Category Archives: education

DOE-OCR gives additional guidance on ADA, Sect 504

From AlphaOne News: Congress awarded students with disabilities extra protections in recent years. Now, the U.S. Department of Education is stepping up its efforts to ensure that schools are following the new rules. In a letter sent this week to … Continue reading

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Apps for Kids with Autism

This item also published on Maine CITE News. The New York Times (NYT) recently published an article about the use of “apps” for children with pervasive developmental disorders like autism. They note: Anecdotally, teachers, parents and therapists describe the profound … Continue reading

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Content quality on public university websites

Note: January 30, 2012: Siteimprove.com has just launched a new website. I will update my links in this article as soon as I can find the old article. I found a link to this report by Siteimprove.com in the Accessibility … Continue reading

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No more bricks and mortar

About 15 years ago, I was invited to participate in a strategic planning process at a prominent university located in southern Maine. I had recently been hired to oversee their new distance learning masters in Education program and had volunteered … Continue reading

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Apps for Autism

From CBS News-60 Minutes: (CBS News) Ten-year-old Nuno Timoteo, an autistic child who does not speak, was thought to have the intelligence and attention span of a two-year-old until teachers put an iPad in his hands and learned he loved … Continue reading

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