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From: Eric Bridges [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 8:56 AM
To: 'leadership-acb.org'
Subject: [leadership] FW: Last Call for Distance Learning Survey

 

 

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From: AFB DirectConnect [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 9:38 AM
To: AFB Subscriber
Subject: Last Call for Distance Learning Survey

 


 

 

 

 


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Announcing the last call for the AFB distance learning survey! 

AFB is asking you for your input about the accessibility of online
educational tools. If you have not yet had the chance to complete this
survey, please take a moment to check out the announcement below that was
circulated earlier this month and please take a moment to complete the
survey. The distance learning survey will be taken down from the AFB website
at the close of business on Friday, October 10th. Thank you to all those who
have already participated. 

Got the Back-to-School Blues?

Distance Learning: How Accessible Are Online Educational Tools

More and more schools, colleges and universities are using online
educational tools that students are required to use to obtain course
syllabi, access lectures and associated material, participate in class
discussions, read course material, and receive grades and feedback from
instructors. These popular tools, such as Blackboard, can frequently pose
significant barriers to students with vision loss because they do not work
well, if at all, with computer programs commonly used by students who are
blind or visually impaired to read content displayed on the computer screen.


The AFB is exploring ways in which these popular online educational tools
can be made more accessible, but we need your help. If you are a student who
has used, or is currently being asked to use, such online educational tools,
a family member or friend of such a student, or a teacher who has experience
with such online tools, please complete our survey and tell us your story.
You'll find the survey at http://www.afb.org/Section.asp?SectionID=3
<http://www.afb.org/Section.asp?SectionID=3&Referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eafb%
2Eorg%2FSection%2Easp%3FSectionID%3D3&Mode=Survey&SurveyID=80>
&Referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eafb%2Eorg%2FSection%2Easp%3FSectionID%3D3&Mode=
Survey&SurveyID=80.

We also encourage all recipients of this message to share this announcement
widely with your networks.

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