Welcome to Boot Camp

Additional Information for Administrators

Students with Disabilities in Online Education - Online-Only Institutions

Day 1 - AM Session

(1) Welcome to the Virtual World of Online Learning and Accommodations

Why am I here? This hasn't been an issue up until now.
Is this really all that complicated? Convince me!

(2) Legally speaking - What Are Our Responsibilities, and Why?

Do 504/ADA even apply to online institutions? Who says?
What do the laws say we have to do?
What are the legal ramifications to NOT doing all this?

(3) Technology - Helping With the Solution or Part of the Problem?

What does it mean to have an accessible website/presence?
Why isn't an accessible website enough?
What is assistive technology (in this context)?
Do we have to provide the assistive technology? Who says?

Day 1 - PM Session

(4) Framing Your Service Delivery System: Policies and Procedures

What policies should every online program have in place?

Why do we need that policy?
What should the policy include?
How do I explain that policy to "the powers that be?"

What procedures should every online program have in place?

Referrals/Direct contact - where do we begin?
How do I collect documentation, and what should I do with it?
How do I communicate with online students?

Day 2 - AM Session

(5) What Kind of Accommodations Might We Need to Arrange?

A short course in disability and how it may impact online learning
My faculty will never buy it - much less the administration! How do I explain why?

(6) Forging Alliances Critical to Success

Getting the administrative "go ahead"
The "Rule of Bureaucracy" - making YOUR problem THEIR problem

Day 2 - PM Session

(7) Practical "To-do" lists

Reviewing your institution's online learning management system
Establishing policies/procedures
Identifying the "players" on your campus who share both control and responsibilities for making online education truly accessible

(8) Group think - problem solving and discussion of case studies

(9) Developing an Action Plan