Webcast interview with Axel Schmetzke where he tells about his study of the
accessibility of web pages of many distance learning web sites
http://www.easi.cc and select either the webcast link or the site index link.

Dr. Axel Schmetzke librarian at U Wis Stevens Point discusses the present
inaccessibility of many distance education web pages.  He contends that
universities should demand from vendors that they provide accessible
products and that they should have strong policies in place on the subject:

I think one can somewhat manipulate the economic picture if more and more
institutions would simply demand from vendors that their products are
accessible. And I think that comes by the way to another part of my
strategy.  Institutions at various levels need to put in place inclusive
policies, and that should be at all levels. It should be at campus level.
It should be built into distance education policies.  It should be in
library web policies.  And it should be built into collection development
policies.


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May 7 EASI begins the first presentation of an online workshop on
accessible distance learning.

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Check out WebAIM resources on Internet accessibility at http://www.webaim.org