Disability and Technology in Higher Education Workshop

September 03, 2024

8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. CAT

University of Witwatersrand

Participants

Staff supporting disability inclusion, academia, staff, and students with disabilities. This event is open to both Afretec members and non-Afretec members. Each Afretec partner has 5 slots and can invite their disability unit staff member/faculty, especially those that teach related courses, students and employees with disability, as well as related offices from their partner universities or organizations of persons with disability that work with higher education institutions.

Event description

This 2-day workshop with staff, academia, and students explores technology as an enabler of access and success in higher education. It also spotlights the role of higher education institutions in ICT towards innovating for disability inclusion (through research and entrepreneurship efforts), as well as supporting environments that support disability inclusion. It is intended as an opportunity to share and learn, as well as to explore ways to foster disability inclusion in higher education for students and staff. By the end of this workshop, we hope to develop a white paper on how Afretec is and can further enhance disability inclusion for partner institutions. The activity will contribute towards Afretec efforts to spotlight and enhance disability and technology and will be profiled for the International Day of Persons with Disability 2024.

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