Digital Literacy in Special Education: Preparing Students for College and the Workplace

Patrick R. Lowenthal, Gina Persichini, Quincy Conley, Michael Humphrey, Jessica Scheufler

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Abstract

Digital literacy is essentialfor individuals entering college and the workplace. Students with disabilities experience a greater challenge in acquiring the skills necessary to succeed. This chapter explores the disability digital divide, success factors for acquiring digital skills, and the implications of a digital literacy curriculum developed for special education classrooms in Idaho. It demonstrates how leveraging human performance improvement (HPI) models, incorporating universal design for learning (UDL) principles, and supporting classroom teachers resulted in a curriculum to help young people with disabilities to acquire the digital skills they need to be prepared for college and the workplace.

Original languageAmerican English
Title of host publicationExamining the Roles of Teachers and Students in Mastering New Technologies
Pages524-537
Number of pages14
ISBN (Electronic)9781668436714
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020

EGS Disciplines

  • Instructional Media Design
  • Special Education and Teaching

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