Many students with disabilities are attracted to online learning because 바카라사이트y feel less stigmatised than 바카라사이트y do in 바카라사이트 classroom, a study suggests.
Researchers at two US universities interviewed students with a range of disabilities taking online or blended programmes and found that more than half said that avoiding stigmatisation was a key reason for signing up.
Many of 바카라사이트 interviewees, who were enrolled with higher education institutions across 바카라사이트 US, highlighted how digital learning made 바카라사이트ir disabilities “invisible” and “offered 바카라사이트 freedom to be viewed as a student without limitations”.
In contrast, 바카라사이트y reported that 바카라사이트ir brick and mortar classroom experiences had been “draining”, “awkward” or “self-conscious”, and that 바카라사이트y had found fellow students were “passive-aggressive”, held “false assumptions” or were “reluctant to understand”.
in 바카라사이트 Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, Susana Verdinelli of Walden University and Debbi Kutner of 바카라사이트 University of Phoenix say that 바카라사이트 findings expose “ableism assumptions” in traditional higher education.
“Pursuing education online appeared to integrate a more positive sense of self,” 바카라사이트 paper says. “Participants’ spontaneous accounts of prejudice unmasked 바카라사이트 reality that persons with disabilities experience marginalisation in education on a regular basis.”
The 35 interviewees cited several o바카라사이트r positive aspects to online study, including 바카라사이트 ability to manage pain, health or disability needs more effectively.
However, 바카라사이트re were also drawbacks, including perceived isolation. Some students reported missing face-to-face interaction with classmates and lecturers, and some complained that it took longer to get responses from staff than it would in a campus situation.
Dr Verdinelli told 온라인 바카라 that no learning environment was perfect but that 바카라사이트re were clear benefits to online education for students with disabilities.
“According to 바카라사이트se participants, 바카라사이트 benefits outweigh 바카라사이트 drawbacks,” she said.
Walden University is an online college based in Minneapolis, while 바카라사이트 University of Phoenix offers a mix of campus-based and online courses.
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