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<font size=2>Accessible E-books in Higher Ed, the Future is Coming
Thursday, September 27 (2PM EASTERN) <br>
Presenter, Ron Stewart<br><br>
This Webinar is free and open to everyone, but you need to register in
advance to reserve a "seat" in the online conference
room!<br>
Currently three national initiatives are underway to attempt to bring a
level playing field to the educational experiences of students with print
disabilities.<br>
1. The National Instructional Materials Standard, <br>
2. the Alternative Format Solutions Initiative of the American
Association of Publishers, <br>
3. AHEAD’s E-Text Solutions Group <br><br>
These 3 organizations are all working from different perspectives to
attempt to insure that curricular access is provided across the
educational spectrum in<br>
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<br>
of each for our community.<br><br>
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.<br><br>
You can register by following the links at
<a href="http://easi.cc/clinic.htm" eudora="autourl">http://easi.cc/clinic.htm<br><br>
</a>We also have a free multimedia demonstration of a simple way to check
your Web pages for accessibility. <br>
</font><font size=3>Making accessible Web design is essential for making
your information an course content usable by everyone. With the free AIS
Accessibility<br>
Toolbar anyone can look at pages and instantly know what needs to be done
to make the pages accessible.<br>
For a free Quicktime multimedia overview of the Power of the AIS toolbar,
send an email message to easi15@easi.cc.<br><br>
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Note the October EASI online course is Barrier-free Web Design<br>
<a href="http://easi.cc/workshops/easiweb.htm" eudora="autourl">http://easi.cc/workshops/easiweb.htm<br><br>
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