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Title:
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CLOSING THE DIGITIZED DIVIDE FOR POST-SECONDARY STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES |
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Author(s):
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Christopher M. Lee, Joy E. Kniskern |
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ISBN:
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978-989-8533-41-8 |
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Editors:
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Piet Kommers and Guo Chao Peng |
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Year:
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2015 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Digital Divide, Alternative Media, Post-Secondary, Accessibility |
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Type:
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Reflection Paper |
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First Page:
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219 |
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Last Page:
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222 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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The paper discusses the Digitized Divide between post-secondary students with and without disabilities. It shares an innovative, system-wide, cost-effective approach a model of providing accessible digitized and alternative media and captioning services to post-secondary institutions. AMAC Accessibility Solutions and Research Center, a unit under the College of Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology, has developed a cost-effective, virtual, centralized, social entrepreneurial and replicable model for providing needed services for students with disabilities enrolled in post-secondary settings within the State of Georgia and across the United States, with a focus on digitized content access and a goal of improving retention and graduation rates of students with disabilities enrolled in colleges and universities in the United States. |
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