The Adaptech Research Network is investigating the accessibility of eLearning to Canadian college and university students with disabilities, including students with learning disabilities. We define eLearning as all information and communication technologies, such as PowerPoint, CD-ROMs and the Internet, that are used by professors in classroom and online courses.

We are looking for :

1. college and university students with disabilities who have taken at least one course in the last three years where the professor used someform of eLearning;
2. staff who provide disability-related services at Canadian postsecondary institutions;
3. college and university professors who have taught at least one student with a disability during the last three years in a course where they used some form of eLearning; and
4. individuals who support/implement eLearning at Canadian postsecondary institutions, including VPs and managers of distance education and instructional technology departments; persons who train faculty to use technology or multimedia; designers and developers of eLearning on campus, and so on.

Participants will be asked to complete a confidential online survey lasting approximately 20 minutes twice, one month apart.

This study is part of the Disability and Information Technologies Research Alliance and is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).

For more information or to participate in this study send an email to eLearning@Adaptech.org and indicate whether you are a student with a disability, an individual who provides disability-related services, a professor, or an individual who supports/implements eLearning on campus.

Jennison Asuncion

Co-director, Adaptech Research Network

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