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UMUC/PBS Live broadcast on Accessibility in Online Learning, April 22,
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeff Finlay)
Fri Mar 26 08:46:29 2004
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 16:49:37 -0500
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The event described below will likely be of great interest to computer
users everywhere, especially those with disabilities. Thanks.
From: Jeffrey Ian Finlay <jfinlay@umuc.edu>
Organization: University of Maryland University College
Announcing an event of interest to all faculty and staff in distance
education:
"Untangling the Web: Making Online Teaching and Learning Accessible"
Live Satellite Broadcast, April 22, 2004, 2:30-4:00 pm ET
Produced by UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE (UMUC)
for PBS Adult Learning Service
Supported with grants from SBC Foundation and NEC Foundation of America
You are invited to participate in a live satellite broadcast on
accessibility in online teaching and learning from 2:30-4:00 pm on April
22, 2004. The broadcast will be in the form of a moderated panel
discussion with call-in questions from participants at sites around the
country.
Among the areas the program will cover:
* How students with disabilities are navigating the Web, and how
inaccessible course content impacts the work of faculty and staff
* How to address accessibility problems posed by courseware, course
management systems, multimedia, and use of audio and video in
onlinecourses
* What kind of collaborative models have been developed to help faculty
and staff meet the challenge of online accessibility
* How to develop institutional coordination policies in your campus or
organization
* What faculty and staff development programs can do to enhance
understanding of disability and technology
* What role good teaching plays in improving online accessibility
* How Universal Design and Universal Design for Instruction can inform
the process of ensuring online accessibility
Disability support providers as well as faculty, course designers,
academic computing staff, and others impacted by online accessibility
issues will want to participate in this program.
More detailed information about the program appears on the PBS Web Adult
Learning Service site at
http://www.pbs.org/als/programs/unwe000.htm
For information on registering and participating in this live event
please visit http://www.pbs.org/als/live/index.html.
PBS/ALS live programs are available via PBS’s C-band and Ku-band digital
signals as well as a C-band analog signal (coordinates are sent with
license confirmation). There is also a video streaming option for an
additional fee.
Jeff Finlay
Office of Distance Education and Lifelong Learning
University of Maryland university College
http://www.umuc.edu/distance/odell/cade
Phone: (301) 985-4610
Email: jfinlay@umuc.edu
