“Something Different”

Presentation for Moodlemoot 2009

Dr. Linda Chmiliar

Athabasca University

Introduction

Psychology 476/576 Assistive Technology for Students with Special Needs

Course designed for teachers and other educational professionals – to provide skills in the implementation of assistive technology for students with special needs in the classroom.

Course and discussion forum set up in Moodle. Offered at both undergraduate and graduate levels

with modifications in the readings and assignments. Set up to run as independent study or group paced

study.

Features

Monthly Discussion Forums Set up so that students can participate in the

monthly forum no matter where they are in the course materials.

Multimedia content All required content provided in the forum. View/read the content the first week of the

month. Post in the second week of the month.

Features

Interactive Study Guide

Multimedia clips interspersed throughout Interactive self checking exercises Links to external sites for exploration of tools

Features

Case Study Based around a real child Meet the child and see assessment data that is gathered See the decision making process Observe the outcome of the assistive technology

implementation