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EASI Online Course: Barrier-free Information Technology, Mar 3-31
Syllabus and registration at http://easi.cc/workshop.htm
This course can be taken as a single course or as one of the required basic
courses required for the Certificate in Accessible Technology.
Who is responsible to provide students with disabilities with efficient
access to the computer and information technology facilities used in
today's schools and colleges? Frequently, each department tries to shove
the job off on someone else. "Where does the accessibility buck stop?"
The Office for Civil Rights has said that students with disabilities belong
to the institution and not just to a disability-related office, and meeting
their needs is an institution-wide responsibility! However, instead of
being an additional burden, meeting their needs can help strengthen
campus-wide communications and cooperation.
Computer and information technology is rapidly becoming integral to our
daily lives. 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 completing
their education. This basic course in adaptive information technology is
excellent for administrators, ADA officers, disabled student services
staff, student affairs staff, information technology staff, instructional
design staff, librarians and all faculty.
Course lessons and Assignments
Lesson 1: Introductions and definitions
Part 1 introduction to the workshop;
Part 2 basic definitions
Part 3 E-mail and listserv discussion lists
Lesson 1 Assignments: Participant introductions.
Lesson 2: Four reasons to provide barrier-free educational technology
Part 1 it's the right thing to do;
Part 2 it makes economic sense;
Part 3 it's the law;
Part 4 participants should do it for themselves
Lesson 2 Assignment: Sharing relevant information.
Lesson 3: computer input problems and solutions
Part 1 Computer-related definitions
Part 2 Alternative input systems for people with motor impairments
Part 3 Alternative input devices for other disability groups Part 4 Lesson
2 Assignment Using Windows access features
Lesson 4: Computer output problems and solutions
Part 1: Output issues for users who are blind
Part 2: Output issues for users who have limited vision and users who have
visual or cognitive processing disabilities
Part 3: Output issues for other disability groups
Lesson 4: Revisiting previous assignments
Lesson 5: Compensatory Strategies and Disability Etiquette
art 1: What is a compensatory strategy?
Part 2: Do I have to be politically correct?
Part 3: Etiquette tips for service providers
Lesson 5 Assignment Disability-related resources on the World Wide Web
Lesson 6: Access to print information
Part 1: Creating and adapting electronic texts
Part 2: Problems related to Braille and tactile drawings
Part 3: Creating texts for the web
Lesson 6 Assignment: Create 2 simple texts for use on the web
Lesson 7: Access to physical facilities and staff training
Part 1: Physical access to the computer itself
Part 2: Designing a model accessible work station
Part 3: Training the technology support staff
Lesson 7 Assignment: What do you have to know?
Lesson 8: Planning for an Accessible Campus or Institution
Part 1: Implications of decentralized computing
Part 2: Who do you need on your team? Part 3: Looking at One Example
Lesson 8 Assignment: Developing a 12-18 month plan
EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information) is a non-profit
organization, and our mission is to provide universities, schools and other
institutions with the knowledge to make their information technologies
accessible to users with disabilities. http://www.rit.edu/~easi
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Norman Coombs, Ph.D.
CEO EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information)
http://www.rit.edu/~easi
http://easi-elearn.org
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