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<h2><b>Research Participation Request: Preparing for Students Who Are
Blind or Have Low Vision: The Development of a General Education Teacher
Resource for Creating Accessible Digital Content<br><br>
</b></h2>The below research participant solicitation is being provided
for informational purposes only. The National Federation of the Blind has
no involvement in this research, but we believe that it may contribute to
our research mission.<br><br>
<h2><b>Research Title: Preparing for Students Who Are Blind or Have Low
Vision: The Development of a General Education Teacher Resource for
Creating Accessible Digital Content</b></h2>Being conducted by: Indiana
University at Bloomington<br><br>
<h2><b>Purpose of the Study</b></h2>The purpose of this dissertation
research study is to learn from blind and low vision students, subject
matter experts, and general education teachers who have taught blind and
low vision students in the public school setting about what would benefit
general education teachers who will be creating digital content to be
accessible, especially for blind and low vision students. The outcome of
the research is a to-be-determined resource which may take on any variety
of formats as informed by study participants and which will serve to
assist general education teachers in creating accessible digital
content.<br><br>
<h2><b>Role of the Participants and Anticipated Length of the Study
</b></h2>Recruited/eligible general education teachers will participate
in two focus groups hosted on Zoom, each to last about an hour
long. The first focus group will include only general education
teachers (about four in total). Prior to the first focus group, they will
be provided with a list of questions to review. During the first
focus group, they will respond to questions posed by the principal
investigator, which may take up to 30 minutes. The second focus
group will include both general education teachers and subject matter
experts (about four to eight in total). Prior to the second focus
group, they will be provided with a document summarizing student input
along with a draft of the to-be-determined resource, which may take up to
30 minutes. During the second focus group, they will discuss their
feedback on the student summary document and the draft of the
resource.<br><br>
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Proposed Participant Compensation</b></h2>Yes, Following participation in
the second focus group, each general education participant will receive a
$50 eGift card (information about obtaining the eGift card will be
provided by email).<br><br>
<h2><b>Link or Instructions for Participants to Enter the Study
</b></h2>The principal investigator (Kerry Lueders) is reliant on blind
or low vision students, parents, and Teachers of Blind Students/Teachers
of Students with Visual Impairments to recruit participants for the
study. The recruiters may contact Kerry directly with any
questions. Once a recruiter has identified a general education teacher
who they believe is eligible and interested in participating, it will be
helpful for the recruiters to email Kerry and carbon copy the general
education teacher on the email.<br><br>
<h2><b>Contact the following individual with any questions </b></h2>Kerry
Lueders<br><br>
484-999-1275<br><br>
klueders@iu.edu<br><br>
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