Nova Scotia college says "Assistive technology for all!"
The forward-thinking folks at Nova Scotia Community College are
setting a new precedent in assistive technology.
Instead of having a special pathway, the use of particular assistive
technology being made exclusively available to only students with
disabilities, they are
making assistive technology available to all NSCC students.
After limiting use of the Premiere Assistive Key to Access software to
only students with disabilities this past academic year, NSCC will be
allowing access to the software to all students in the coming 2007-08
school year.
According to the article linked above, "With this new technology,
students can order books in digital format, have software pick out the
main points in a text and read it, and create audio study guides so
they can learn on the go."
Maybe, just maybe, people are coming to understand that there are a
variety of learning styles and that this is true in the general
population of students, not only those with disabilities.
I don't know about you, but I sort of like this reverse application of
universal design. Instead of making the mainstream classroom
No comments:
Post a Comment