The Interdependent Roles of All Players in Making Technology Accessible

2003 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 21-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terry Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Assistive Technology ◽  
Operating Systems ◽  
Difficult Problem ◽  
Authoring Tools ◽  
Software Applications ◽  
Current State ◽  
Systems Software ◽  
K 12

Making technology accessible is a complex and difficult problem, involving many individuals and groups. When a particular technology presents a barrier to an individual, who is at fault? Often blame is assigned to an individual technology developer, content developer, or educational entity, though doing so is often an oversimplification of the problem. In actuality, a variety of players, individually and through relationships with one another, play critical roles in making technology accessible. Players include consumers, technology developers (including developers of assistive technology, operating systems, software applications, user agents, and authoring tools), standards organizations, K-12 and postsecondary schools, employers, advocates and legislators. This article provides an overview of the current state of technology accessibility by examining the roles of each of these players and their interdependencies.

scholarly journals Framing the Corporate Security Problem: The Ecology of Security

10.28945/3056 ◽  
2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Skovira
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Operating Systems ◽  
Network Systems ◽  
Security Vulnerabilities ◽  
Secure Systems ◽  
Corporate Security ◽  
Software Applications ◽  
Digital World ◽  
Systems Software ◽  
Security Problem

Security and information systems are intertwined. The costs of secure systems are in the billions of dollars. In the digital world, security vulnerabilities and threats work contrary to the security goals of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information systems. The essay describes a view of organizations and their policies, network systems, operating systems, software applications, information, and people joined interactively and dependently in an environment. The paper presents an ecological conception of security.

Adaptive embedded technologies: hardware acceleration

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan Meghdies-Vardeh
Keyword(s):  
Operating Systems ◽  
System Performance ◽  
Hardware Acceleration ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Programmable Logic ◽  
Consumer Market ◽  
Device Drivers ◽  
Software Applications ◽  
Integration Strategy ◽  
Integration Strategies

This thesis establishes the benefits of multi-architecture systems by using reconfigurable modules in conjunction with a case integration strategy to improve system performance. The modules and strategies discussed in this thesis provide opportunities to the improve system performance of processing units designed for the consumer market. The primary objective for this work is to improve the performance of consumer processors using programmable logic, while ensuring the changes are abstracted from operating systems and software applications. This thesis accomplishes this using specified integration strategies, protocols and through optimization of device drivers.

Educator Knowledge and Implementation of Assistive Technology to Support Challenging Behaviors: An Exploratory Inquiry

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 162-174
Author(s):  
Christopher R. Emerling ◽  
Sarah Wilkinson ◽  
Daniel M. Maggin
Keyword(s):  
Assistive Technology ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Challenging Behaviors ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Dynamic Learning ◽  
Behavioral Challenges ◽  
Emerging Trends ◽  
K 12

Emerging trends and advancements in technology allow educators to develop dynamic learning environments to support their students’ academic and behavioral needs. The study documented the lived experience of special educators using assistive technology (AT) to support behavioral challenges in students with disabilities and the environmental factors that support educator’s use of AT. Fifteen educators who worked in K–12 schools participated in semi-structured interviews and completed a researcher-developed Assistive Technology Treatment Integrity Checklist (ATTIC). This exploratory study indicated that participants had limited experiences using AT to target challenging behaviors. However, participants used technology to support evidence-based interventions or customized instructional technologies to manage students’ needs. Our findings also indicated that school structures impacted AT-related attitudes and eventual use. The findings from this study add to the literature on technology supports for students with challenging behaviors. Implications for practice and future research are also discussed.

scholarly journals Assistive Technology for Freshmen Design and K-12 Outreach

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Devin R. Berg ◽  
Matthew Wigdahl ◽  
Charis D. Collins
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Assistive Technology ◽  
Engineering Design ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Qualitative Assessment ◽  
Societal Implications ◽  
Design Project ◽  
K 12 ◽  
The University ◽  
Design Experience

This Work in Progress paper presents on the design of project-based learning approach focused on assistive technology as applied in a freshmen level engineering course which also integrates outreach with the local K12 system. The university course targets general education topics as well as an introductory engineering design experience and includes content on the engineering design process, societal implications of engineering design, and a participatory lab-based design project. A partnering class of 5th graders from a local elementary school made use of a daily block of time set aside for academic interventions and individual project-based work to collaborate with the university class. A qualitative assessment was conducted and has thus far has revealed that the university students found the assistive technology theme of the semester-long design project to be meaningful. For the K12 students, the survey results and anecdotal observations suggest that we were only moderately successful in constructing a meaningful and purposeful design experience, from their perspective.

scholarly journals Development of TTS Engine for Indian Accent using Modified HMM Algorithm

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 92
Author(s):  
Sasanko Sekhar Gantayat
Keyword(s):  
Operating Systems ◽  
Reading Disabilities ◽  
Visual Impairments ◽  
Text To Speech ◽  
Home Computer ◽  
Software Applications ◽  
Normal Language ◽  
Language Text

A text-to-speech (TTS) system converts normal language text into speech. An intelligent text-to-speech program allows people with visual impairments or reading disabilities, to listen to written works on a home computer. Many computer operating systems and day to day software applications like Adobe Reader have included text-to-speech systems. This paper is presented to show that how HMM can be used as a tool to convert text to speech.

T-Way Testing Strategies

2017 ◽  
pp. 2011-2024
Author(s):  
Kamal Z. Zamli ◽  
AbdulRahman A. Alsewari ◽  
Mohammed I Younis
Keyword(s):  
Operating System ◽  
Software Systems ◽  
Sudden Increase ◽  
Input Output ◽  
Profound Impact ◽  
Software Applications ◽  
Testing Strategies ◽  
Current State ◽  
Actual Use ◽  
Testing Techniques

In line with the advancement of hardware technology and increasing consumer demands for new functionalities and innovations, software applications grew tremendously in term of size over the last decade. This sudden increase in size has a profound impact as far as testing is concerned. Here, more and more unwanted interactions among software systems components, hardware, and operating system are to be expected, rendering increased possibility of faults. To address this issue, many useful interaction-based testing techniques (termed t-way strategies) have been developed in the literature. As an effort to promote awareness and encourage its usage, this chapter surveys the current state-of-the-art and reviews the state-of-practices in the field. In particular, unlike earlier work, this chapter also highlights the different possible adoptions of t-way strategies including uniform interaction, variable strength interaction, and input-output-based relation, that is, to help test engineers make informed decision on the actual use of t-way strategies.

Digital Literacy and the Use of Wireless Portable Computers, Planners, and Cell Phones for K-12 Education

2011 ◽  
pp. 308-321 ◽  
Author(s):  
Virginia E. Garland
Keyword(s):  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Educational Software ◽  
Cell Phones ◽  
Personal Digital Assistants ◽  
Current Debate ◽  
Wireless Technologies ◽  
Software Applications ◽  
International Trends ◽  
K 12

Wireless technologies have transformed learning, teaching, and leading in K-12 schools. Because of their speed and portability, laptops, planners, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and cellular telephones are major components of digital literacy. In this chapter, current international trends in the educational uses of portable technologies will be discussed. The implications of newer hardware specifications and educational software applications for laptop computers will be analyzed, including inequities in student access to the handhelds. Next, the role of planners and PDAs as more recent instructional and managerial tools will be evaluated. This study also includes a review of the current debate over whether or not cell phones, especially those with photographic capabilities, should be allowed to be used by students in schools. Finally, potential uses of wireless technologies for interactive learning and collaborative leadership on a global basis will be investigated.

Business and Technology Educators

2018 ◽  
pp. 471-484
Author(s):  
Vicki Donne ◽  
Mary A. Hansen
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Technology Integration ◽  
Assistive Technology ◽  
The United States ◽  
Business Educators ◽  
Instructional Activities ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Technology Educators ◽  
K 12 ◽  
Students With A Disability

Business educators face the challenge of operationalizing the global converging initiatives of technology integration and inclusion of students with a disability in K-12 education. A survey of business educators was conducted to ascertain how they were implementing these initiatives in the United States. Results indicated that business educators received little training and felt moderately prepared to teach students with a disability. Inclusion occurred in all courses taught and some differentiated instructional activities and assessments were utilized. Findings indicated additional training in the use of technology and assistive technology are needed.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document