REPLAY: EASI SELECTS THE BEST FROM THE PAST
Highlights from Information Technology and Disabilities E-journal
Volume 1, Issue 1
Replay Editor: Penny Gray, Adaptive Technology Specialist
                         Bucks County community college
                 Editing is done using Dragon NaturallySpeaking.

The ITD e-journal has provided quality, peer-reviewed articles on
disabilities and information for nearly a decade.  Many articles are too
good to be lost, and EASI wants to connect you with this quality resource.
EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information) is the premier provider of
online courses on accessible information technology:
http://easi.cc/workshop.htm

Selected Articles on Distance Learning

Inside This Issue:
1.  Introducing Information Technology and Disabilities
2.  June 1996: Accessible Internet Based Mathematics and Aeronautics...
3.  April 1999: Distance Education and Individuals with Disabilities
4.  January 2002: A Survey of Online Instructional Issues and Strategies
for Postsecondary Students with Learning Disabilities
5.  January 2002: Issues in Preparing Visually Disabled Instructors to
Teach Online: a Case Study

INTRODUCING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND DISABILITIES
(c 1994 Tom McNulty)
INTRODUCING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND DISABILITIES
Tom McNulty
Editor-in-Chief
Information Technology and Disabilities

The journal aims at a broad spectrum of professionals, from librarians to
academic computing staff, who have at their disposal a number of
professional journals providing timely information on a wide variety of
topics in their field(s) of coverage. Scattered throughout this body of
literature are the few items of interest to people who need to know what's
happening in the world of adaptive technology, accessible information and
other vital news of increasing importance to individuals with disabilities.
Information Technology and Disabilities intends to address issues relating
to information technology in its broadest sense. While our focus is largely
upon practical uses of technology by individuals with disabilities,
Information Technology and Disabilities will, in future issues, hopefully
include historical, sociological, and legal analysis and commentary.

http://www.rit.edu/~easi/itd/itdv01n1/mcnulty.html

June 1996:
ACCESSIBLE INTERNET BASED MATHEMATICS AND
AERONAUTICS MATERIALS FOR 4TH-7TH GRADE CHILDREN
WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES.
Lewis E. Kraus
InfoUse

InfoUse is running a three year project entitled "An Internet-Based
Curriculum on Math and Aeronautics for 4th -7th Grade Children with
Physical Disabilities" with funding through a cooperative agreement with
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). NASA's award,
which is administered through the High Performance Computing and
Communications (HPCC) Office as part of NASA's Information Infrastructure
Technology and Applications (IITA) program and NASA-Ames Research Facility
at Moffett Field, was given as one of eight such awards for developing new
ways of teaching science, mathematics, engineering, and aeronautics through
developing new Internet-based information technologies.
http://www.rit.edu/~easi/itd/itdv03n2/article4.html

April, 1999:
Distance Education and Individuals with Disabilities
Ron Stewart
Coordinator
Northwest Center for Technology Access
Oregon State University
Legal Requirements:
Educational institutions are governed by a variety of state and federal
laws that impose the requirement that we provide "equal and equitable
access" to our programs and services (For a listing of these laws and
requirements). A series of recent legal rulings have further defined the
"equal and equitable" requirement to mean that we must provide the exact
same level of access to individuals with disabilities as we do to the
nondisabled.
http://www.rit.edu/~easi/itd/itdv06n1/article3.html

January, 2002:
A SURVEY OF ONLINE INSTRUCTIONAL ISSUES AND STRATEGIES FOR POSTSECONDARY
STUDENTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES
Robin A. Cook, Ph.D., C.R.C.
Marsha A. Gladhart, Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin

This paper addresses a gap in the education literature concerning issues
and considerations relevant to engaging in online instruction with adult
learners who have learning disabilities. Contained within are a brief
background survey of the context in which online instruction has become
popular; a comparison of online versus traditional pedagogy techniques, and
a discussion of some of the popular technology used in postsecondary
institutions to deliver online learning. Finally, the authors describe how
aspects of online learning impact students with learning disabilities, and
offer suggestions for instructional strategies and appropriate
accommodations and modifications.
http://www.rit.edu/~easi/itd/itdv08n1/cook_gladhart.htm

January, 2002:
ISSUES IN PREPARING VISUALLY DISABLED INSTRUCTORS TO TEACH ONLINE: A CASE
STUDY
Thomas J. Tobin, Ph.D.
Westmoreland County Community College

Much has been written about how to deliver online course materials to
visually-impaired students. This essay explores the methods by which an
online support staff may assist a visually-impaired faculty member to teach
online, with special emphasis on identifying which strategies for assisting
visually-impaired students are transferable to the process of assisting
visually-impaired faculty, as well as identifying areas of concern specific
to helping a visually-impaired faculty member to prepare and to teach an
online course. This essay follows a narrative of the difficulties
encountered when the author was assigned to help a visually-disabled
faculty member to develop and to teach an online course.
http://www.rit.edu/~easi/itd/itdv08n1/tobin.htm

*Note: ITD is always receptive to new articles.  Send your submission or
your article idea to the executive editor, Tom McNulty, <[log in to unmask]>


EASI Online Courses:
Oct. 7: Barrier-free Web Design and Train the Trainer
http://easi.cc/workshop.htm

Earn EASI's Certificate in Accessible Information Technology
EASI is partnering with the University of Southern Maine to provide a
certificate in accessible information technology delivered entirely online
at any time from any where. No need for expensive travel or no need to
take time away from work or use a precious vacation. The eight courses
listed below can be taken individually for 3 continuing education credits
or a package of five courses will earn a certificate. EASI's instructors
are all experienced online trainers with extensive knowledge in the
various areas of accessible information technology.
Course schedule for 2002-03
Barrier-free Information technology: Sept. 3, Dec. 2, March 3, June 2
Beginners Barrier-free Web Design: Oct. 7, Jan. 6, April 7
Advanced Barrier-free Web Design: Sept. 3, Dec. 2
Barrier-free E-learning: Nov. 4, Feb. 3, May 5
Learning Disabilities and Information Technology: Sept. 3, Dec. 2, Mar. 3,
June 2
Accessible Internet Multimedia: Nov. 4, Feb. 3, May 5
Train the Trainer: Oct. 7, Jan. 6, April 7
Business Benefits of Accessible Information Technology: Date to be announced

EASI is a non-profit organization which, for a quarter century, has served
univers
ities, colleges, schools, libraries and business with know-how on making
computer and information technology systems accessible to people with
disabilities.

September 2002