Students With Disabilities in Online Learning: Increasing Equity Through Collaborative Research

Students with Disabilities in Online Learning:
INCREASING EQUITY T HROUGH COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH
Diana Greer, University of Kansas

Project Co-Sponsors: KU Center for Research on Learning CAST NASDSE
www.centerononlinelearning.org
Todays Presentation

Center overview What weve learned What research do we need to do for parents
Center on Online Learning and Students with Disabilities

Online Center Co-Partners

KU Center for Research and Learning
Don Deshler James Basham Diana Greer Edward Meyen Sean Smith
CAST
David Rose Skip Stahl Rachel Currie-Rubin Mindy Johnson Sam Johnston Scott Lapinski
Na=onal Associa=on of State Directors of Special Educa=on

Bill East Paula Burdette
Online Learning Denitions

Fully Online Schools work with students who are enrolled primarily (oNen only) in the online school. Blended learning is a formal educaPon program in which a student learns at least in part through online and at least in part at a supervised brick- and-mortar locaPon away from home
State Online Graduation Requirements

Our Mission

To research how online learning can be made more accessible, engaging, and eec=ve for K-12 learners with
disabiliPes.
Goal #1
IdenPfy and verify
trends and issues related to

the parPcipaPon of students with disabiliPes.
Goal #2
IdenPfy and describe potenPal
posi=ve outcomes and nega=ve consequences of parPcipaPon in

online learning for students with disabiliPes.
Goal #3
Develop
promising approaches
for increasing the accessibility and potenPal eecPveness of online learning for students with disabiliPes.
Goal #4

Test the feasibility, usability, and potenPal eec=veness (or promise)

of one or more key approaches.
The Center: First Year

Nationally Surveys Reviewing State Policies Conducting Case Studies Small Research Projects
State Director of Special Education Survey

State Directors Survey

100 80 60 40 20 0
43% 15% 30% 46% 33% 39% 26% 35% 43% 48% 39% 30% 28% 20% 46%

Does your state educaPon agency provide any publicly available guidance for educators, parents, or students related to the provision of online educaPon?
100
63%
50
Yes No
37%
0

Does your state have data on which students with disabiliPes are receiving their instrucPon through an online environment?
Online program Blended program
24% Yes 76% No
7% Yes 93% No
District Administrators and Teacher Surveys

Where they teach?

100 80 60 40 20 0
Online Schools Individual Courses

80% 95% 47% 86% 2% 71% 85% 96% 33% 49% 7% 27% l Teach: Online Schools: HS - 80%; MS 47%; ES- 2% Individual Courses: HS 85%; MS 33%; ES 7% l Students with Disabilities : SLD, ED, Autism, OHI, Intellectual Disabilities, Multiple Disabilities Where they teach? District Administrator Survey www.centerononlinelearning.org
Supports provided to SWD

100 80 60 40 20 0
67% 72% 46% 51% 25% 26% 24% 16% 21% 26% l The following percentage of teachers reported that their students receive these:
Content Instruc=on Skill-based Instruc=on Assis=ve Technology Support Social- Emo=onal/ Behavioral Instruc=on Speech Language Service
67% Content Instruction 46% Skill-based instruction 25% Assistive Technology Support 24% Social-Emotional/Behavioral Instruction 21% Speech Language Service
Teacher Survey: Supports provided to SWD District Administrator Survey www.centerononlinelearning.org
100 80 60 40 20 0
Challenges faced

Knowing how to accommodate for SWDs Knowing how to use instruc=onal strategies online Limita=ons to the district technology infrastructure Knowing how to use specic technologies Other
40% 61% 30% 48% 37% 41% 23% 25% 20% l The following percentages of teachers reported challenges with:
40% Knowing how to accommodate for SWDs 30% Knowing how to use instructional strategies online 44% Limitations to the district technology infrastructure 23% Knowing how to use specific technologies
Teacher Survey: Challenges faced District Administrator Survey: Challenges www.centerononlinelearning.org
Case Studies Parents as Learning Coaches in Washington and Kansas

Learning Coaches

No turning back Feel supported Comfortable with structure of content Enjoy teacher interacPon
Learning Coaches

QuesPon their own content knowledge Would like to see more life skill instrucPon/remedial instrucPon FuncPonal/ AdapPve Skill Development More face-to-face Pme with teachers More interacPon with peers
We want to collaborate with parents to:

1. Learn more about the roles of parents 2. Investigate the needs of parents 3. Determine how we can improve online learning systems to support parents and their children Methods: Surveys Focus Groups Engage them in meaningful research
Questions for You

What research should our Center be doing to support parents? How should we reach out and share our finding with parents?
For More on the Center

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INCREASING EQUITY T HROUGH COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH

Diana Greer, University of Kansas

Center on Online Learning and  Students with Disabilities

Na=onal Associa=on of State Directors of Special Educa=on

Online Learning Denitions

State Online Graduation Requirements

trends and issues related to

posi=ve outcomes and nega=ve consequences of parPcipaPon in

Test the feasibility, usability, and potenPal eec=veness (or promise)

The Center: First Year

State Director of Special Education Survey

State Directors Survey

State Director of Special Education Survey

State Director of Special Education Survey

24% Yes 76% No

District Administrators and  Teacher Surveys

Where they teach?

Supports provided to SWD

Teacher Survey: Supports provided to SWD District Administrator Survey www.centerononlinelearning.org

Teacher Survey: Challenges faced District Administrator Survey: Challenges www.centerononlinelearning.org

We want to collaborate with parents to:

Questions for You

For More on the Center

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