Sheryl Burgstahler, Ph.D.
Director, DO-IT, AccessSTEM, Center for Universal Design in Education (CUDE)
Co-Director, AccessComputing
Director, Accessible Technology, UW Technology Services
Affiliate Associate Professor, College of Education
University of Washington
Accessible Technology collaborates with other University of Washington units to ensure the availability of assistive technology for UW students, faculty, and staff and promote the development and use of accessible websites and other IT; and, with funding from a variety of sources, conducts regional, national, and international projects to increase the success of individuals with disabilities in postsecondary education and careers using technology as an empowering tool. The primary service units within Accessible Technology are:
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Selected Publications
Universal Design in Education: Instruction and Student Services
- Equal Access: Universal Design of Distance Learning, 2009.
- Equal Access: Universal Design of Instruction, 2009.
- Equal Access: Universal Design of Student Services, 2009.
- Making Science Labs Accessible to Students with Disabilities, 2009.
- Universal Design of Web Pages in Class Projects, 2009.
- Working Together: Faculty and Students with Disabilities: Presentation Materials, 2009.
- Creating Video and Multimedia Products that are Accessible to People with Sensory Impairments, 2008.
- Designing Software that is Accessible to Individuals with Disabilities, 2008.
- Universal Design of Instruction (UDI): Definition, Principles, and Examples, 2008.
- Students with Disabilities and Campus Services: Building the Team Presentation and Resource Materials, 2005.
- Universal Design: Process, Principles, and Applications, 2004.
- Building the Team: Faculty, Staff, and Students Working Together Presentation and Resource Materials, 2002.
Universal Design in Education: Information Technology
- Web Accessibility: Guidelines for Administrators, 2009.
- Accessible IT: Lessons Learned from Three Universities, 2008.
- Accessibility Training for Distance Learning Personnel, 2007.
- Breaking Down Barriers: K-12 and Beyond - An Educators' Guide to Accessible Technology in Schools, 2005.
- Steps toward making distance learning accessible to students and instructors with disabilities, 2005.
- Breaking Down Barriers: K-12 and Beyond - A Parents' Guide to Accessible Technology in Schools, 2004.
- Issues in Accessing Distance Education Technologies for Individuals with Disabilities, 2004.
- Making distance learning courses accessible to students and instructors with disabilities: A case study, 2004.
- Software Accessibility, Usability Testing and Individuals with Disabilities, 2004.
- Research on Web Accessibility in Higher Education, 2003.
- Bridging the Digital Divide in Postsecondary Education: Technology Access for Youth with Disabilities, 2002.
- Capacity Building Institute: Technology and Transition: Empowering Students as they Transition to College and Careers (contributing author/editor), 2002.
- Distance Learning: Universal Design, Universal Access, 2002.
- Universal Design of Distance Learning, 2002.
- Making Web Pages Universally Accessible, 1998.
- Distance Learning and the Information Highway, 1997.
- Teaching on the Net: What's the Difference?, 1997.
- World Wide Access: Focus On Libraries, 1997.
Assistive Technology
DO-IT Research and Practice
- Opening Doors: Mentoring on the Internet, 2009.
- Report of the AccessSTEM/AccessComputing/DO-IT Longitudinal Transition Study (ALTS), 2009.
- Creating a Transition Program for Teens: How DO-IT does it and how you can do it too, 2007.
- Creating an E-Mentoring Community, 2006.
- Creating an E-mentoring Community: How DO-IT does it and how you can do it too, 2006.
- Providing Quality Internships, 2006.
- Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology: Seattle's DO-IT Program, 2004.
- Perceptions of Students with Disabilities Regarding the Value of Technology-based Support Activities on Postsecondary Education and Employment, 2004.
- DO-IT: Helping Students with Disabilities Transition to College and Careers, 2003.
- The Value of DO-IT to Kids Who Did It!, 2003.
- Supporting Peer-Peer and Mentor-Protege Relationships on the Internet, 2001.
- Opening Doors Through Mentoring: One Program's Experiences Using the Internet, 1999.
- Internet at Summer Camp? An Opportunity for Children and Youth with Disabilities, 1997.
- DO-IT, Exceptional Parent, 1994.
- DO-IT Scholars: Easing the Transition from High School to College, 1994.
- Learning About Disability From the Perspective of a 3-Year-Old, 1994.
- Use of the Internet in DO-IT, 1993.
College and Career Preparation for Students with Disabilities
- College Preparation and Participation: Reports From Individuals Who Have Speech and Mobility Disabilities, 2008.
- AAC, Employment, and Independent Living: A Success Story, 2006.
- Preparing for College... on the Internet, 2004.
- The Role of Technology in Preparing Youth With Disabilities for Postsecondary Education and Employment, 2003.
- Transition From Two-year to Four-year Institutions for Students with Disabilities, 2001.
- Peer Support: What Role Can the Internet Play?, 1997.
- Teaching Lab Courses to Students with Disablilties, 1996.
- Cooperative Education and Students with Disabilities, 1995.
- Technology Eases the Transition to College for Students with Disabilities, 1995.
- Transition to College: Preliminary Findings of Four Case Studies, 1995.
- Increasing the Representation of People with Disabilities in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics, 1994.
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Sheryl Burgstahler
sherylb@uw.edu
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