<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><br><br>Sent from my iPhone 6 Using VoiceOver</div><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> Sean Whalen via Nfbnet-students-list <<a href="mailto:nfbnet-students-list@nfbnet.org">nfbnet-students-list@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Date:</b> February 23, 2016 at 16:21:59 CST<br><b>To:</b> <<a href="mailto:nfbnet-students-list@nfbnet.org">nfbnet-students-list@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[Nfbnet-students-list] Have you Taken College Biology? Please help with this important survey!</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> Sean Whalen <<a href="mailto:nabs.president@gmail.com">nabs.president@gmail.com</a>><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Good afternoon,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">As you likely know, blind and visually impaired students are vastly underrepresented in scientific fields of study. This survey that I was asked to forward seeks to understand and move toward improving this situation. If you meet the study requirements, please consider taking the time to take the survey. Here is the link, with the initial email describing the study below:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://bheardu.net">bheardu.net</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div><div id="divtagdefaultwrapper"><p style="background:white"><span style="color:black">I am an assistant professor of biology at a community college in New Jersey. I am also a doctoral candidate in the doctor of education in educational leadership program at the University of New England (UNE). My dissertation topic seeks to evaluate the effectiveness of specific accommodations, such as tactile models and auditory equipment, provided for students with BVI in the college biology laboratory. Results of this study should provide information that will inform best practices in providing accommodations for students with BVI in the college biology laboratory.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background:white"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Both student and instructor perspectives are important to the study. The study will gather the perceptions of students with BVI who are at least 18 years of age, and who have completed a college biology course with a face-to-face laboratory component between the years 2010 and 2015. Instructors who have taught students with BVI in the college biology laboratory within those same parameters will also be included in the study.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background:white"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background:white"><span style="color:black">The study consists of anonymous online surveys posted on SurveyMonkey® that include both closed- and open-ended questions. There are separate questionnaires for the students and the instructors. Student participation in this study is vital. Since the number of potential participants is small, I am reaching out to The National Association of Blind Students for help. If your organization would be willing, would you please inform any eligible students and instructors about the study and provide the link to the study website, <a href="http://bheardu.net" id="LPlnk231486">bheardu.net</a>? Your assistance would be greatly appreciated. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background:white"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background:white"><span style="color:black">If you have any questions or concerns regarding this study, please email me at <a href="mailto:bheard@une.edu">bheard@une.edu</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background:white"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Thank you in advance for your consideration.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background:white"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background:white"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background:white"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Barbara R. Heard, MS, MT(ASCP)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p style="background:white"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Nfbnet-students-list mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Nfbnet-students-list@nfbnet.org">Nfbnet-students-list@nfbnet.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbnet-students-list_nfbnet.org">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbnet-students-list_nfbnet.org</a></span><br><span>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Nfbnet-students-list:</span><br><span><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbnet-students-list_nfbnet.org/zdreicer%40gmail.com">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbnet-students-list_nfbnet.org/zdreicer%40gmail.com</a></span><br><span>To unsubscribe from Nfbnet-students-list:</span><br><span>goto <a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbnet-students-list_nfbnet.org/zdreicer%40gmail.com">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbnet-students-list_nfbnet.org/zdreicer%40gmail.com</a></span></div></blockquote></body></html>