Online Course Designs:

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Online Course Designs Are Special Needs Being
Met?
Christy Keeler University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Mark Horney University of Oregon
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Outline

• Study Significance
• Literature Review
• Methodology
• Results and Discussion
• Implications
• Conclusion

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Study Significance

• Rapid growth in field
• Market share
• Students with special needs
• Need for Accommodations
• Right thing to do
• Fiscally responsible
• Federal law

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Literature Review

• Topic Prominence
• Research
• Editorial statements
• Policies and guidelines
• Organizations

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Literature Review

• Laws
• ADA
• Section 504
• Section 508
• IDEA
• Checklists/Guidelines

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Methodology

• Study Context
• Virtual classroom model
• Secondary level
• Special populations
• Accessibility and Universal Design
• Research Questions
• Identifying Design Variables

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Instrument of Instructional Design Elements of
High School Online Courses (IODE)
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Methodology

• Study Context
• Virtual classroom model
• Secondary level
• Special populations
• Accessibility and Universal Design
• Research Questions
• Identifying Design Variables
• Levels of Practice

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Results and Discussion

• Identified Elements

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Special Education Instructional Design Elements
for Online Courses
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Results and Discussion

• Identified Elements
• Categorization Schema

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Special Education Instructional Design Elements
for Online Courses Categorization Schema
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Results and Discussion

• Identified Elements
• Categorization Schema
• Excluded Elements

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Results and Discussion

• Focus on Disabilities
• Hearing Accommodations
• Vision Accommodations
• Bias

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Results and Discussion

• Website Design
• Site and page layouts
• Visual design of pages
• Graphics

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Edvard Munch The Scream
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Before
After
Southern Asian Tsunami December 26, 2004
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Results and Discussion

• Technologies Used
• Non-web-based materials
• Web-based technologies
• Audios and videos

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Non-Web-Based Required Materials
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Results and Discussion

• Technologies Used
• Non-web-based materials
• Web-based technologies

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Lesson Technologies
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Results and Discussion

• Technologies Used
• Non-web-based materials
• Web-based technologies
• Audios and videos

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Results and Discussion

• Instructional Methodologies
• Instructional Activities
• Peer communications
• Student Options
• Timed
• Reading Level
• Summaries

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Instructional Activities
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Results and Discussion

• Instructional Methodologies
• Instructional Activities
• Peer communications
• Student Options
• Timed
• Reading Level
• Summaries

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Results and Discussion

• Support Systems
• Context Sensitive Help
• Support personnel

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Project Intersect University of
Oregon http//intersect.uoregon.edu/ontherun
Context Sensitive Help
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Results and Discussion

• Support Systems
• Context Sensitive Help
• Support personnel

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Implications
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Conclusion

• Limitations/Biases
• New Research Questions

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Online Course Designs Are Special Needs Being
Met?
Christy Keeler University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Mark Horney University of Oregon