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Dear colleagues;<br><br>
Please read and feel free to forward this email to any MIT colleagues or
lists that might be relevant.<br><br>
Thanks,<br>
Kathy<br><br>
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<b>Announcing an event of interest to all faculty and staff delivering
course information electronically: <br><br>
<font size=4>"Untangling the Web: Making Online Teaching and
Learning Accessible" <br>
Live Satellite Broadcast, Thursday, April 22, 2004, 2:30-4:00 pm,<br>
N42 Demo Center. RSVP to Kathy Cahill, kcahill@mit.edu
. <br><br>
</b></font>Produced by UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE (UMUC)
for PBS Adult Learning Service <br>
Supported with grants from SBC Foundation and NEC Foundation of America
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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. <br><br>
Among the areas the program will cover: <br>
* How students with disabilities are navigating the Web, and how
inaccessible course content impacts the work of faculty and staff <br>
* How to address accessibility problems posed by courseware, course
management systems, multimedia, and use of audio and video in online
courses <br>
* What kind of collaborative models have been developed to help faculty
and staff meet the challenge of online accessibility <br>
* How to develop institutional coordination policies in your campus or
organization <br>
* What faculty and staff development programs can do to enhance
understanding of disability and technology <br>
* What role good teaching plays in improving online accessibility <br>
* How Universal Design and Universal Design for Instruction can inform
the process of ensuring online accessibility <br><br>
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. <br><br>
More detailed information about the program appears on the PBS Web Adult
Learning Service site at <br>
<font color="#0000FF"><u><a href="http://www.pbs.org/als/programs/unwe000.htm" eudora="autourl">http://www.pbs.org/als/programs/unwe000.htm</a></u></font>
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For information regarding MIT's broadcast, please email Kathy Cahill, kcahill@mit.edu.<br><br>
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