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<p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Accessibility &
Online Higher Education - About the Webinars</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></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 of 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><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>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>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><font size=1 color="#3333ff" face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#3333FF;font-weight:bold'>Two-Part Webinar Series &
Our Panelists:</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;
font-weight:bold'>Part I: Understanding the Law - Online Higher Education and
Accessibility </span></font></b><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><b><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Alex Cohen</span></font></b><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> <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><b><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Daniel F.
Goldstein</span></font></b><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'> - Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP</span></font>
<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><b><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Kelly Hermann -
</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> <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><b><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Mark A.
Riccobono</span></font></b><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> <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><b><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Howard A.
Rosenblum</span></font></b><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'> - CEO, National Association of the Deaf</span></font>
<o:p></o:p></li>
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<p><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>To
register for this Roundtable, please click <a
href="http://www2.eduventures.com/l/11652/2012-03-23/tvld" target="_blank"
title="http://www2.eduventures.com/l/11652/2012-03-23/tvld"><font
color="#3333ff"><span style='color:#3333FF'>here</span></font></a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;
font-weight:bold'>Part II: Working Towards Good Practice- Integrating
Accessibility into Mainstream and Next Generation Online Higher Education</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Wednesday,
April 18, 2-3:30 pm ET</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><b><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>William Welsh</span></font></b><font
size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'> -
Director, Office for Disability Services, The Pennsylvania State
University</span></font> <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><b><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Cheryl Pruitt</span></font></b><font
size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'> -
Director, Accessible Technology Initiative, California State University
Chancellor's Office</span></font> <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><b><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Gaeir Dietrich</span></font></b><font
size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'> -
Director, High Tech Center Training Unit, California Community Colleges</span></font>
<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><b><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Kristen Betts </span></font></b><font
size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-
Director, Online & Blended Learning, Armstrong Atlantic State University</span></font>
<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><b><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Daniel Veit</span></font></b><font
size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'> -
Student in the online Master of Science in Higher Education Program at
Drexel University, Transition Specialist for the Texas School for the Deaf</span></font>
<o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
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