BARRIER FREE EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY is a 4-week long workshop delivered online that will guide colleges and businesses in creating computer and information technology systems that will create a level playingfield for students and professionals with disabilities. The Barrier-free educational technology workshop is delivered over the Internet beginning on January 17th and lasting for 4 weeks delivered primarily by e-mail. Lessons and discussions with other participants are delivered to your desktop. You can participate at your convenience. The workshop is provided by EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information) a core activity of the TLT Group, and the instructors are Professor Norman Coombs and Richard Banks. Previous presentations have reached more than 3,000 people in more than 3 dozen countries. The workshop is aimed for administrators, faculty, instructional technologists, information technologists, librarians, human resource staff and disabled student service staff. It is aimed at developing an awareness of the power of adaptive computer technology to permit students and professionals with disabilities to compete on a level playing field. The workshop will also familiarize participants with the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. As computers become an integral part of more courses, failing to provide adaptive tools will deny a full education to these students. But disabled students are not the sole beneficiaries of barrier free educational technology. Adapting your educational technologies to meet the needs of this special population will, at the same time, make them more useful for students with different learning styles. To see a syllabus of the workshop or to obtain information about workshop fees and registration, go to http://www.rit.edu/~easi/workshops.html C.E.U.s Three continuing education units from the Rochester Institute of Technology are available on request. WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION Today's distributed computer environment means that providing support for the technology needs of students with disabilities is an institution-wide responsibility. It requires extensive planning and cooperation across several departments. It is no longer the sole province of the computer staff. Nor can it be relegated to the disabled student office. If "it takes a village to raise a child," then, it takes the entire campus to support the adaptive technology needs of students with disabilities. This workshop will help participants develop an understanding of technological, legal, pedagogical issues that should inform the creation of a barrier-free campus educational technology plan. Norman Coombs, Ph.D.