Posts Tagged ‘students with learning disabilities’
February 3 - Helping Students with Disabilities Reach Their Educational Goals: Reflections and Lessons Learned
By: Melissa Street-Caulder in Philosophy of Teaching
There has long been the debate as to whether college is right for everyone. I follow the school of thought that college should be open to everyone and they may decide if it is the right fit for them. The educational realm has evolved so well that many students who could not even fathom college in the past are now attending and flourishing.
July 22 - Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities in the Online Classroom
By: Rob Kelly in Online Education
Students with learning disabilities tend to learn better in the online environment, but institutions are not doing enough to prepare instructors to meet their needs, says Mary Beth Crum, an online instructor at the University of Wisconsin—Stout and Walden University.
June 2 - Reasons You Could be Disciplined, Fired, or Sued
By: Mary Bart in Faculty Development
A parent calls you to ask how her son is doing in your class. Her son, a first-year student, began the semester well but recently started missing class and turning in assignments late. The mother says she’s worried about him and wants to know if he’s showing up for class, how his grades are, and if he will pass your class.
September 30 - Reaching Online Students with Learning Disabilities
By: Mary Bart in Online Education
Students with disabilities are drawn to online courses for many of the same reasons as everyone else, but it’s often the anonymity that makes learning online particularly attractive to someone who’s spent his or her life trying to mask a disability. For online instructors, this can present new issues. After all, it’s hard enough distinguishing
