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>Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:02:44 -0500
>Subject: Sloan-C workshop: A How-To Guide for Creating Accessible Content
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>Web Accessibility for Online Learning: A How-To Guide for Creating
>Accessible Content
>
>Discover how principles of universal design can help you create course
>content that can be accessed and used by anyone, including people with
>disabilities.
>
>By the end of this workshop, participants will have a good understanding
>of the Universal Design Principles for Online Learning, potential
>accessibility/usability issues that need to be considered in course
>design, and how to create more accessible/usable course content.
>
>This workshop is offered within 10 consecutive days and requires
>approximately one hour of reading per day. 3 small individual assignments
>will build on one another to produce a final project submission that will
>showcase each participant' understanding of how to apply universal design
>principles to communication, teaching, and basic course design, including
>basic web authoring, styling, and multimedia considerations. Daily focused
>group discussion will help participants gain a better understanding of key
>design problems, ideas, and potential solutions. Participants are strongly
>encouraged to share their ideas, questions, and answers in the workshop
>discussions and will be automatically enrolled in the discussion list upon
>registration.Additionally, this workshop will host 3 live, synchronous
>sessions (on days 1, 7, and 10) via an accessible web conferencing
>application called Talking Communities.
>
>Workshop Goals
>
>This workshop will enable participants to:
>
>• Develop an understanding of Universal Design Principles for Online Learning
>
>• Develop an understanding of potential accessibility/usability issues
>that need to be considered in course design
>
>• Create more accessible/usable course content
>
>For more information visit: http://www.sloanconsortium.org/node/2699
>
>Note that this workshop is offered via Sloan Consortium and eligible for
>Sloan-C Certificate Program.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Hadi
>
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