[PABS] Fwd: [NABS-L] Researcher looking for blind student participants!

[Stacie Leap]

Hello all:

Please see below for an opportunity to help in a research study. I am not
affiliated, just passing along the information.

Thanks,
*Stacie Leap, CPE, CPS*
stacie.leap at gmail.com | 215.776.6741

Board Member, National Federation of the Blind of Pennsylvania: Keystone
Chapter
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From: Jacob Ham via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Date: Mon, Dec 20, 2021 at 9:42 AM
Subject: [NABS-L] Researcher looking for blind student participants!
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Jacob Ham <jacobryanham at gmail.com>


Please see the email below as well as attached documents for an opportunity
to share your experience with online education.

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From: heidi ancar <hlancar at hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, Dec 19, 2021, 12:45 AM
Subject: Seeking assistance for participant recruitment…Ph.D. dissertation
research study
To: jacobryanham at gmail.com <jacobryanham at gmail.com>


Hello Mr. Hamm:

My name is Heidi Riley-ancar. I am a visually impaired postgraduate student
residing in Lawrenceville (GA) who is a PhD candidate currently enrolled in
the Organizational Development & leadership/Organizational Diversity online
program at the University of Arizona Global Campus. This email is sent to
introduce myself to you and give a brief explanation of why I am contacting
you.

As I mentioned in the introduction of this email, I am currently working on
my PhD dissertation and am entering the research study stage of the
process. I have received Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval from my
university and would like your assistance for participant recruitment. I
will be conducting research to explore how online college students with
visual impairment perceive accessibility challenges and how those
challenges influence successful degree completion for this student
population. The option of distance education and online learning provides
individuals with visual impairment the opportunity to pursue higher
education through the utilization of the virtual classroom platform. With
this delivery method of providing students the opportunity of pursuing and
possibly completing their academic studies, the online/distance learning
environment needs to be completely accessible to these students in order
for them to be successful in their journey of degree completion.

If you can be of any assistance for providing access to participants who
fit the following criteria listed below, I would be greatly appreciative of
your help and cooperation.

To be eligible for participation in this study, potential participants must
be:

   1.   An undergraduate/graduate college student enrolled in at least one
   (1) online course at a 2- or 4-year college/university.
   2. Have a visual impairment that impacts the student’s ability to access
   course materials/resources.
   3. Have experience with online learning that is not fully accessible to
   the student because of his or her visual impairment.
   4. At least 18 years or older.

I Have requested and has been granted organizational permission from Ms.
Lou Ann Blake (NFB Director of Research, Blind Initiatives) to solicit the
assistance for participant recruitment within the organization. I am asking
(if permitted) that a copy of the Letter of invitation to the Study be
posted to your organization’s newsletter/social media pages to advertise my
study for volunteers to contact me if they choose to participate and help
with the data collection element of the dissertation. Attached is a copy of
the IRB approval letter from UAGC, the Organizational Permission form from
the NFB, and the Invitation to the Study Letter that can be posted as a
notice of advertisement for my study. Please feel free to contact me with
any questions or concerns you may have. Sincerely! ~Heidi Riley-Ancar

Contact information is:

Name: Heidi Riley-Ancar

Email” hlancar at hotmail.com

Phone: (678) 226-9937

Dissertation Chair: Dr. Susan Gunther

Dissertation Chair Phone: (347) 309-5122

Dissertation Chair Email: susan.gunther at faculty.uagc.edu
<
https://d.docs.live.net/6dd2db709115da96/Documents/susan.gunther@faculty.uagc.edu
>
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