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December 18, 2007
Barrier-free Information Technology
Month-long online course beginning Jan 8.
All participants completing the course will receive an EASI Certificate of Completion. The course will also count towards the Certificate in Accessible Information Technology.
Barrier-free Information Technology has been revised in 2006 and enriched with several new multimedia modules. The course is designed to guide an institution in making both its computer and information technology systems fully accessible to its users with disabilities. digitized information is display independent meaning that it can be input and output in ways that make it available to all users regardless of their abilities. Schools are becoming more concerned about providing texts in alternative formats, and the course will describe several different format options and give tips on creating formats such as Word, PDF, PowerPoint, Web pages and DAISY. Libraries are increasingly using digitized information, and libraries can include the formerly "print disabled" as never before. New technologies are now available that significantly increase the participation of students with disabilities in the fields of science and math as the result of research and resources resulting from National Science Foundation grants.
The emphasis in this month-long course will be on creating structures that will lead to the institution-wide system change as required by recent disability-related legislation. The course will be useful for administrators, faculty, computer and instructional support staff, librarians and more.
Full syllabus and online registration is at
http://easi.cc/workshops/adaptit.htm
Course Lessons and Assignments
Week 1:
Lesson 1: Introduction and Reasons to Adapt Your Information Technology Systems
Lesson 2: What Is Adaptive Technology? (Computer Input/Output Problems and
Solutions
Week 2:
Lesson 3: Supportive Computer Applications for Users With Disabilities
Lesson 4: Accessibility of Electronic Devices, Computer Software and Online
Content
Lesson 5: Creating and Locating Alternative Media
Week 3:
Lesson 6: Providing Support for People with Hearing Impairments
Lesson 7: Access Issues of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math
Lesson 8: Using Accessible IT to Enable the Library to Serve the Former
"print disabled"
Week 4:
lesson 9: Training Faculty and Staff
Lesson 10 policies and procedures
Posted by Nancy at December 18, 2007 11:15 AM