SRI’s Shari Gardner and Jennifer Nakamura discuss a digital platform designed to support students.
How can researchers, product developers, schools, and educators ensure that students with diverse abilities and backgrounds are benefiting from new educational tools and technology?
SRI Education’s Shari Gardner and Jennifer Nakamura join podcast host Kori Hamilton Biagas to discuss several projects that focus on creating accessible digital platforms for students with disabilities, particularly students who are blind or low vision (BLV).
Gardner and Nakamura share insights from their work with Alchemie Solutions, Inc. to develop Kasi — a program combining digital interactives, physical manipulatives, and computer vision technology to support BLV students in learning more about chemistry. They also explore the potential for other innovative tools and technologies to create inclusive spaces for all students to engage with data and visualizations.
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Shari Gardner is a Principal Education Researcher with SRI Education and the Deputy Director of Digital Learning and Technology Policy in the Center for Education Research and Innovation. Learn more about her on her SRI webpage.
Jennifer Nakamura is a Senior Education Researcher with SRI Education. Learn more about her on her SRI webpage.
