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Mobile Education and Access for Students with Disabilities Webcast
The National Center on Disability and Access to Education is hosting a free audio Webcast titled Mobile Education and Access for Students with Disabilities on Wednesday, April 26th at 1pm Mountain Time (3:00PM Eastern). A description of the Webcast from the NCDAE website:
As technologies become smaller, sleeker and easier to carry can they be developed […]
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Email eLearning- Using Email as a Course Management System
For distance education, online course mangement systems are often appropriately used to facilitate discussions and other activities associated with the instructional process. Course management systems are also often used to add an online component to face-to-face instructional experiences. Some of the oft-used features in this type of a blended/hybrid learning setting include discussion board, file […]
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Accessible Multimedia - Skills for Access
Skills for Access bills itself as The Comprehensive Guide to Creating Accessible Multimedia for e-learning. I haven’t had time to go all the way through the site, but it looks like it delivers with a lot of substantive content, complete with great case studies as well as in-depth instructions on how to create accessible multimedia […]
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Online Portfolios
I’m not yet super informed on electronic portfolios, but I had a few thoughts that I wanted to throw out and hopefully get some feedback. If you’re at all new to portfolios you may be asking yourself, “So how exactly is an online portfolio different from a regular old website?” My impression is that […]
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WebCT Accessibility Learning Module
A learning module titled WebCT, Accessibility, Usability and the Disabled Student from Evergreen Valley College. Comprehensive overview of barriers, solutions and alternatives available to ensure your content is accessible. Great resource. (via Teaching and Developing Online)
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Accessible Online Math Resources
I profess in no way to be an expert on the topic, but recently provided these resources to someone and thought I would pass them on:
As far as I can tell, one of the most exciting initiatives in this area is the
NIDE MathML project available at the MathML Accessibility Project Page or the W3C Math […]
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Distance Education Resources
I have developed a few distance education resources for staff at the Institute for Community Inclusion and thought that some of you might find them useful. Enjoy and please let me know if you have any feedback. The resources include an overview of distance education, understanding listservs as well as some examples of streamed, captioned […]
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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 […]
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Making Online Teaching and Learning Accessible Satellite Event
I’m back among the living and came across what looks to be an exciting event on the Disabled Student Services in Higher Education Listserv yesterday. Working with the PBS Adult Learning Service, the University of Maryland University College is producing a live telecast titled:
Untangling the Web: Making Online Teaching and Learning Accessible
From the description, […]
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Accessible Web-based Distance Education: Principles and Best Practices Article
Accessible Web-based Distance Education: Principles and Best Practices
I really like this article from Laurie Harrison at the Unversity of Toronto because of the emphasis on Universal Design Principles. While it is a bit dated (it looks like all of the references were pulled in July of 1999), the ideas expressed are solid and provide a […]
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