Special Accommodations
Retention issues can also include students with special accommodation needs(in particular incoming new students to my online classes with special accommodation needs -- ADD, dyslexia, sometimes visual or hearing impairments, etc.) who may have needs that affect their learning. My experience has been that often these students are uninformed about how/where to connect with college resources to assist them. Sometimes, midway or later into the course material, they share in an email about their struggles and apologize, wondering what they can do to improve their coursework.
Dian, as you note students who would benefit from special accommodations often are reluctant to request them. Do you have any thoughts about how to make them more aware of the help that is available and how to help them overcome their reluctance?
Loren Kroh
