[Athen] Free Webinar Mon. Dec. 17 on the exciting access for all project

[Prof Norm Coombs]

EASI Free Webinar: IMS Access for All version 3: accessibility through 
personalization
Monday Dec 17th, 11 Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 Central and 2pm Eastern
  Presenters:
• Anastasia Cheetham, Inclusive Design Research Centre, OCAD University
• Andy Heath, Axelrod Access for All
• Madeleine Rothberg, WGBH National Center for Accessible Media
• Rich Schwerdtfeger, IBM

This access for all project is a ground-breaking project that seeks to let 
each person connect with the Web in ways that will automatically taylor the 
experience to fit precisely into that person's specific needs and 
preferences. It holds the potential for an amazing revolution in the 
computer and smart phone world!!!

The Access for All standard offers an approach to meet the needs of diverse 
users in diverse contexts by personalizing the experience of each user. 
Access for All suggests that the best way to meet individual's particular 
needs at that time in that context is to deliver digital materials in the 
way that is most accessible to that person. Access for All defines the 
personal preferences statements and resource metadata necessary to support 
this matching. Access for All is in use in educational sites and will soon 
be integrated into larger platforms including the Global Public Inclusive 
Infrastructure. Version 3 of the standard from IMS offers a compact Core 
model and bindings to support varied technical approaches.
Go to the EASI Webinar member page to read more and to register:
http://easi.cc/clinic.htm


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It's never too late to become what you might have been. George Eliot
Once you choose hope, anything's possible.  Christopher Reeve
Norman Coombs norm.coombs at gmail.com

Making Online Teaching Accessible: Inclusive Course Design for Students 
with Disabilities by Norman Coombs published by Jossey-Bass Oct 10,2010
http://www.josseybass.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470499044.html