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If You are Blind, Do You Still Need Goggles in Chem Lab

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If You are Blind, Do You Still Need Goggles in Chem Lab?

Primary Presenter: Catherine Stager-Kilcommons

Co-Presenter: Ingrid Ulbrich and Amelia Dickerson

Organization: University of Colorado at Boulder

Role: General Professional for Disabilities Services

Track: Presentation/Demonstration

Level: For Mere Mortals

Abstract: Access to STEM courses can be a challenge. Ensuring access to the laboratory experience for students with low vision and blindness can enhance learning for all. Learn about Universal Design and some strategies that can make a Chemistry Lab more accessible. Engagement is increased when barriers are decreased and the lab is more interactive.

Bio: Catherine Stager-Kilcommons has been University of Colorado at Boulder’s Assistive Technology Lab Coordinator since 2008, overseeing the Assistive Technology Lab, adaptive access to computers, the delivery of alternate format textbooks to students with disabilities, and helping strategize methods of access to the information students need to succeed.

Before coming to CU, Cath worked with Assistive Technology in higher education for twelve years at Colorado State University in Fort Collins. She is one of the founding members of ATHEN Access Technology Higher Education Network. Cath has 12 years of experience in web accessibility, Universal Design, and is a Certified Usability Analyst.

In 2002, Cath received the Outstanding Effort Award for her work with CSU students with disabilities. As part of a grassroots movement towards web accessibility at CSU, she was asked to help formulate the CSU Web Access Policy, which was adopted in 2004. Working with “Access to Higher Education Through Universal Design for Learning “ (http://accessproject.colostate.edu), Cath was part of the team that was awarded the Provost’s N. Preston Davis Award for Instructional Innovation.

Cath continues to be involved with promoting Universal Design, a design concept which helps ensure all users, can interact with the web and their instructional materials. Cath is a member of the Assistive Technologist’s Higher Education Network, the International Usability Professionals' Association as well as the Accessing Higher Ground Planning Committee, the Chancellor’s Program Accessibility Committee and The Universal Design and Accessibility Committee.

Description: This session will be a lecture and demonstration of the strategies employed above. This presentation will demonstrate the LoggerPro interface and the Livescribe STEM Notebook