Connecting to Learn

Marcia J. Scherer, PhD, is director of the Institute for Matching Persons and Technology in Webster, NY. She also is associate professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Rochester Medical Center, and senior research associate, International Center for Hearing and Speech Research (a joint program of the University of Rochester and the National Technical Institute for the Deaf/Rochester Institute of Technology). She received a PhD and an MPH from the University of Rochester.

• ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgmentsI. IntroductionThe Fundamental Sense of ConnectednessII. Learner Characteristics and PreferenceThe Effects of Loss of Hearing or Vision on the Learner and LearningThe Personal Meaning of Hearing or Vision LossIII. Environments for LearningThe Move From Separate to Inclusive EducationContrasting Inclusive With Exclusive EducationTechnology Made Inclusive Education PossibleIV. Technologies for Access to Information and for Instructional DeliveryComputers: Mixing Assistive, Information, and Access TechnologiesDesirable and Less Desirable Effects of Educational TechnologiesGetting Going on LearningV. Matching Learners With the Most Appropriate Technologies and Strategies for Their UseIndividual Learner Preferences and NeedsThe Matching Person and Technology ModelVI. Connecting to LearnBringing It All Together for the Individual UserAppendicesMatching Person and Technology Process and Samples of the Assessment FormsCopy of Statement of Need FormChecklists for Educational Technology Evaluation and SelectionFinding and Funding Assistive TechnologiesResourcesGlossaryReferencesAuthor IndexSubject IndexAbout the Author