>Sender:       "Distribution list for ITD-JNL and WebMedia 1/5/98
>              http://www.rit.edu/~easi" <[log in to unmask]>
>From:         Prof Norm Coombs <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject:      EASI Webcast: Providing E-texts for College Students

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>        EASI Webcast: Providing E-texts for College Students
>http://www.rit.edu/~easi
>
>This is a presentation from a conference on technology and disabilities.
>The presentation is:
>Alternate Media Exchange Network:
>A model for developing alternate media resources.
>Sean Keegan
>Gaeir Dietrich
>
>All too frequently colleges have to rush to provide an alternate version of
>a text for a student without knowing whether or not it has already been put
>into alternate format by another campus.  Sharing such e-texts seems simple
>and logical, but there have been a myriad of roadblocks: interpretations of
>copyright law, not trusting another alternate text producer, bureaucratic
>hurdles and sometimes just plain stubbornness.  The good news is that there
>are many projects that are chipping away at the challenge and making
progress.
>
>Sean Keegan  and Gaeir Dietrich talk about their experiences in creating a
>system wide exchange program to deliver materials in alternative formats to
>students in the California Community College system.  California is one of
>the states which has been a leader in state support for providing
>electronic versions of texts for its college students.  Rapid availability
>of alternate texts is important for both on-campus and distance students.
>
>The link for the webcast is on EASI's home page at:
>http://www.rit.edu/~easi
>August 4 is the start of 2 EASI month-long courses that overlap with this
>topic:
>Barrier-free E-learning: http://easi.cc/workshops/bfel.htm
>Beginner Barrier-free Web Design: http://easi.cc/workshops/easiweb.htm
>
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>                EASI August Courses http://easi.cc/workshop.htm
>Beginner Barrier-free Web Design
>Barrier-free E-learnig
>Business Benefits of Accessible IT Design...            .
>
>                Norman Coombs
>CEO EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information)
>                (949) 922-5992 (cell)
>
>