[Blindmath] FW: [JBIR] Call for presentations: Accessible instruction and participation in the undergraduate science course for students

[Andrews, David B (DEED)]

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From: Lou Ann Blake, J.D. [mailto:lblake at nfb.org]
Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2016 1:17 PM
To: Andrews, David B (DEED) <david.b.andrews at state.mn.us>
Subject: [JBIR] Call for presentations: 
Accessible instruction and participation in the 
undergraduate science course for students

Announcement and Call for Presentations
2016 Biennial Conference on Chemical Education 
Science/special education faculty and disability 
services professionals, who have experience/ use 
methods in teaching students who are blind or 
visually impaired in the undergraduate 
chemistry/science laboratory setting, may be 
interested in participating in the following:

Symposium
Accessible instruction and participation in the 
undergraduate science course for students with 
vision impairment or loss Visual and spatial 
representation of information, which is 
significant and important in natural and physical 
sciences, may not be readily accessible to all 
learners in the classroom by conventional means; 
that is for those who are blind or visually 
impaired.  None the less, approaches may be taken 
to teaching that can be inclusive and address the 
learning needs of a diverse audience.  For these 
differently-abled students, use of adaptations 
and assistive technologies can provide them with 
an authentic experience in the laboratory 
component of the course.  These means will help 
create for the student the least restrictive 
learning environment and thus enable them to 
become independent workers.  In this symposium, 
practical and available ways and means to enhance 
the learning experience of students who have 
limited vision or vision loss will be explored and presented.

http://www.unco.edu/bcce2016/
Submission deadline March 1

Organizer/ Contact
Alfred T. D’Agostino, Ph.D., Professor of 
Chemistry Notre Dame of Maryland University
adagostino at ndm.edu   (410) 532-5714

Presenters in this symposium are encouraged to 
submit papers based on their presentation to JBIR 
for consideration of publication.
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Journal of Blindness Innovation and Research 
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