Accessing abilities: Creating innovative accessible online learning environments and putting quality into practice

Issue title: Innovative Pedagogies

Guest editors: Denice Adkins

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Moorefield-Lang, Heather^{a; *} | Copeland, Clayton A.^a | Haynes, Aisha^b

Affiliations: [a] School of Library and Information Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA | [b] Center for Teaching Excellence, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Heather Moorefield-Lang, School of Library and Information Science, College of Information and Communications, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA. Tel.: +1 803 777 0224; E-mail:[email protected]

Abstract: This conceptual paper will discuss how faculty from The School of Library and Information Science at The University of South Carolina partnered with their university's Center for Teaching Excellence. This partnership resulted in the facilitation of professional development workshops and online tools for peer educators to better serve distance education/online students who are differently-able (students who are medically or socially labeled as having disabilities). National-level online instruction standards, instructional techniques, as well as outcomes and future plans will be discussed.

Keywords: Library and information science, LIS education, distance education, distributed learning, quality matters, ADA compliance, accessibility, universal design

DOI: 10.3233/EFI-150966

Journal: Education for Information, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 27-33, 2016