Live Web Conference on My 20 Years of Distance Learning, June 17



If you already registered for this event, I cannot e-mail you login
information as I promised.  Believe it or not, I spilled coffee into my
laptop and cannot retrieve your registration information, but I have login
info for everyone at the bottom of this message.



Distance learning, e-learning, blended or hybrid learning has recently
become the current rage.  However, it did exist even before there was a
World Wide Web.  Believe it or not, I became involved with it while PC
computers were still running the DOS operating system.  In 1989, Zenith
awarded me the Master of Innovation Award, and in 1990, I was chosen the
New York State CASE Professor of the Year both for work in distance
learning.  In those days, we were lonely pioneers, and, at the beginning, I
was already advocating to make distance learning fully accessible to users
with disabilities.  In fact, I was demonstrating, that, when accessible, it
held many advantages for this special population.



Join me online on June 17 at 1 PM Eastern time while I share experiences
and lessons from my 20 years of online teaching.  I will describe some of
the changes that has come through new technologies.  I will discuss how
these changes impact online teaching possibilities and I will talk about
how the changes impact accessibility for people with disabilities.  This
live presentation will be both a trip through the past as well as a
discussion of best practice online learning in 2004.  Finally, because it
takes place in an interactive voice chat room, you will be able to 1,
listen to me, 2 watch Web pages I push and discuss and 3 you can add your
own voice or text comments and questions.  The system we are using requires
you run Windows and Explorer version 6, have a sound card, speakers and if
you want to talk, you need a mic.



*** Note, if you are interested in the availability of a MAC version of
this conference software, please e-mail that information to George Buys at
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Now, you can join me on June 17 at 1 PM Eastern or shortly at the URL
below.  We will activate this URL on the morning of June 17.  You will use
your own name as your username so we know who you are.  IMPORTANT!! Leave
the password field empty!



To participate, go to:

<http://easi.cc/june17.htm>http://easi.cc/june17.htm










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EASI Courses for Jly
Designing Accessible Course Content Using Familiar Software:
http://easi.cc/workshops/dacc.htm
Train the Trainer: http://easi.cc/workshops/train.htm
** A package of 5 courses earn the Certificate in Accessible Information
Technology

                                                         Norman Coombs, Ph.D.
CEO EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information)
22196 Caminito Tasquillo
         Laguna Hills CA 92653
home: (949)  855-4852
         Cell: (949) 922-5992
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Web:            http://www.rit.edu/~nrcgsh

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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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Check out EASI New Synchronous Clinics:
http://easi.cc/clinic.htm
EASI Home Page http://www.rit.edu/~easi
Online courses  and Clinics http://easi.cc/workshop.htm
Check the EASI Library Web http://www.rit.edu/~easi/lib.htm

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