Renee Shaffer

Location: south carolina

About me

I am a career educator (27+ years) in higher education at the university and career college level. I love helping colleagues put the pieces together to learn how to be the best instructor/educator possible.

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Essentials: LMS, Documents, Assessment

Jaclyn, I will have to utilize this in the future! Renee Shaffer

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Designing Accessibility: Be Proactive

Jaclyn, Well said. Here's to having more instructors taking this proactive stance. Renee Shaffer

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Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

Jaclyn, What a great observation! It is truly a different world for students with disabilities trying to manuver in higher education especially if their parents or guardians haven't helped them be proactive in the past. Renee Shaffer

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Assistive Technologies

Jaclyn, Good point. It has some modifications but it does not help entirely. Renee Shaffer

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Individuals with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Alireza, Disabilities are diagnosed by MDs and the like and I would say that it is hard for those without disabilities to understand how they may impact a student. The legal ramifications make all of the disabilities relevant in all higher education courses. Renee Shaffer

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Cognitive Disabilities

Alireza, Good points about keeping things concise and to the point. Announcements need to be regularly done and have some intention rather than just being superficial. Renee Shaffer

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Making Content Accessible

Mara, The education world would be so much better for those with disabilities if instructors could help out with any of these angles. Thanks for your insight during this course. Renee Shaffer

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Essentials: LMS, Documents, Assessment

Mara, The tabs function can be very problematic as are any tables or graphs. We don't realize how important headings and subheadings can be for those using screen readers. Renee Shaffer

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Accessible Software

Mara, Maybe you can try Dragon Naturally Speaking sometime in the near future and see how it works for you. Renee Shaffer

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Cognitive Disabilities

Mara, Yes, that is an interesting point about students with cognitive disabilities sometimes changing the subject of the discusion. Could it be that they don't feel comfortable "confronting" the chosen topic or that their thoughts might be more "scattered". As an instructor, I sometimes also veer off topic. :) Renee Shaffer

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