From: "Jeff Finlay" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu Mar 25, 2004  9:26:47 AM US/Pacific


Announcing an event of interest to all faculty and staff:

"Untangling the Web: Making Online Teaching and Learning Accessible"

Live Satellite Broadcast, April 22, 2004, 2:30-4:00 pm ET

Produced by UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE (UMUC) for PBS
Adult Learning Service

Supported with grants from SBC Foundation and NEC Foundation of America

You are invited to participate in a live satellite broadcast on
accessibility in online teaching and learning from 2:30-4:00 pm on
April 22, 2004. The broadcast will be in the form of a moderated panel
discussion with call-in questions from participants at sites around the
country.

Among the areas the program will cover:

* How students with disabilities are navigating the Web, and how
inaccessible course content impacts the work of faculty and staff

* How to address accessibility problems posed by courseware, course
management systems, multimedia, and use of audio and video in
onlinecourses

* What kind of collaborative models have been developed to help faculty
and staff meet the challenge of online accessibility

* How to develop institutional coordination policies in your campus or
organization

* What faculty and staff development programs can do to enhance
understanding of disability and technology

* What role good teaching plays in improving online accessibility

* How Universal Design and Universal Design for Instruction can inform
the process of ensuring online accessibility

Disability support providers as well as faculty, course designers,
academic computing staff, and others impacted by online accessibility
issues will want to participate in this program.

More detailed information about the program appears on the PBS Web
Adult Learning Service site at

http://www.pbs.org/als/programs/unwe000.htm

For information on registering and participating in this live event
please visit http://www.pbs.org/als/live/index.html.

PBS/ALS live programs are available via PBS's C-band and Ku-band
digital signals as well as a C-band analog signal (coordinates are sent
with license confirmation). There is also a video streaming option for
an additional fee.

Jeff Finlay
Office of Distance Education and Lifelong Learning
University of Maryland university College
http://www.umuc.edu/distance/odell/cade
Phone: (301) 985-4610
Email: [log in to unmask]


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