Publications

How do you define state of the art AT? This 2010 Issue Brief offers guidance for current and future investment, development, and research in educational and assistive technology and training.

What do the forces of globalization mean to your business, research, and life? Join NCTI to set an agenda that expands the reach of learning, assistive, and emerging technologies.

This article explores how existing market research in the assistive technology (AT) field can be leveraged to create new solutions and to help those solutions reach wider markets.

10 Tips to help you amplify your message and maximize your outreach efforts.

Given the prominence technology holds in today’s schools and society, it seems crucial to explore its use and function in home environments for students with disabilities, particularly when considering everyday technology such as “smart” toys, computers, and communication devices.

This article surveys the current capacities of speech technology, reviews its existing and potential uses in education in general and special education.

The purpose of this article is to offer a review of research on the use of assistive technology for students with disabilities and some reflections on the nature of knowledge that is being produced by researchers who are examining these issues.

Historically, the use of technology in special education has been advanced on the basis of marketplace innovations and federal policy initiatives rather than on a compelling research base. This article presents a set of quality indicators that will guide efforts to enhance that base.

This paper looks at how computer and video-based epistemic games can help provide career preparation experiences for young people.

As a school administrator, how can you determine which technology products will support your State-aligned curriculum? As an ed-tech vendor, how can you help your clients effectively integrate products into the classroom? Our simple and easy-to-use Consumer Guides help school administrators and ed-tech vendors learn what questions to ask and how to make informed decisions relating to education technology.

The evolution of social media and collaborative online environment has been rapid and pervasive, and people are struggling to understand and keep abreast of new developments. See NCTI’s Issue Brief for a discussion on the implications.

We asked key thought leaders from education and technology fields, “What will it take for assistive and learning technology to be considered a critical component of education to help more students learn, achieve, and reach their potential?” We learned that the AT field is at a tipping point.