Access E-Learning (Free Training!)

Access E-Learning

From the site:

Access E-Learning (AEL) is a ten-module tuto­r­ial that is a resource for those seek­ing to make their dis­tance edu­ca­tion acces­si­ble for indi­vid­u­als with dis­abil­i­ties. AEL offers infor­ma­tion on the most com­mon needs in dis­tance edu­ca­tion, and pro­vides instruc­tion in tech­niques that will enhance the usabil­ity of online mate­ri­als for all students.

The tuto­ri­als are being pro­vided as a ser­vice of the Geor­gia Tech Research on Acces­si­ble Dis­tance Edu­ca­tion project (GRADE). The ten mod­ules go over Dis­abil­i­ties, Acces­si­bil­ity Plan­ning, Pow­er­point, Video, Flash, Word, Excel, PDF, HTML and Scripts/Java. Many of the mod­ules even have a lab along with the nec­es­sary files (Win­dows or Mac) that you can down­load to prac­tice what you are learning.

Per­haps even more excit­ing are some of the future activ­i­ties that Project GRADE has planned, includ­ing the devel­op­ment of dis­tance edu­ca­tion acces­si­bil­ity stan­dards and a national lead­er­ship insti­tute on acces­si­bil­ity in dis­tance edu­ca­tion. I’ll be watch­ing this project closely and keep­ing you updated on what they are up to.