Hello.
I just signed onto the list and was wondering if you could tell me how much
this workshop will cost?

Thanks.
Dena

At 06:45 AM 1/17/01 -0800, you wrote:
>EASI's online workshop on how to make a barrier-free information technology
>campus starting February will include discussion about the new 508
>regulations.  The workshop is expanded to also include a new instructor,
>Joe Lazzaro, an adaptive technology specialist for the state of Mass.
>Information is at http://www.rit.edu/~easi/workshop.htm
>
>The workshop has been taken by thousands of people from more than three
>dozen countries.  Here is the syllabus:
>
>
>Workshop on Adapting Computers and information technology for Persons With
>Disabilities
>
>Workshop description:
>
>This is a four-week online workshop providing an overview to the topic of
>adaptive computing technology and is ideal for administrators, teachers,
>librarians, computer support staff, ADA compliance officers and service
>providers. The workshop is delivered using e-mail and multimedia materials on
>the web. Multimedia presentations both enriches the content and makes it more
>accessible to participants with different learning styes and different
>disabilities. The workshop is designed to encourage and facilitate
>interactions
>between instructors and participants.
>Computer and education technology is rapidly becoming integral to most
>courses.
>On one hand, this holds the promise of enhanced independence for students
>with
>disabilities. On the other hand, depending on the design of the particular
>applications being used, it threatens to create needless barriers for such
>students possibly even preventing them from succeeding in college.
>Today's distributed computer environment means that providing support for the
>technology needs of students with disabilities is an institution-wide
>responsibility. It requires extensive planning and cooperation across several
>departments. "If it takes a village to raise a child, then, it takes the
>entire
>campus to support the adaptive technology needs of students with
>disabilities.
>It is no longer the sole province of the computer. It cannot be religated
>to the
>disabled student office either. Seemless service requires campus-wide
>cooperation. This course is designed to provide the broad knowledge of
>technology, the law and of student technological and pedigogical needs to
>facilitate such institutional planning.
>The workshop will be delivered by an e-mail listserv. It will also require
>the
>use of materials on the web. Our goal is to help participants discover
>internet
>resources that will let them remain current with the rapidly changing
>technologies.
>
>Three continuing education units are available from the Rochester Institute
>of
>Technology on request.
>instructors:
>Richard Banks
>EASI's electronic resource manager
>Norman Coombs, Ph.D.
>EASI chair
>Joe Lazzaro, Adaptive Technology Specialist
>Workshop lessons:
>Lesson 1: Introductions and definitions
>This will include: introductions by instructors and participants;
>introduction
>to the workshop; and basic definitions
>Lesson 2: Four reasons to provide barrier-free educational technology
>This will include: it's the right thing to do; it makes economic sense;
>it's the
>law; and participants should do it for themselves
>Lesson 3: computer input problems and solutions
>This will include: explanation of which disability groups have problems with
>keyboard and/or mouse input systems; alternative keyboard systems;
>alternative
>mouse systems; voice recognition
>Lesson 4: Computer output problems and solutions
>This will include: text-to-speach synthesizers reading text on the monitor;
>screen magnification systems; refreshable braille, braille embossers
>Lesson 5: Compensatory Strategies
>This will include: how users with disabilities use computer technology to
>compensate for their disability; ; how to use the adapted computer as an
>interface to scientific and math equipment;
>Lesson 6: Access to physical facilities and staff training
>This will include: designing a computer lab to accommodate users with
>different
>disabilities; the importance of both sensitivity and technical training for
>staff
>Lesson 7: Access to educational information
>This will include: how to provide lab manuals and materials in alternative
>formats; how to provide class materials in alternative formats; how to
>prepare
>institute materials in alternate formats;
>Lesson 8: Planning for an Accessible Campus or Institution
>
>
>
>EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information) is a non-profit organization,
>part of the Teaching, Learning and Technology Group and affiliated with the
>American Association for Higher Education. Our mission is to help make
>information technologies more accessible to users with disabilities.
>
>