials for traditional, remote, and hybrid learning environments. Recent studies conducted from Cook's (2007) perceptions of disabilities on higher education faculty and court cases inspired disability laws. The Individuals with Disability Education Act, Section 504 and Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, the Americans with Disability Act, and the Americans with Disability Act Amendment Act have ensured a "free appropriate public education" (FAPE) for all students. Educators must have the appropriate training to understand the various disability laws concerning education and how to create accessible instruction for all students with the aim to improve academic success and reduce potential litigation from failure to produce accessible instructional materials. The capstone aims to create an online professional development course using Google Classroom as the learning management system to foster an online learning community and participation-based learning, and to assist faculty, K-12 teachers, and instructional designers in understanding the educational laws and creating accessible instructional materials. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com.bibliotheek.ehb.be/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
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Publication Type: Dissertations/Theses - Doctoral Dissertations
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education; Elementary Education; Secondary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Americans with Disabilities Act 1990; Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
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