Engaging College Students on Collaborative Projects with People with Cognitive Disabilities through e-Portfolios

Information Systems and Computing Academic Professionals. Box 488, Wrightsville Beach, NC 28480. e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: http://isedj.org

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Learner Engagement; College Students; Portfolios (Background Materials); Electronic Publishing; Technology Uses in Education; Educational Technology; Self Efficacy; Intellectual Disability; Cognitive Ability; Computer Science Education; Information Systems; Web Sites; Cooperative Learning; Partnerships in Education; Mentors; Advocacy; Student Attitudes; Attitudes toward Disabilities; Reflection

1545-679X

College students can be advocates for people with disabilities. Collaboration on community projects in a school of computer science and information systems can be desirable for people with disabilities and students. The authors analyze the collaborative impacts from courses in Web Design for Non-Profit Organizations with moderately impaired but nimble people with cognitive disabilities. The authors find course features of e-Portfolios facilitating the engagement and the advocacy of the students for mentored people with disabilities. The findings can help instructors in information systems in cultivating e-Portfolios on course projects of students with those with disabilities.

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2019

EJ1219546