Inclusive Online and Distance Education for Learners with Dis/abilities: Promoting Accessibility and Equity [Paperback]

1. Inclusive online and distance education for learners with dis/abilities 2. Making the invisible, visible: disability in South African distance education 3. Students with mental health (dis)Abilities storied experiences within distance education 4. Advising college students with dis/abilities in online learning 5. Promoting potential through purposeful inclusive assessment for distance learners 6. Identifying accessibility factors affecting learner inclusion in online university programs 7. Higher education leaders perspectives of accessible and inclusive online learning 8. Serving students with disabilities in K-12 online learning: daily practices of special educators during the COVID-19 pandemic

This book highlights, defines and interrogates definitions of inclusion. It focuses on moving conversation about inclusive online education away from individual accommodations for which students must?qualify, to models where learning experiences are designed for success of all students and teachersboth technically and relationally.

The term Inclusive Online Education has generated great interest within and across educational levels and contexts, yet practical applications of it remain elusive in many institutional settings. Chapters in this book highlight define and interrogate definitions of inclusion. The research studies reported here focus on moving the conversation about inclusive online education away from individual accommodations for which students must qualify, to models where learning experiences are designed for the success of all students and teachersboth technically and relationally.

While some authors do mention the need to know and understand the Universal Design for Learning (UDL), the authors in these chapters go beyond UDL to include understandings about historical challenges with inclusive education, emerging understandings lƒL