Sheryl Burgstahler, Ph.D.

Affiliate Professor, College of Education
Founder and Director, DO-IT Center and UW Access Technology Center
Instructor/Advisor, Distance Learning
Current projects include AccessSTEM, AccessDL, AccessComputing, RDE Collaborative Dissemination, and the Center for Universal Design in Education

University of Washington
UW Information Technology, Box 354842
Seattle, WA 98195-4842
206-543-0622
206-221-4171 (FAX)
sherylb@uw.edu

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Sample of Presentations

Selected Publications

Universal Design in Education: Instruction and Student Services

• Universal Design: Implications for Computing Education, 2011.
• 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.
• Making Student Services Welcoming and Accessible Through Accommodations and Universal Design, 2009
• Universal Design of Web Pages in Class Projects, 2009.
• Working Together: Faculty and Students with Disabilities: Presentation Materials, 2009.
• Universal Design of Instruction (UDI): Definition, Principles, and Examples, 2008.
• Improving Postsecondary Outcomes for Students with Disabilities: Designing Professional Development for Faculty, 2006.
• Accommodating Students with Disabilities: Professional Development Needs of Faculty, 2005.
• Preparing Faculty to Make Their Courses Accessible to All Students. Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2005.
• Students with Disabilities and Campus Services: Building the Team Presentation and Resource Materials, 2005.
• Disability-Related Simulations: If, When, and How to Use Them. Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal, 2004.
• Universal Design: Process, Principles, and Applications, 2004.
• Accommodating Students with Disabilities: Professional Development Needs of Faculty, 2002.
• Building the Team: Faculty, Staff, and Students Working Together Presentation and Resource Materials, 2002.
• Supporting Students with Disabilities: What Every Teaching Assistant Should Know, 2002.
• Faculty Facilitate Research for Students with Disabilities, 1995.

Universal Design in Education: Information Technology

• Accessible Technology for Online and Face-to-Face Teaching and Learning, 2011.
• Web Accessibility: A Longitudinal Study of College and University Home Pages in the Northwestern United States, 2010.
• Making Student Services Welcoming and Accessible Through Accommodations and Universal Design, 2009.
• Web Accessibility: Guidelines for Administrators, 2009.
• Accessible IT: Lessons Learned from Three Universities, 2008.
• Accessibility of Higher Education Web Pages in the Northwestern United States: Current Status and Response to Third Party Outreach, 2007.
• Accessibility Training for Distance Learning Personnel, 2007.
• International Research on Web Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities, 2007.
• The Development of Accessibility Indicators for Distance Learning Programs, 2006.
• Promising practices: Accessible information technology in education, 2005.
• Breaking Down Barriers: K-12 and Beyond - An Educators' Guide to Accessible Technology in Schools, 2005.
• Gender Differences in Computer-Mediated Communication Among Adolescents with Disabilities: A Case Study, 2005.
• Steps toward making distance learning accessible to students and instructors with disabilities, 2005.
• Web-Based Distance Learning and the Second Digital Divide, 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: The Library's Role in ensuring access to everyone, 2002.
• Distance Learning: Universal Design, Universal Access, 2002.
• Universal Design of Distance Learning, 2002.
• Access to Internet-based instruction for people with disabilities, 2000.
• Web-Based Instruction and People with Disabilities, 2000.
• 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.
• Computing and Networking Services for Students With Disabilities: How Do Community Colleges Measure Up?, 1996.
• Distance Learning and the Information Highway, 2005.
• Information Technology and Disabilities Journal, 2005 (guest editor).

Assistive Technology

• Computer and Cell Phone Access for Individuals with Mobility Impairments: State of the Art, 2011.
• Working Together: People with Disabilities and Computer Technology, 2008.
• Where Can I Learn About Computer Technology that Might Benefit My Child?, 2002.
• Focus On Technology, 1993.
• Computing Services for Physically Disabled Students in Post-secondary Institutions: Results of a Survey in Washington State, 1992.

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

• Promoting the Success of Students with Learning Disabilities through Accommodations and Transition Support, Technology Access, and Universal Design, 2012.
• Promoting Transition Success for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students with Disabilities: The Value of Mentoring, 2011.
• Evidence-based Practices in Mentoring Students With Disabilities: Four case studies, 2010/2011.
• Evidence-Based Practices in Mentoring Students with Disabilities: Four Case Studies, 2010.
• College Preparation and Participation: Reports From Individuals Who Have Speech and Mobility Disabilities, 2008.
• AAC, Employment, and Independent Living: A Success Story, 2006.
• Literature Synthesis of Key Issues in Supporting Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students with Disabilities to Succeed in Postsecondary Education, 2006.
• Perceived Benefits of Work-Based Learning: Differences Between High School and Postsecondary Students with Disabilities, 2005.
• 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.

Other

• Celebrate EASI? That's Easy! 2004.
• Disability-related Simulations: If, When and How to Use Them, 2004.