scholarly journals Transition 2.0: Digital technologies, higher education, and vision impairment

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edgar Pacheco
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Conventional View ◽  
Transition To Higher Education ◽  
Support Students

This article introduces Transition 2.0, a paradigm shift designed to study and support students with disabilities’ transition to higher education. Transition 2.0 is the result of a qualitative study about how a group of young people with vision impairments used digital technologies for their transition to university. The findings draw from observations, a researcher diary, focus groups, individual interviews, and data from social media. The article discusses a conventional view of transition, referred to here as Transition 1.0, which has dominated disability-related research and service provision in higher education. It counters this view by further developing the conceptual framework for Transition 2.0. The findings expand current conceptual approaches to transition by incorporating in the analysis the role played by digital tools such as social media and mobile devices. They also provide a new lens through which to study and understand student engagement in higher education.

scholarly journals Transition Issues in Higher Education and Digital Technologies: The Experiences of Students with Disabilities in New Zealand

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edgar Pacheco
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Media ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Young People ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Transition To Higher Education ◽  
Transition Issues

Research on transition to higher education and young people with disabilities has increased in recent years. However, there is still limited understanding of transition issues and how digital technologies, such as social media and mobile devices, are used by this group of students to manage these issues. This article presents the findings of an empirical study that addressed this matter based on young people’s views and experiences. The qualitative study was conducted in the context of a group of students with vision impairments transitioning to a New Zealand university. The findings draw from observations, a researcher diary, focus groups, individual interviews, and data from social media. The study shows that, like their non-disabled peers, the students actively engaged with interactive and collaborative digital technologies to make sense, individually and collectively, of different transition issues before, during and after the first academic trimester of their university journey.Research on transition to higher education and young people with disabilities has increased in recent years. However, there is still limited understanding of transition issues and how digital technologies, such as social media and mobile devices, are used by this group of students to manage these issues. This article presents the findings of an empirical study that addressed this matter based on young people’s views and experiences. The qualitative study was conducted in the context of a group of students with vision impairments transitioning to a New Zealand university. The findings draw from observations, a researcher diary, focus groups, individual interviews, and data from social media. The study shows that, like their non-disabled peers, the students actively engaged with interactive and collaborative digital technologies to make sense, individually and collectively, of different transition issues before, during and after the first academic trimester of their university journey.

Challenge-Based Learning

2020 ◽  
pp. 150-176
Author(s):  
Eliseo L. Vilalta-Perdomo ◽  
Rosario Michel-Villarreal ◽  
Geeta Lakshmi ◽  
Chang Ge
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Local Economy ◽  
Triple Helix Model ◽  
Challenge Based Learning ◽  
Educational Environments ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Support Students

This chapter illustrates a research focused on how to effectively implement the challenge-based learning (CBL) approach in a higher education institution (HEI) in the UK. The challenge was linked to contemporary research conducted by a group of academics, which concerned how digital technologies can positively impact the local economy. The project was named ‘UoL4.0 Challenge', and it proved that designing and implementing CBL educational environments can increase students' propensity to work actively and proactively. The exercise also suggested that CBL may support students in the application of their academic skills and digital capabilities to support their communities. This study presents a description of the case and a reflection on lessons learned with an aim to provide guidelines for other educators and policymakers that are interested in implementing I4.0 educational initiatives at local or national levels. It is also suggested that CBL may play a fundamental role in implementing the triple-helix model of innovation.

Providing Students with an Easystart to Higher Education

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire Hamshire ◽  
W. Rod Cullen
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Access To Resources ◽  
Transition To Higher Education ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Degree Level ◽  
Digital Landscape

The transition to higher education can be problematic for some students as they adapt to institutional procedures and degree level working at the same time as developing new social networks. To help facilitate these complex transitions institutions are increasingly turning towards digital technologies to provide both flexible access to resources and improved communication. This paper outlines the key issues associated with students' initial transitions to higher education and explores the challenges faced by academics designing induction procedures and programmes. The emerging role of digital technologies in supporting students' transitions into Higher Education, against the backdrop of a changing digital landscape in one institution is discussed and an evaluation of the easystart induction programme at Manchester Metropolitan University presented as a case study.

scholarly journals Digitalization in Higher Education: A Qualitative Approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naciye Guliz Ugur
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Educational Technologies ◽  
Classroom Setting ◽  
Educational Context ◽  
Forms Of Knowledge

The increasing use of digital technology by young people has become a major concern in the 21st century. This access to technology has led to hot-button arguments surrounding the place of these technologies in our lives and the implications that they have for the future. The incorporation of multimodal and digital technologies in courses has been increasing, with documentaries, social media posts, and blogs host significant spaces for learning and coursework. These forms of knowledge and communication have started to become legitimized in the classroom setting, in addition to the traditional educational technologies such as lectures and textbooks. This paper explores the assumptions by instructors and students concerning why and how multimodal and digital technologies are incorporated into undergraduate classes by qualitative approach. Also, the actual experiences that students and instructors have in using these forms of media in an educational context are investigated via participant observation, in-depth review and open-ended questionnaire techniques along the research

The Americans With Disabilities Act Implications for Family Counselors: Counseling Students in Higher Education

2020 ◽  
pp. 106648072094886
Author(s):  
Larry K. Phillippe ◽  
Nicole Noble ◽  
Bret Hendricks ◽  
Janna Brendle ◽  
Robin H. Lock
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Americans With Disabilities Act ◽  
Counseling Students ◽  
College Counselors ◽  
College Classrooms ◽  
Family Counselors ◽  
Transition To Higher Education ◽  
K 12 ◽  
The Impact

Family counselors at times work with families in which a family member with a disability is transitioning into higher education settings. Frequently, these counselors are unaware of the federally protected rights of all students and they may not know how to access this information. This article explains the differences between laws for students with disabilities in K–12 school settings and the components of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and its subsequent ADA 2008 Amendments to inform family counselors on how to support clients and their families in the transition to higher education. In this article, the authors discuss the ADA and the ADA 2008 Amendments, which dramatically impacted the college experience of all students with disabilities. With record numbers of students with disabilities now attending college, counselors, as they advocate for families, should be aware of federal guidelines that require physical access to educational facilities, the use of universal design, electronic accessibility, and the provision of academic accommodations and modifications in college classrooms. Through family counselors’ awareness of these significant changes in the higher education experience, they can more fully assist families with students with disabilities who are transitioning from high school to higher education. This article describes each of these four facets of the ADA 2008 Amendments as well as the impact each major facet of the amendment has on the higher education landscape for students with disabilities.

The Impact of Social Media on Instruction in Higher Education

2016 ◽  
pp. 373-401 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela A. Lemoine ◽  
Paul Thomas Hackett ◽  
Michael D. Richardson
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Media Communication ◽  
Faculty Collaboration ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Personal Use ◽  
Social Media Communication

The technological revolution of the past two decades has changed communication in contemporary educational settings. Consequently, there is now a wide gulf between the unlimited use of technology and higher education, particularly with respect to digital communications between professors and students. Technology offers college students an array of options to socialize, network, stay informed and connected, but with risks and consequences. As social media use by students becomes more established, educators in higher education are pursuing methods to continue significant and appropriate contact with their audience. Web 2.0 digital technologies convey information and permit interaction with distance participants. Personal use of digital technologies for social media communication is one thing; social media use by professors for communication with students is another. Can social media be used in higher education to improve learning through student and faculty collaboration and are there less than desirable results in the interaction of social media and higher education?

Respect, Appreciation, and Acknowledgment of Paraprofessionals Who Support Students with Disabilities

2001 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 485-498 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael F. Giangreco ◽  
Susan W. Edelman ◽  
Stephen M. Broer
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Special Educators ◽  
School Personnel ◽  
Classroom Teachers ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
K 12 ◽  
Support Students ◽  
General Education Classrooms

This article describes the experiences of 103 school personnel, including classroom teachers, paraprofessionals, special educators, and administrators who worked in four schools, Grades K-12. Data were collected during 22 school visits and 56 individual interviews. Six themes were identified pertaining to how school personnel think about and act upon, issues of respect, appreciation, and acknowledgment of paraprofessionals who work in general education classrooms supporting students with and without disabilities. The themes included (a) nonmonetary signs and symbols of appreciation, (b) compensation, (c) being entrusted with important responsibilities, (d) noninstructional responsibilities, (e) wanting to be listened to, and (f) orientation and support. The article concludes with a discussion of implications for how these data might be applied in schools.

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