CBI Agenda

Participants discuss ideas.

Wednesday, January 16, 2019

8:00 – 9:00 am
Breakfast and Networking

9:00 – 10:30 am
Welcome, Introductions, Overview AccessCyberlearning 2.0
Sheryl Burgstahler, University of Washington, PI
Research Questions, Project Tasks and Products: Overview of approaches to access for individuals with disabilities, challenges faced by students with disabilities, and teaching strategies that can make online learning accessible to students with disabilities. (addressing research questions 1 and 2)

10:30 – 10:45 am
Break

10:45 – 12:00 pm
Accessible Technology

Terrill Thompson, University of Washington
Current strategies for making websites, videos, documents, and digital tools accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities (research questions 1 and 4)

12:00 – 1:00 pm
Working Lunch

Lunch and discussion: How do current digital learning research and practices contribute to the exclusion and marginalization of individuals with disabilities? (research question 2 and tasks 1 and 2)

1:00 – 2:00 pm
Computing Research Practices

Richard Ladner, University of Washington
Computing research design practices (including recruiting and analysis) that exclude and marginalize individuals with disabilities; inclusive research design approaches; recommendations for the future of digital learning research (research questions 2–4)

2:00 – 2:15 pm
Break

2:15 – 3:30 pm
Panel: Perspectives of Students and Instructors with Disabilities
Participants share their experiences and recommendations regarding engagement of individuals with disabilities in cyberlearning (research question 1)

3:30 – 4:00 pm
Report Out

Report out from lunch discussions

4:00 – 4:45 pm
Preview of Tomorrow’s Topics and Work Groups, Complete Daily Feedback Form, and Pose for Group Picture

6:00 – 7:30 pm
Working Dinner

Buffet dinner and continued discussion regarding research questions 1 and 2.

Thursday, January 17, 2019

8:00 – 9:00 am
Breakfast and Networking

9:00 – 9:30 am
Review and Overview

Share ideas generated last night. Introduction to today’s agenda

9:30 – 12:00 pm
Panel

Panel of  leaders share research and practice issues and findings at the intersection of accessibility and cyberlearning. Large group Q&A and discussion
Aaron Kline, Stanford University
Prasun Dewan, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Shiri Azenkot, Cornell Tech
Sofia Tancredi, University of California, Berkeley
Mike Jones, Brigham Young University
Lorna Quandt, Gallaudet University
Ray Rose, Online Learning and Accessibility Evangelist

12:00 – 1:00 pm
Working Lunch

Lunch and discussion: What specific actions can digital learning researchers, funding agencies, educators, and other stakeholders take to systematically address issues with respect to disabilities? (research question 4)

1:00 – 1:30 pm
Report Out

Report out from lunch discussions

1:30 – 4:30 pm
Developing Products

Review of project products and organization of groups and tasks. Work within small groups that each focus on a specific contribution to project products (e.g., draft accessibility guidelines for cyberlearning researchers, create online resources, develop a section of the project white paper focusing on one research question)

4:30 – 5:00 pm
Report Out from Small Groups, Preview of Tomorrow’s Topics and Complete Daily Feedback Form

Friday, January 18, 2019

8:00 – 9:00 am
Breakfast and Networking

9:00 – 9:15 am
Review and Overview

Share ideas generated last night and introduction to today’s agenda

9:15 – 11:30 am
Developing Products continued

Continue small group work from yesterday

11:30 – 12:00 pm
Wrap up, Discussion of What Remains to Be Done, Community of Practice, Evaluation