NCTI Tech in the Works Competition

NCTI sponsors this annual competition to contribute research on the impact of AT for learning as well as to foster collaboration between researchers and vendors in the field. Findings from each team are presented as part of the Tech Expo at the NCTI Technology Innovators Conference in November in Washington, DC. See the 2009 Tech Expo.

2010 Competition

The 2010 Tech in the Works competition is now open! Learn more about the 2010 competition.

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Past Winners

View abstracts from past Technology in the Works competition winners.

Featured Tech in the Works Awardee: 

Supported Video Project: Making Video Content Accessible to All

Awarded in 2008 to: Donna Horn, director, Universal Access to Media department, CaptionMax (vendor) and Lynne Anderson-Inman, director, National Center for Supported eText, University of Oregon (researcher)

This study of expanded captions explored how educational content could be delivered in sync with high quality science content video and offer various supports such as vocabulary definitions, labeled illustrations, and concept maps to support students’ understanding of the visual content. Learn more about this award:

• Abstract
• Full Report
• Vendor Web sites: CaptionMax and
  National Center for Supported eText