Three Webinar Reviews on Useful Books on Accessibility
EASI friends are some of the best informed people I know on accessibility
for information
technology. Some of them are also authors. This summer, EASI is sponsoring
3 Webinars by 3 of our
friends reviewing books that they have written. This is an opportunity to
get a preview of some
useful books and also to chat with the actual athors:
Webinar Book Review Free Webinar: Universal Design in Higher Education: From
Principles to Practice
Presenter: Sheryl Bergstahler, Ph.D. DO-IT, University of Washington
Tuesday June 14, 11 AM Pacific, Noon Mountain, 1 PM Central, 2 PM Eastern
This presentation will provide an overview of the history of universal design,
back to its origins in architecture and product development. The presenter
will
share examples of applications of universal design in higher education - to
technology, instruction, services, and physical spaces. She will also discuss
various approaches that have been taken to apply universal design to learning
environments, with a focus on practical applications that instructors can
employ
to make their courses more welcoming and accessible to all students.
The Webinar is based on the book: Universal Design in Higher Education: From
Principles to Practice edited by Sheryl Burgstahler which is accessible at
Bookshare.
Free Webinar: Book Review: Managing the Assistive Technology Process: The
Nontech Guide for Disability Service Providers.
Presenter James Bailey, MS, Adaptive Technology Adviser, University of Oregon.
When? Tue. August 23: 11 AM Pacific, Noon Mountain, 1 PM Central, 2 PM Eastern
Bailey has had long experiencing managing adaptive technology at the
university
level and has presented on the topic at AHEAD and other conferences. The book
can be obtained from LRP. What makes James advice so useful is that he
demonstrates that creating plans and implimenting policies is far less
daunting
than many imagine. Not only does it enable staff to explain what they do
for the
budget process, it helps them work more intelligently.
Free Webinar: Book Review: Driving MS Office From the Keyboard
Presenter: Karen McCall
When? Thur. Aug. 25: 11 AM Pacific, Noon Mountain, 1 PM Central, 2 PM Eastern
Karen has written several books providing detailed and practical tips on
how to
use the Office suite of products more efficiently using the keyboard rather
than
the mouse. Even some mouse users find the keyboard more efficient in some
situations. Karen brings 3 experiences to make these books accurate and
useful.
First she is a Microsoft certified tester. Second she also does testing for
Freedom Scientific screen magnification and screen reader software. Third,
Karen, herself, is a user of both screen magnification and screen reader
software. Her insights are not those of a technician but of someone who is a
genuine user.
2 Webinars on free software to play DAISY books and to author DAISY books
yourself
Free Webinar: AMIS: the Free, Open Source Software DAISY Player
Presenter: Marisa DeMeglio, Software Developer for the DAISY Consortium
June 21 at 11 AM Pacific, Noon Mountain, 1 PM Central and 2 PM Eastern
"This webinar will present how to use the AMIS DAISY player software which
is a
self-voicing program that plays DAISY books on your computer and which is
available in several languages.
AMIS is an open source program and is freely available from
http://daisy.org/amis."
This Webinar is tied closely to the following Webinar which deals with the
free software add-in for Word to let anyone create DAISY books. Both the
player
and the authoring environment are free.
Free Webinar: Word to DAISY Add-in Thur. June 30
Times: 11 AM Pacific, Noon Mountain, 1 PM Central, 2 Eastern and 8 in
Barcelona
(all Daylight)
Presenters: Professor Mireia Ribera, PhD in Library Science from
Universitat de
Barcelona
Afra Pascual, BS in Computer Human Interaction from Universitat de Lleida
DAISY is gaining adoption at a fast pace, it is part of Epub standard, NIMAS
simplified version is compulsory for textbooks in USA, and it is useful for
blind people, people with low vision, people with dyslexia, among other
users as
language learners or frequent mobile users. Everyone can make DAISY now, as
Microsoft and Daisy Consortium are offering a free tool, the DAISY Word
Add-in,
to create DAISY books (text or text plus audio) from MS Word documents. In
this
seminar we will review the possibilities and limits of the DAISY Word
Add-in, we
will set the minimum infrastructure you need to make it work, and we'll
comment
on aspects you must be aware to avoid common pitfalls.
Free Webinar: Accessible Apps for Android for Science, Technology, Engineering
and Math (STEM)
Presenter: Steve Jacobs of Apps for Android
When? Tue. July 26 at 11 AM Pacific, Noon Mountain, 1 PM Central, 2 PM Eastern
Smart phones are getting smarter and bringing more and more tools to their
users. STEM content has been slow to become accessible, but this is changing.
Now Android phones can even become useful STEM tools.
To read more on EASI Webinars and to register for any of these free
Webinars this summer, go to:
http://easi.cc/clinic.htm
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Once you choose hope, anything's possible. Christopher Reeve
Norman Coombs [log in to unmask]
Making Online Teaching Accessible: Inclusive Course Design for Students
with Disabilities by Norman Coombs published by Jossey-Bass Oct 10,2010
http://www.josseybass.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470499044.html
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