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Technology Access at UW Madison

Technology Access at UW Madison. ITC Meeting December 14, 2012 Presenters: Bruce Maas, Vice Provost for Information Technology, Chief Information Officer Carrie Nelson, General Library, ATR Team Member

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Technology Access at UW Madison

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  1. Technology Access at UW Madison ITC Meeting December 14, 2012 Presenters: • Bruce Maas, Vice Provost for Information Technology, Chief Information Officer • Carrie Nelson, General Library, ATR Team Member • Cathy Trueba, Assistant Dean, Division of Student Life Director, McBurney Disability Resource Center

  2. Students w/Disabilities at UW Madison*2010-11 data Learning Disorders 444 • Learning Disability 202 • Attention Deficit Dis. 213 • Brain Injury 18 • Autism/Asperger's 11 Sensory/Mobility/Health 254 • Low Vision/Blind 15 • Deaf/Hard of Hearing 29 • Mobility 40 • Chronic Health 172 Psychiatric 257 Total 969

  3. UW Student Adaptive Technology Users (160-170) • Text/image enlargement – Magnifiers, ZoomText • Screen reading software (Kurzweill) • Voice recognition software (Dragon) • CART captioning • Captioned media • Smart Pen technology • FM/audio amplification systems • Refreshable Braille http://www.mcburney.wisc.edu/training/mcburney/foundations/#module3 (4:56 6:13 and 6:38)

  4. Technology Interactions Beyond the Classroom • Timetable and course registration • UW Scholarship Portal • Electronic Portfolios • Email and calendaring systems • UW Athletics ticket requests

  5. Faculty Interaction with Information Technology • Books/ebooks • Interactive tutorials • Flipped classrooms • Podcasts • Learning Management Systems • Electronic testing • Classroom learning technology • Webinars & chats

  6. Faculty Interaction cont… • Media, including social media • Labs and research equipment • Faculty/department websites • Content - PDFs, PPT, etc. • Databases • Lecture capture • Conferencing software (e.g., Adobe Connect)

  7. Federal Accessibility Law • Rehabilitation Act (1973) • Section 504 (1973) Program access • Section 508 (amendment in 1986, amended 1998) Technology Access • Americans with Disabilities Act (1990, amended, 2009) • Voluntary standards and guidelines World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).

  8. UW System and UW Madison Policies • UW System Non-Discrimination Policy (1988, 1996) http://www.uwsa.edu/bor/policies/rpd/rpd14-10.htm • http://www.wisc.edu/policies/wwwap.php • VCA Accommodation Funding Policy http://www.vc.wisc.edu/Docs/AccommodationFundingPolicy2010.pdf • Faculty Doc 1071 – Access to Instruction (1994) http://adac.wisc.edu/1071.html • Faculty Doc1143 – Test Accommodations (1995) http://adac.wisc.edu/students/assess.html • Web Accessibility Policy (2000, 2001, 2003, 2007)

  9. Cultural, Resource and Industry Challenges Limited awareness and campus training Pace of technology innovation Vendor testing and compliance imits Procurement language • Independent decision making practices • Decentralized technology infrastructure • Limited dedicated FTE with expertise in adaptive technology

  10. Outcomes • Overreliance on reactive retro-fit to achieve technology access • Unequal access to learning • Liability and compliance risk • Penn State • Northwestern

  11. Campus Response(s) • Changes in policy and practice • Faculty document on technology and learning? • Campus community of practice • More robust education and training • Faculty influencing the industry (e.g., E Pub 3 standard) • CIO CIC influencing the industry

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