EASI Activities for February and March:

(Read about online hour-long clinics at http://easi.cc/clinic.htm)
(Read about month-long online courses at http://easi.cc/workshop.htm)

** Special advance notice: EASI is planning to do a live audio Web voice
presentation of EASI's day-long track of
presentations from the fabulous CSUN conference in March.  Read about the
CSUN conference at
http://www.csun.edu/cod


      February 2004 tuition-based and free clinics
      February 12: How to Maximize Accessibility While Using Synchronous
Video
      and Audio Instruction
      Presenter: WebAIM Project at Utah State University C. Rowland and J
Smith
      This is part of EASI's tuition-based clinic series. Individual
      registration is $39 with special institutional rates also available.
      While there are significant technical aspects to providing
accessibility
      in synchronous video and audio instruction, whether those details have
      been put in place or not, a significant part of accessible instruction
      using these technologies depends on how the instructor uses the
      technology. This presentation will primarily focus on how the
instructor
      can design the presentation in ways that maximize accessibility for
      students with a wide variety of disabilities.

      February 26 Design and Implementation of Web-Enabled Teaching Tools
      Presenters Mary Hricko and co-authors of this book
      This is the free, public clinic for February.
      This is the only book in print, so far as we know, that deals
specifically
      with Web-based learning and accessibility. It is available from Amazon.
      The chapter titles are:
      Web Accessibility and the Law: Issues in Implementation
      Understanding Section 508 and Its Implications for Distance Education
      Strategies to Increase Web Accessibility and Usability in Higher
Education
      Text-Only Alternatives: Are They Right for Your Site?
      Web-Based Distance Learning and the Second Digital Divide
      Inclusion in an Electronic Classroom: Courseware Design and
Implementation
      Web-Based Teaching and Learning for Blind or Visually Impaired Faculty
      Web Accessibility at University Libraries and Library Schools: 2002
      Follow-Up Study
      Overcoming Organizational Barriers to Web Accessibility in Higher
      Education: A Case Study

      February Online Courses
      Barrier-free E-learning
      Advanced Barrier-free Web Design
      Designing Accessible Course Content Using Familiar Software

      March 2004 tuition-based and free clinics
      Free Clinic, March 4, Campaigning for Good Web Design: RNIB and online
      accessibility in the UK
      Presenter: Julie Howell, Digital Policy Development Officer, Royal
      National Institute of the Blind. In May 2003, Julie was appointed to
the
      new position of Digital Policy Development Officer, a role that
involves
      working with policy makers, information architects and software
designers
      across all sectors to ensure that information products and services
      published on digital platforms are both accessible and usable. In
December
      2003, Julie was named one of the top 50 most influential people in
the new
      media industry by New Media Age magazine.
      Since 1999, The Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB) in the
UK has
      campaigned for the web to be more accessible. Learn about the campaign
      highlights, what still needs to be achieved, what the UK law says and
what
      you can do to help get the web more accessible to people with
      disabilities. In this presentation, Julie will focus on RNIB's policy
and
      campaigning work (this is not a technical presentation).

      March 11 Tuition-based Clinic: Powerful, Commercial, Web accessibility
      tools:
      Presenter: Dawn Blado from HiSoftware discusses sophisticated tools to
      assist in building Web sites that will also help design for
accessibility
      and assist in accessibility repairs. The 2 major suites of tools she
will
      explain are AccVerify and Interaction Builder. These are aimed at
      organizations and business that have to maintain large sites. One
exciting
      feature for educational institutions is that they will work behind a
      passworded system. Most accessibility checkers and repair tools cannot
      work once content is posted inside a courseware system. Here is the
answer.

      March Online Courses
      Barrier-free Information technology
      Learning Disabilities and Information Technology
      Accessible Internet Multimedia
      Train the Trainer

(Read about online hour-long clinics at http://easi.cc/clinic.htm)
(Read about month-long online courses at http://easi.cc/workshop.htm)

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