{"id":6186,"date":"2023-07-03T08:01:54","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T15:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/?p=6186"},"modified":"2025-05-07T13:34:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T20:34:22","slug":"opportunity-forecast-on-assistive-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/2023\/07\/03\/opportunity-forecast-on-assistive-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Assistive Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This week we will be thinking about the future of assistive technology. What will assistive technology look like in the future? Who will use it? How will it relate to other education trends such as UDL? What are the opportunities and what are the challenges? Our main thesis is that assistive technology is moving away from being thought of as \u201conly for those with accessibility needs\u201d to a range of broad tools that everyone can benefit from.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please take a look at our OER here: <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/opportforecast-assistivetech\/home\">https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/opportforecast-assistivetech\/home<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are four sections to focus on<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cThe Past, Present, and Future of Assistive Technology\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>ACTIVITY: Try using the Read &amp; Write Chrome extension to listen to the content\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>INTERACT: Fill in the Padlet question at the bottom\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"2\">\n<li>\u201cAT in Eduction\u201d&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"3\">\n<li>\u201cCase Studies\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>INTERACT: Read the available case studies and post your own personal experience with AT in the Padlet at the bottom\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"4\">\n<li>\u201cVenture Opportunities and Challenges\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you have gone through the OER, please comment below with your own thoughts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Do you see assistive technology tools being widely used in education in the future, and not necessarily associated with \u201caccessibility\u201d or \u201cdisability\u201d? <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If and when this does happen, how do you think this will impact the overall accessibility of education?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks everyone, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trista, Lowell, and Danielle <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week we will be thinking about the future of assistive technology. What will assistive technology look like in the future? Who will use it?&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/2023\/07\/03\/opportunity-forecast-on-assistive-technology\/\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Assistive Technology<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":96634,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a2-opportunity-forecast","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/96634"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6186"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7421,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6186\/revisions\/7421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}