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VIDBE-Q Volume 63 Issue 2
Holli Luff
The Ohio State University
Council for Exceptional Children
Division on Visual Impairments and Deafblindness
Presents 2018 Awards
At International Conference in Tampa, FL
The Council for Exceptional Children, Division on Visual Impairments and
Deafblindness (DVIDB) is proud to present the Dissertation of the Year Award to Dr.
Karen Koehler at the Council for Exceptional Children Convention and Expo in Tampa,
Florida, on February 8, 2018. The Dissertation of the Year Award is presented to a DVIDB
member who makes a significant contribution to the field through extensive study and
research.
Dr. Koehler has researched the unique subject matter of 3-D printing and its use by
students in a science classroom. As many have heard, 3-D printing has been speculated
to be able to revolutionize the learning that will take place in science classrooms all over
the country and dramatically increase student learning; especially the learning of students
with visual impairments. Many have speculated that this technology will have dramatic
abilities to increase access to the general education classrooms by students with visual
impairments. However, those claims had little to no research to back them up.
Karen's dissertation work and pilot study, reported in the dissertation, finally
provided some insight into the use of 3-D printed models and student learning. Her
dissertation was timely and of great importance to our field.
Dissertation of the Year: Dr. Karen Koehler
