EASI Online Activities for May:

EASI has an exciting Internet voice chat Web conference on accessible
e-voting scheduled for May 12.  It is based on a special issue of the
e-journal, Information Technology and Disabilities (the link here takes you
to the contents for Vol. X which contains 2 numbers of the Journal and the
voting issue is at the bottom half of the contents page):
http://www.rit.edu/~easi/itd/itd10.htm

The May 12 Web conference will have 3 of the authors of articles from that
special issue.  Please read their articles before attending the event:

Hollister Bundy
Vice President
Inclusion Solutions
http://www.rit.edu/~easi/itd/itdv10n2/bundy.htm

Gregg C. Vanderheiden
Director, Trace Research & Development Center
Professor, Industrial Engineering and Biomedical Engineering Departments
University of Wisconsin-Madison
http://www.rit.edu/~easi/itd/itdv10n2/vanderhe.htm

Michael Waterstone
Assistant Professor of Law, University of Mississippi School of Law
http://www.rit.edu/~easi/itd/itdv10n2/watersto.htm

Register for this free Internet voice chat Web conference (Registration
will save you a seat in the chat room and will also get you the link to the
recording in case you miss attending:
http://easi.cc/forms/voting.htm


EASI has 3 month-long online courses starting May 2 providing the skills to
make information technology systems fully accessible to all users including
those with disabilities.  Previous EASI courses have reached over 5,000
people in more than 3 dozen countries:
http://easi.cc/workshop.htm

1  Beginner Barrier-free Web Design:
Web pages can be created using Universal Design principles permitting their
use by people with different browsers, different connection speeds, palm
pilots, PDA's and by people with disabilities using adaptive computer
technology. They can also be created in ways that exclude many of the above
users. Beginner Barrier-free Web Design will prepare you to create web
pages that are visually appealing and still permit full access by users
with disabilities.  The syllabus and registration is online at:
http://easi.cc/workshops/easiweb.htm


2  Barrier-free E-learning
University, business and public schools all are adopting one or more forms
of distance learning type technologies for delivering education and
training. Sometimes this actual distance learning and sometimes it is part
of campus courses. It is simultaneously praised and roundly condemned. In
any case, it is sweeping across America and into other countries. One of
the results of the rapidity of this explosive growth is that little
attention has been paid to making these technologies accessible to people
with various disabilities. Modern adaptive computer technology has the
potential to make these technologies more accessible to such students than
any previous form of education. However, the wrong technology choices may
erect new and needless barriers to the full inclusion of these students in
their ability to use of e-learning systems.  The syllabus and registration
is available online at:
http://easi.cc/workshops/bfel.htm

3  Low End Assistive Technologies
Many assistive technologies are complex, sophisticated and frequently
expensive. While they are powerful, versatile and can readily be modified
to meet individual needs, there are some other assistive technologies that
are less expensive and still fill an important gap in the array of tools to
support users with disabilities. They will in no way replace the more
professional applications. However, for someone with a less severe
disability or a temporary disability or for someone wanting experience with
assistive technology before making a significant purchase, they are
important tools to explore. For a
small institution with tight budgets, these technologies can be kept
available to provide support for a wide range of people with disabilities.
The law
requires that institutions have accommodation plans in place rather than
making ad hoc adaptations. These applications would permit accommodating
someone's
needs until a solution more suited to that person's needs can be
provided.  The syllabus and registration are online at:
http://easi.cc/workshops/ltech.htm


** Check out the 4-part fee-based series in June on accessible libraries:
http://easi.cc/forms/lib-series.htm

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http://easi.cc/clinic.htm
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