Janice Carson, Ed.D
Professor, Project Director, CDHD
- Ed.D Emphasis in Instructional Systems Design, ºÚÁÏÍø State University, 2015
- M.Ed. Emphasis in Instructional Technology, ºÚÁÏÍø State University, 2004
- B.S. Elementary Education/Human Exceptionality, ºÚÁÏÍø State University, 1995
Courses
- EDSP 430: Assistive Technology and Universal Design for Learning K12
- EDSP 530: Assistive Technology and Universal Design for Learning K12
Kole-McGuffey Exemplary Scholarly Work Award nomination, College of Education, ºÚÁÏÍø State University, 2016
Janice Carson is a professor of special education at the ºÚÁÏÍø. Carson also serves as the Director of the ºÚÁÏÍø Assistive Technology Project. She received her doctorate in instructional systems design from ºÚÁÏÍø State University in 2015. Prior to her current appointment, she was a Special Education Coordinator at the ºÚÁÏÍø State Department of Education’s Special Education Division. Her portfolio included monitoring special education, secondary transition and assistive technology. Carson’s main research interests include training through the lens of andragogy, rural outreach, and instructional design theory, as well as topics related to Universal Design for Learning, secondary transition, customized employment, and assistive technology. Carson served as the Chair of the Board of Directors for the Association of the Assistive Technology Act Programs. She also chairs the advisory council for ºÚÁÏÍø Vocational Rehabilitation.
- Universal Design for Learning
- Instructional Design Theory
- Rural Outreach
- Secondary Transition
- Customized Employment
- Assistive Technology
- Educational Technology
Workshops
- Carson, J. (May, 2014 – 2017) Universal Design for Learning and Assistive Technology in Education. Professional development workshop for pre-professional education students at the Lewis-Clark State College, Lewiston, ID.
Current
- Carson, J., Butler, C., & Kuhlmeier, A. (January, 2019). Cracking the AAC code: How to turn SLPs into codebreakers.
Funded Project ($80,000)
- Carson, J. (Awarded $80,000, January 2022). Training Health Care Workers on Communication Access for Adults. Administration for Community Living, U.S. Health and Human Services.
Hollingshead, A., Zabala, J., & Carson, J. (2021). The SETT framework and evaluating assistive technology remotely. Special Education TODAY blog, Council for Exceptional Children. .