[Athen] Accessible E-books in Higher Ed, the Future is Coming Thursday, September 27 (2PM

[Prof Norm Coombs]

Accessible E-books in Higher Ed, the Future is Coming Thursday, September 
27 (2PM EASTERN)
Presenter, Ron Stewart

This Webinar is free and open to everyone, but you need to register in 
advance to reserve a "seat" in the online conference room!
Currently three national initiatives are underway to attempt to bring a 
level playing field to the educational experiences of students with print 
disabilities.
1.  The National Instructional Materials Standard,
2.  the Alternative Format Solutions Initiative of the American Association 
of Publishers,
3.  AHEAD's E-Text Solutions Group

These 3 organizations are all working from different perspectives to 
attempt to insure that curricular access is provided across the educational 
spectrum in
the United States. This session will present and explore an overview of 
these three efforts, as well as present for discussion the challenges and 
benefits
of each for our community.

Recent technology is providing e-text books that are easier to navigate and 
have vastly improved usefulness.  The alternative text user has access, 
navigation and control of the document that is about as good as that of 
print users and provides a significant step forward in leveling the 
learning space both in higher education and in K-12.  Authoring tools are 
also being created that makes it simpler to provide such e-texts.  Students 
need to know how to locate such e-books and providers need to learn how to 
create them.

You can register by following the links at http://easi.cc/clinic.htm

We also have a free multimedia demonstration of a simple way to check your 
Web pages for accessibility.
Making accessible Web design is essential for making your information an 
course content usable by everyone. With the free AIS Accessibility
Toolbar anyone can look at pages and instantly know what needs to be done 
to make the pages accessible.
For a free Quicktime multimedia overview of the Power of the AIS toolbar, 
send an email message to easi15 at easi.cc.


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Note the October EASI online course is Barrier-free Web Design
http://easi.cc/workshops/easiweb.htm




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