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<DIV><SPAN class=377535617-10012004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Happy
New Year...although it seems long since gone - Across the pond here are coping
with the vagaries of the British weather and have just had our annual marathon
Education Technology exhibition <A
href="http://www.bettshow.co.uk/">http://www.bettshow.co.uk/</A><A
href="http://www.bettshow.com"></A> I will try to get a write up of the new
things I saw on our database ezine as soon as I can. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=377535617-10012004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The
Quality Audit Group for all our assessment centres around the country (made up
of a group of volunteers from various sectors in post-16 education related
to disabilities) are still deciding how to best set up a quality auditing
process for all the new centres that are springing up now that the Dept of
Education have allowed anyone to create a centre as long as they follow certain
criteria. Interesting times ahead but we cross fingers it all works out in
2004 as the show gets on the road in April. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=377535617-10012004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>TechDis is being upgraded or is defragged - so we also have interesting
times ahead with more staff and a new Director due in a few months. The
base for us all will be York in the new Higher Education Academy (this is a UK
bit of joined up thinking as all the services will be under one
roof) so I think I will be working virtually on a 56Kmodem as I do not want
to move house! I need a magic way of reaching our nearest
broadband connection in our local substation which is over the distance -
oh for wireless broadband as satellite is so expensive here.
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<DIV><SPAN class=377535617-10012004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>So Ron
in theory we are moving ahead! Not sure about the practice yet....maybe my
British reserve but see you at CSUN hopefully! :>)) Must book a
ticket! </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Best wishes<BR>E.A.<BR><BR>Mrs E.A.Draffan<BR>TechDis, Sussex
School of Education<BR>The Institute, University of Sussex<BR>Brighton BN1
9QQ<BR>Tel: 01273 873600<BR><A
href="http://www.techdis.ac.uk/">http://www.techdis.ac.uk</A></FONT> </DIV>
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face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
athen-bounces@lists.oregonstate.edu
[mailto:athen-bounces@lists.oregonstate.edu] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Stewart,
Ron<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, January 10, 2004 00:40<BR><B>To:</B> Access
Technologists Higher Education Network<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [athen] Your AT
Office setup<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=884593800-10012004>Speaking of the survey how are folks doing on their
various projects?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=884593800-10012004>Ron Stewart</SPAN></FONT></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> athen-bounces@lists.oregonstate.edu
[mailto:athen-bounces@lists.oregonstate.edu] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Kevin A
Sesock<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 08, 2004 8:28 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Access
Technologists Higher Education Network<BR><B>Subject:</B> [athen] Your AT
Office setup<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>I'm aware that some of these
questions were supposed to be found out via the survey. Since that's not yet
available, I was hoping to get some answers from you guys regarding how you do
Assistive Tech/Accessibility Support at your respective Universities, so that
Oklahoma State University can see where they stand.</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT
face=sans-serif size=2>If you could take a few minutes and give me a quick
reply, it would be greatly appreciated:</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif
size=2>1. How many FTE (full time employees) do you have working on Assistive
Tech/Accessibility? Part-timers, and those spread across different areas would
count as a partial FTE.</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>2. Do you
have a specific department/office/group setup to handle AT support? What is
this groups primary mission? What things do they handle? How do they
interoperate with a DSS office at your school?</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT
face=sans-serif size=2>3. Do you have a lab or workstation environment setup
for students?</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Thanks for the
assistance. I hope all of you had a wonderful Holiday season!</FONT>
<BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Kevin A. Sesock, A+, NET+, CNA,
MCSA<BR>Assistive Technology Specialist<BR>2nd Level Support
Team<BR>Technology Support Department<BR>Information Technology
Division<BR>Oklahoma State University<BR><BR>"Hail to the speaker, hail to the
knower; joy to he who has understood, delight to they who have listened."
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