Universal Design for Learning

David Rose

Journal of Special Education Technology Vol. 16, No. 4 (2001) pp. 64–67

This article presents testimony before the Senate Appropriation Committee on the future of educational technology. Assistive technologies for students with disabilities are explained, and the need for Congress to support continued development of...

Learning to Read in the Digital Age

David Rose; Bridget Dalton

Mind, Brain, and Education Vol. 3, No. 2 (June 2009) pp. 74–83

The digital age offers transformative opportunities for individualization of learning. First, modern imaging technologies have changed our understanding of learning and the sources and ranges of its diversity. Second, digital technologies make it...

Universal Design for Learning: Associate Editor's Column

David Rose; Bob Dolan

Journal of Special Education Technology Vol. 15, No. 4 (2000) pp. 47–51

This article discusses some of the limitations of current educational assessment and how application of universal design for learning (UDL) concepts can improve assessment accuracy and its applicability to instruction. Benefits of UDL are described...

Are Private Universities Exempt from Student Concerns About Textbook Costs? A Survey of Students at American University

Lindsay Murphy; David Rose

Open Praxis Vol. 10, No. 3 (Nov 14, 2018) pp. 289–303

A survey conducted in the fall of 2015 at American University in Washington, DC shows that rising textbook prices similarly affect students at an expensive private university as those at community colleges and state schools. Research on high...

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The effectiveness of web-delivered learning with aboriginal students: Findings from a study in coastal Labrador

David Philpott; Dennis Sharpe; Rose Neville; Rose Neville

Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology / La revue canadienne de l’apprentissage et de la technologie Vol. 35, No. 3 (Jul 21, 2010)

This paper outlines the findings of a study that explores perspectives of e-learning for aboriginal students in five coastal communities in Labrador, Canada. The rural nature of many communities in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, coupled...

Value and Pricing of MOOCs

Rose M. Baker; David L. Passmore

Education Sciences Vol. 6, No. 1 (2016)

Reviewed in this article is the potential for Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) to transform higher education delivery, accessibility, and costs. Next, five major value propositions for MOOCs are considered (headhunting, certification, face-to...

Limitations of Online Courses for Supporting Constructive Learning

Rose M. Marra; David H. Jonassen

Quarterly Review of Distance Education Vol. 2, No. 4 (2001) pp. 303–17

Examines some limitations of online course delivery and management systems in terms of the range of pedagogies they support, and explores the effects of a distance learning pedagogy that emphasizes alternative forms of knowledge representation,...

Transfer Effects of Semantic Networks on Expert Systems: Mindtools at Work

Rose M. Marra; David H. Jonassen

Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 26, No. 1 (2002) pp. 1–23

Discussion of computers as mindtools focuses on semantic networks and expert systems that help learners build a representation of what they know by designing their own knowledge bases. Describes a study of undergraduates that examined the effects of ...

Providing New Access to the General Curriculum: Universal Design for Learning

Chuck Hitchcock; Anne Meyer; David Rose; Richard Jackson

TEACHING Exceptional Children Vol. 35, No. 2 (2002) pp. 8–17

This article examines what is meant by access, participation, and progress in the regular education curriculum and suggests a new framework for curriculum reform that holds promise for all students, particularly students with disabilities. The...

A Study of End-Users' Attitudes towards Digital Media Approach: The Experience of a Public University in Uganda

Stephen Ndawula; David Henry Ngobi; Deborah Namugenyi; Rose Coaster Nakawuki

International Journal of Higher Education Vol. 1, No. 2 (2012) pp. 150–156

University students in Uganda had been confined to use of traditional educational technologies such as chalkboards, papers and text books. Digital Media Approach recently found its way in the academia at public universities in Uganda. Information...

Nonword Repetition with Spectrally Reduced Speech: Some Developmental and Clinical Findings from Pediatric Cochlear Implantation

Rose A. Burkholder-Juhasz; Susannah V. Levi; Caitlin M. Dillon; David B. Pisoni

Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education Vol. 12, No. 4 (2007) pp. 472–485

Nonword repetition skills were examined in 24 pediatric cochlear implant (CI) users and 18 normal-hearing (NH) adult listeners listening through a CI simulator. Two separate groups of NH adult listeners assigned accuracy ratings to the nonword...

Universal Design for Learning in Postsecondary Education: Reflections on Principles and their Application

David H. Rose; Wendy S. Harbour; Catherine Sam Johnston; Samantha G. Daley; Linda Abarbanell

Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability Vol. 19, No. 2 (2006) pp. 135–151

Authored by the teaching staff of T-560: Meeting the Challenge of Individual Differences at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, this article reflects on potential applications of universal design for learning (UDL) in university courses,...

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Peggy Ertmer; Denis Hlynka; David Hung; Thomas Reeves; Alexander Romiszowski; Ellen Rose

Educational Technology Vol. 53, No. 5 (2013) pp. 78–80

As a final part of this special issue, six Contributing Editors of the magazine were asked to review the six articles and to briefly reflect on themes across fields, on ideas or areas that might have the most potential, and/or to offer other new...

Detecting and Understanding the Impact of Cognitive and Interpersonal Conflict in Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Environments

David Nadler Prata; Ryan S. J. d. Baker; Evandro d. B. Costa; Carolyn P. Rose; Yue Cui; Adriana M. J. B. de Carvalho

International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM) 2009 (July 2009)

This paper presents a model which can automatically detect a variety of student speech acts as students collaborate within a computer supported collaborative learning environment. In addition, an analysis is presented which gives substantial insight ...

Concerns Regarding the Application of Restrictive "Eligibility" Policies to Individuals Who Need Communication Services and Supports: A Response by the National Joint Committee for the Communication Needs of Persons with Severe Disabilities

Martha E. Snell; Kevin Caves; Lee McLean; Beth Mineo Mollica; Pat Mirenda; Diane Paul-Brown; Mary Ann Romski; Jane Rourk; Rose Sevcik; David Yoder

Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities Vol. 28, No. 2 (2003) pp. 70–78

This article presents and discusses the position statement of the National Joint Committee for the Communication Needs of Persons with Severe Disabilities, which addresses concerns about inappropriate eligibility criteria in providing access to...

A Finite State Machine to Analyze Research Objectives in Moodle

Jesus Miguel Garcia Gorrostieta; Samuel González López; Fca. Cecilia Encinas Orozco; Cesar Enrique Rose Gómez; José David Madrid Monteverde; Jesús Pablo Lauterio Cruz

Global TIME 2011 (Feb 22, 2011) pp. 108–111

Learning Management Systems help teachers to provide material to students; it’s possible to improve such systems including online analysis systems. In this article we propose the use of a tool that integrates a finite state machine to analyze...