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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On Tuesday April 10<sup>th</sup> 2-3:30p.m. ET Eduventure will hold the
first in our two-part webinar session “Online Higher Education &
Accessibility.” <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><strong><b><font size=1 color="#d32b35"
face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#D32B35'>About
the Roundtable:</span></font></b></strong><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Online
higher education is always associated with access, but what happens when online
delivery itself is a barrier? In May 2011, the U.S. Department of
Education released additional guidance on the applicability of a prior
“Dear Colleague” letter concerning accessibility and new technology
in K-12 and postsecondary education. The “Dear Colleague” responded
to successful complaints, brought by the National Federation for the Blind
(NFB) and others, against a number of universities and other education
organizations relating to either inaccessibility of specific devices, such as
e-readers, or inaccessibility across a host of technologies. The May 2011
guidance emphasized that online courses and programs, and associated online
services, must be accessible to students, faculty and staff with disabilities,
consistent with the <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Americans With
Disabilities Act (1990). </span></i>This also applies to pilot programs used to
evaluate a new tool or technology, and to schools and programs that currently
do not enroll any disabled students.</span></font><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>This
guidance appeared amid a host of other federal regulation pertaining to online
delivery, such as state authorization, the credit hour rule and <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Gainful Employment</span></i> under the
“Program Integrity” banner. Many schools were taken up with these
developments, and may have missed the full implications of the accessibility
guidance. A late 2010 survey from WCET found that at many schools online
learning is decentralized to the point that the average institution may be
vulnerable to legal challenge around accessibility.</span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>As
the online higher education market grows more competitive, and various vendors
and technologies tout alleged pedagogical and experiential enhancements,
schools are looking for ways to stand out and improve educational value. As
schools seek to make online delivery more interactive and media-rich,
accessibility may be the unwitting victim. It is not clear that schools are
adequately taking into account accessibility requirements, nor that in such a
fast-moving space “good practice” is straightforward or stable.</span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=1 color="#d32b35" face=Arial><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#D32B35'>Our Panelists:</span></font></b></strong><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><b><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;
font-weight:bold'>Webcast – Part I: Understanding the Law - Online Higher
Education and Accessibility </span></font></b><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Tuesday,
April 10, 2-3:30 pm ET</span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:
Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<ul type=disc>
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mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><strong><b><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Alex Cohen</span></font></b></strong><font
size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'> - PhD
candidate at the LeBow College of Business at Drexel University, Graduate
of the online Master of Science in Hospitality Management Program at
Drexel University</span></font> <font face=Arial><span style='font-family:
Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><strong><b><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Daniel F. Goldstein</span></font></b></strong><font
size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'> -
Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP</span></font> <font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><strong><b><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Kelly Herman</span></font></b></strong><b><font
size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;
font-weight:bold'>n - </span></font></b><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Director, Office of College-wide
Disability Services, Empire State College, SUNY</span></font> <font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><strong><b><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Mark A. Riccobono</span></font></b></strong><font
size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'> -
Executive Director, Jernigan Institute, National Federation of the Blind</span></font>
<font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><strong><b><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Howard A. Rosenblum</span></font></b></strong><font
size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'> - CEO,
National Association of the Deaf</span></font> <font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>To
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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