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Learning in Online Environments: A New Reality for Students with Disabilities

Special Education Past, Present, and Future: Perspectives from the Field

ISBN: 978-1-78350-835-8

Publication date: 26 August 2014

Abstract

Developments in online learning today closely resemble the development of modern traditional education. In the latter half of the twentieth century, new judicial decisions and law guided traditional education from exclusive to inclusive, from inaccessible to accessible, and from curriculum-centered to student-centered. The authors present a brief history of these developments and compare them to current trends in online learning. Notably, online learning programs seem to be making the same mistakes present in traditional education’s development – mistakes that took decades to correct. The authors suggest theories and practices that can bridge the gap between current trends and online learning’s future promise.

Acknowledgements

Acknowledgments

Some of the content of this chapter was developed under a grant from the US Department of Education [#H327U110011]. However, the content does not necessarily represent the policy of the US Department of Education, and no endorsement should be implied by the Federal Government.

Citation

Greer, D. and Deshler, D.D. (2014), "Learning in Online Environments: A New Reality for Students with Disabilities", Special Education Past, Present, and Future: Perspectives from the Field (Advances in Learning and Behavioral Disabilities, Vol. 27), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 195-212. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0735-004X20140000027011

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