<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><br><br>Sent from my iPhone</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> August 6, 2015 at 9:00:45 PM GMT+3<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] FW: Dissertation Study Invitation - Accessible online course design for student with visual impairment and blindness</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=utf-8"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#44546A">Good afternoon. Please consider volunteering to be interviewed regarding your experiences with online learning. It looks like research that could help shape future online learning content to make it more accessible. Here is the invitation from the Ph.D. student at Virginia Tech doing the research:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#44546A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Greetings!<br><br>My name is Zerrin Ondin and I am a Ph.D. candidate at Virginia Tech. I am conducting a research entitled “Online Instructional Media for Students with Visual Impairment and Blindness”. The purpose of his study is to investigate the experiences of the students with visual impairment and blindness in online learning environment with regards to instructional media (text, visual, audio, and multimedia) with the purpose of developing suggestions for accessible online course design. To this end I am looking for subjects to participate in my study.<br><br>If you agree to be in this study, I will conduct an online interview with you. The interview will be conducted at your convenience. The interview will include questions about your experiences in online courses with regards to instructional media. The interview will take approximately 60 minutes to complete and will be video-recorded.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><br>Rest assured that all of your answers will be confidential and I will make sure your name will not be revealed in any report related to this study. The study will conform to the policies regarding human subjects’ research as mandated by the Institutional Review Board of Virginia Tech.<br><br>I am looking for subjects:<br><br>Who are older than 18 years old<br><br>Who are visually impaired or blind<br><br>Who have taken online course/s<br> <br><br>I encourage people of all genders and ethnicities to participate. You don’t have to be a student currently. If you are interested in participation in this study, please reply to this email for further information such as interview scheduling or any additional information that may aid you in making a decision about participating.<br><br>Additionally, if you know of other individuals fitting the criteria of joining the study, please forward this email to them. If you would prefer to discuss the study and/or your participation on the telephone, please call Zerrin Ondin <a href="tel:%28540-642-9047" target="_blank">(540-642-9047</a>). <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal">-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Zerrin Ondin<br>PhD Candidate, Instructional Design and Technology</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Intern, Assistive Technologies <br>Virginia Tech</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></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/nihal_erkan%40hotmail.com">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbnet-students-list_nfbnet.org/nihal_erkan%40hotmail.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/nihal_erkan%40hotmail.com">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbnet-students-list_nfbnet.org/nihal_erkan%40hotmail.com</a></span></div></blockquote></body></html>