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<font size=3>Creating Accessibility for online learning<br><br>
Starting Monday, November 7, EASI’s Barrier-free E-learning course will
explore how online courses can be made more accessible without
instructors having to learn HTML code or struggle through a lot of
technical jargon. It can be much easier than you think. Faculty can use
features already built into the authoring tools they use every day to
create a level learning space for all their students.<br><br>
This course is taught entirely online and is delivered using the
Blackboard LMS delivery system. Students can study from anywhere
and at any time of the day. The instructor, Norm Coombs, has been
teaching online for over 25 years.<br><br>
Barrier-free lesson topics are:
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<li>Week 1: Accessible Online Learning Is a Three-legged Stool
<li>Lesson 1: Introduction to Online Learning
<li>Lesson 2: Online Learning and Students with Disabilities
<li>Week 2: Using Tools You Already Use and Know
<li>Lesson 3: Creating Accessible Content With MS Office
<li>Lesson 4: Creating Accessible Content With PowerPoint
<li>Week 3: Going Beyond Authoring with MS Office
<li>Lesson 5: Accessible Content for Science Technology and Math
<li>Lesson 6: Creating Accessible Content Using Multimedia
<li>Week 4: Pulling It All Together
<li>Lesson 7: Putting Content Online and Checking Its Accessibility
<li>Lesson 8: Supporting and Managing Online Accessibility
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The recommended text for the course is:<br><br>
<i>Making Online Teaching Accessible</i> (available from Amazon and an
accessible version from bookshare.org)<br><br>
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Those who register for Barrier-free E-learning in November 2011 will
receive a bonus pamphlet:<br><br>
<i>Ten Tips for Online Teachers<br><br>
</i>Students from overseas and EASI Annual Members receive a 20% discount
on the registration fee of $350.<br><br>
(There is also a scholarship available for those who cannot procure
funding from their institution. http://esi.cc/scholarship.htm)<br><br>
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Read more and register from:<br><br>
<a href="http://easi.cc/workshops/bfel.htm">http://easi.cc/workshops/bfel.htm</a><br><br>
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It's never too late to become what you might have been. George
Eliot<br>
Once you choose hope, anything's possible. Christopher Reeve<br>
Norman Coombs norm.coombs@gmail.com<br><br>
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3>Making Online Teaching
Accessible: Inclusive Course Design for Students with Disabilities by
Norman Coombs published by Jossey-Bass Oct 10,2010<br>
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