and comparing implications for legal, political, social and educational directions. CTL1799 H Special Topics in Curriculum: Master's Level: Holistic Approaches to Information Technology The course explores ways in which holistic or aesthetic learning can be supported and enhanced by computer technology. Computer-supported environments and resources, e.g. Web resources for holistic or arts education, tools for creative expression, online communities of learners, Internet-based collaborative projects involving school children and professionals or inter-cultural exchanges. Activities will include discussion of reading, reflective journaling, group work developing a holistic or arts-based learning experience and creating an individual project or online portfolio. Each group or individual will select their own focus area which will form the basis for their final project. WebKF and the OISENet First Class system are used in this course. CTL1799 H Special Topics in Curriculum: Master's Level: Historical and Contemporary Issues in Disability Studies: A View from the Inside Out This course explores historical and contemporary issues in the study of disability. There are three central themes. First and generally, through an examination of texts produced by writers with a variety of disabilities, students will be challenged to examine their own and society's views of disability by comparing their views with those reported by the insiders. Second and more specifically, an examination of society's historical and contemporary treatment of persons with disability will provide the impetus for further challenges to students' views of disability. Through the exploration of society's stigmatization and devaluing of persons with intellectual disability, students will develop a