This course serves the needs of instructional technology professionals in K-12, higher education, and industrial/business settings to understand the social, legal, and human issues surrounding education and technology in today’s world. This includes understanding assistive technologies for helping individuals with disabilities, human interface design for creation of websites and other software, information security, and the social and legal concerns over copyright and privacy that have emerged in the Information Age.

As you know, you have been tasked with redesigning the learning environments in your organization, as well as defining who uses the space, how they use it, what assistive technology planning is in place, and what policies surround the effective and appropriate use of the space. So, for your final project, you will present your entire plan to purchase technology for your organization, taking into account security, layout and design, and assistive technologies. You may shape your presentation in any format you wish; as a proposal perhaps, or as an explanation of something that your organization has just sent into place.

What to include:

• Description of learners and the needs of your organization
  
• Assistive technology adaptation chart
  
• Description and illustration of learning space design
  
• Detail of budget spending on new technologies/furniture/etc.
  
• Your Acceptable Use Policy
  
• Rationale for your various choices in all of the above