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Psychological Learning Disability

I was hoping this class would discuss more on how to engage students with certain types of psychological learning disabilities. Does anyone know what web sites would offer good advice on what different ways of encouragement an instructor can give a student and how to keep them focused on what they are trying to learn?

Disabilities and the Online Environment

It can be challenging to provide students with the accommodations needed to be successful. This challenge is greater still in the Online environment. Because instructors must manage a virtual classroom, and an asynchronous environment, relating directly to students becomes a skill of great experience. Tone and inflection cannot be seen online; physical qeues cannot be seen online; voice can be heard by the instructor but often not the student. When a student in this environment has a disability, they may even have a more difficult time expressing it to or sharing with the appropriate staff or instructors. Sometimes the disability… >>>