WebBased Special Education Glossary

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Web-Based Special Education Glossary

• Marva Gellhaus, Ph.D.
• Crystal Pauli, Ed.S.
• Dakota State University

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In the beginning

• Needs
• Road Blocks
• Ideas
• Solutions

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Needs

• Students needed access to parents and
  professionals.
• Students needed to have complex concepts further
  explained as SPED 100 is an overview course.
• Time!

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Roadblocks

• New to community
• Time!
• Technology issues

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Ideas

• Use technology to allow for asynchronous learning
• Develop a versatile tool
• Usable at a variety of educational levels
• Convenient
• Meet many learning styles

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Solution

• Web-Based Special Education Glossary
• Written Definitions
• Audio
• Video
• Illustrations
• Links

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Implementation

• Collaboration
• Learning goals take priority
• Prior agreements can be changed
• Plan together and separately
• Acknowledge individual expertise
• Be flexible
• Make partners and collaborators look good

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The Glossary

• Format
• Versatile
• Learning Style
• Large project
• Technical expertise
• Technical support
• Outside experts
• www.departments.dsu.edu/disted/showcase/projects.h
  tm

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Summary and Future Plans

• Summary
• Collaboration
• Key Terms Concepts
• On-Going Project
• Future Plans
• Increase entries
• Work with other agencies

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Thank you

• Dr. Deb Gearhart, Director of E-Education
  Services
• Ms. Mingming Shao, Web Support Technologist
• Brad Bell, Communication Network Specialist
• Jessica Grann, Technology Fellow
• Nicole Clobes, Video Conference Support