Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
206 results found in education.
- Psychoeducation
- The process of providing education about a mental health condition, its symptoms, treatment options, and management strategies to individuals with the condition and their support networks. For OCD, ps…
- Quorum (Quorum Programming Language)
- An evidence-based programming language designed with accessibility as a core principle, making it usable by people with and without visual impairments. Quorum provides audio input and output, screen r…
- Real-Time Captioning (Live Captioning, CART, Communication Access Realtime Translation)
- The process of converting spoken language into text display in real time, typically with only a few seconds of delay. Professional real-time captioning (CART) uses stenographers with specialised short…
- Remote Classroom (Virtual Classroom, Distance Learning Classroom)
- A learning environment in which instructors and learners are geographically separated and connected through video, screen-sharing, and communication channels that approximate in-person teaching. Effec…
- Reverse Dictionary (Sign-to-English Dictionary, ASL-to-English Dictionary)
- A dictionary tool that allows users to search for the meaning of a sign language sign by inputting its visual or linguistic properties — such as handshape, location, movement, and orientation — rather…
- Role Switching (Role Rotation, Role Alternation)
- An educational strategy where learners alternate between different roles or responsibilities within a collaborative activity. In collaborative sign language learning, role switching allows players to …
- STEAM (STEAM education)
- An extension of the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) educational framework that explicitly integrates the Arts (design, music, visual art, storytelling, humanities). STEAM is o…
- STEM (STEM Education, Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics)
- An acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, used to describe educational disciplines and career fields. In accessibility contexts, STEM engagement is particularly important becau…
- Scaffolded interaction (Structured interaction, Guided interaction)
- A design approach where technology provides structured support that gradually guides users through increasingly complex social or cognitive tasks, with the system mechanics enforcing desired behaviour…
- Scaffolding (Instructional Scaffolding, Cognitive Scaffolding)
- A support strategy that provides temporary, structured assistance to help a learner accomplish tasks they cannot yet perform independently. In digital accessibility, scaffolding can take the form of p…
- Science Communication (SciComm, Science Outreach)
- The practice of informing, educating, and engaging public audiences about scientific topics and findings. Accessible science communication ensures that people with disabilities can participate fully i…
- Science Museum (Science Center, Science Centre)
- An institution dedicated to informally communicating science to the public through interactive exhibits, multimedia displays, hands-on workshops, and themed experiences. Unlike traditional collection-…
- Section 504 (Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act)
- Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is a US federal civil rights law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in any program or activity receiving federal financial assistanc…
- Self-Regulated Learning (SRL, Self-Directed Learning)
- The process by which learners actively manage their own cognition, motivation, and behavior to achieve learning goals. Self-regulated learning involves planning approaches, monitoring comprehension, a…
- Sequential Presentation (Step-by-Step Presentation, Progressive Disclosure)
- An information delivery method that reveals content incrementally in a structured sequence rather than presenting it all at once. In accessible education, sequential presentation is particularly effec…
- Service Learning (Community-Based Learning)
- A teaching method that combines academic instruction with meaningful community service, allowing students to learn through hands-on participation that addresses real needs. In accessibility education,…
- Sighted Braille Learner (Visual Braille Learner)
- A person with typical vision who learns to read and write braille, usually for professional or personal reasons such as teaching blind students or supporting a blind family member. Sighted braille lea…
- Sign Language Dictionary (SL Dictionary, ASL Dictionary)
- A reference tool that allows users to look up signs in a sign language, providing video demonstrations, definitions, and usage examples. Sign language dictionaries can be organized by English gloss (w…
- Sign Vocabulary (Signing Vocabulary, Sign Lexicon)
- The set of signs that a person knows or that a sign language recognition system can identify. In the context of sign language technology, vocabulary size is a critical constraint that determines a sys…
- Signed Exact English (SEE, SEE-II, Signing Exact English)
- A manually coded sign system that represents spoken English visually by following English grammar, word order, and morphology rather than using the natural grammar of American Sign Language (ASL). Unl…