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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See EASI Special October Bonus offer at http://easi.cc/clinic.htm
EASI November courses are:
Barrier-free E-learning, Accessible Internet Multimedia and Business Benefits of Accessible IT Design:
http://easi.cc/workshop.htm
EASI Home Page http://www.rit.edu/~easi
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