[Athen] EDUCAUSE - The Why and How of Web Accessibility

Jon Gunderson jongund at uiuc.edu
Sat Mar 29 08:09:05 PDT 2008


Did anyone submit proposals for the 2008 Educause conference?

I submitted a preconference workshop on web accessibility, but missed the general session deadline.

Jon


---- Original message ----

>Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:55:50 -0700

>From: "Terry Thompson" <tft at u.washington.edu>

>Subject: Re: [Athen] EDUCAUSE - The Why and How of Web Accessibility

>To: "'Access Technologists in Higher Education Network'" <athen at athenpro.org>

>

>I think our collaboration with EDUCAUSE has helped to elevate their

>perception of accessibility as an important issue, but an equally important

>parallel event was Tracy Mitrano of Cornell being elected to the EDUCAUSE

>Board of Directors. Tracy's an oustpoken advocate for accessibility and I

>see she's one of the speakers at this event. I suspect she had a hand in

>organizing it.

>

>Terry

>

>Terry Thompson

>Technology Accessibility Specialist

>DO-IT, Accessible Technology

>UW Technology Services

>University of Washington

>tft at u.washington.edu

>206/221-4168

>

>________________________________

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> From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org]

>On Behalf Of Howard Kramer

> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 12:45 PM

> To: 'Access Technologists in Higher Education Network'

> Subject: [Athen] EDUCAUSE - The Why and How of Web Accessibility

>

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> Just received this announcement from Educause. Was this done in

>coordination with ATHEN or in response to our collaboration? Anyway, great

>to see this being covered by EDUCAUSE.

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> EDUCAUSE Live! April 4, 2008 1:00 p.m. ET (12:00 p.m. CT, 11:00 a.m.

>MT, 10:00 a.m. PT); runs one hour

>

> The Why and How of Web Accessibility

>

> More info:

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> http://www.educause.edu/content.asp?SECTION_ID=355&bhcp=1

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> -Howard

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> Howard Kramer

> Assistive Technology Lab Coordinator

> AT Conference Coordinator

> Disability Services

> CU-Boulder, 107 UCB

> Boulder, Co 80309

> 303-492-8672

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Jon Gunderson, Ph.D.
Coordinator Information Technology Accessibility
Disability Resources and Educational Services

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