Perspectives on Assistive Technology: What Teachers, Health Professionals, and Speech and Language Pathologists Have to Say

Linda Chmiliar

Developmental Disabilities Bulletin Vol. 35, No. 1 (2007) pp. 1–17

There is very limited information regarding current practices in the field of assistive technology, particularly in Canada. This research project was undertaken to address this limitation and to gather information in the following areas: 1) the...

Can Undergraduate/Graduate Students in Individual Self Paced Distance Courses Participate in Discussion Forums? - Absolutely!

Linda Chmiliar

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 1943–1945

This paper examines the use of an innovative monthly discussion forum for undergraduate and graduate students studying at a distance in two versions of an individual self paced course.The forums consisted of multimedia presentations followed up with ...

Mobile Learning - Student Perspectives

Linda Chmiliar

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2010 (Oct 18, 2010) pp. 1646–1651

The use of mobile learning (m-learning) to deliver course content and/or learning activities, is a relatively new instructional design strategy, currently gaining momentum in postsecondary and distance education institutions. Because this strategy...

Exploring Mobile Learning with High School Students in a Remote Area of Peru

Linda Chmiliar

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2018 (Jun 25, 2018) pp. 152–159

Peru experiences high school drop-out rates, adult illiteracy, and insufficient training for teachers, particularly in low income and rural areas. The poorest children are often in remote areas, attend the worst schools, are served by the least...

Topics: Mobile teaching and learning technologies, Learner-centered, and self-directed learning

Teacher Education in Assistive Technology - Innovation and Accessibility On-line

Linda Chmiliar

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2007 (Oct 15, 2007) pp. 1443–1448

In today's inclusive classrooms there is an increasing demand on teachers to implement assistive technology supports for students with special needs. Assistive technology is any tool or device that assists students with disabilities to participate...

E-Learning - Evaluation of a Multimedia Case Study in a Post Graduate Course for Teachers

Linda Chmiliar

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 666–668

The utilization of e-learning technologies in distance education has been gradually increasing over the last decade. With the progression of e-learning, has come the exploration and evaluation of the tools that can enhance learning at a distance....

Students with Disabilities: Mobile Device Ownership, Usage, and Perspectives

Linda Chmiliar; Carrie Anton

Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia Vol. 28, No. 1 (January 2019) pp. 39–55

The world has seen growth in the availability of mobile devices, and the use of these devices is gradually being implemented in the post-secondary environment Unfortunately, although there is a growing body of data on the use of mobile devices by...

Students with Disabilities: Mobile Device Ownership, Usage, and Perspectives on Mobile Learning

Linda Chmiliar; Carrie Anton

Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 29, No. 3 (July 2018) pp. 445–463

The world has seen substantial growth in the availability of mobile devices, as well as their implementation in post-secondary environments. Unfortunately, while there is a growing body of data on the use of mobile devices by post-secondary...

Assistive Technology Training for Teachers--Innovation and Accessibility Online

Linda Chmiliar; Billy Cheung

Developmental Disabilities Bulletin Vol. 35, No. 1 (2007) pp. 18–28

As teachers face increasing demands to meet the needs of students with special needs in inclusive classrooms, there is a corresponding increase in the need for professional development opportunities for practicing teachers in areas that will assist...

Reading Together: Indirect Collaboration through a Social Software Application

Andrew Chiarella; Linda Chmiliar

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2012 (Oct 09, 2012) pp. 1772–1776

A study was conducted to examine how social text signals in a digital text would evolve as students read the text and annotated it. The text signals result from aggregating the individual annotations to extract a group consensus about the most...

Students with Disabilities: Mobile Device Ownership, Usage, and Perspectives

Linda Chmiliar; Carrie Anton

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2017 (Oct 17, 2017) pp. 905–917

The world has seen growth in the availability of mobile devices, and the use of these devices is gradually being implemented in the post-secondary environment Unfortunately, although there is a growing body of data on the use of mobile devices by...

Topics: Perspectives on Mobile Technologies for Learning