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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 11:36 AM, Karen Sorensen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:karen.sorensen@pcc.edu" target="_blank">karen.sorensen@pcc.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi Colleagues,<div><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(41,47,51);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.26px;line-height:32px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(245,248,250)">I'm writing to share with you this free training opportunity in accessibility! Register now for the Web Accessibility MOOC for Online Educators (WAMOE), starting Oct. 19: </span><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#0084b4"><span style="letter-spacing:0.26px;line-height:32px;white-space:pre-wrap;background:rgb(245,248,250) none repeat scroll 0% 0%"></span></font><a href="http://t.co/fCAgEWiGEv" rel="nofollow" dir="ltr" title="http://bit.ly/1JOwkJl" style="color:rgb(0,132,180);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.26px;line-height:32px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-image:initial;background-color:rgb(245,248,250);background-repeat:initial" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,132,180);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.26px;line-height:0;white-space:pre-wrap;background-image:initial;background-color:rgb(245,248,250);background-repeat:initial">http://</span><span style="color:rgb(0,132,180);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.26px;line-height:32px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-image:initial;background-color:rgb(245,248,250);background-repeat:initial">bit.ly/1JOwkJl</span><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#0084b4"><span style="letter-spacing:0.26px;line-height:0;white-space:pre-wrap;background:rgb(245,248,250) none repeat scroll 0% 0%"></span></font><span style="color:rgb(0,132,180);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.26px;line-height:32px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-image:initial;background-color:rgb(245,248,250);background-repeat:initial"><span style="line-height:0"> </span></span></a></font><br></div><h3 style="margin-top:1.25em;line-height:17.3376px;font-size:1.4em;color:rgb(9,7,68);font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">Web Accessibility MOOC for Online Educators (#WAMOE)</h3><ul style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12.384px;line-height:17.3376px"><li style="margin:0px 2em 0px 2.5em;padding:0px">Registration is open!</li><li style="margin:0px 2em 0px 2.5em;padding:0px">Free 5 week course from October 19 to November 22.</li></ul><p style="margin-top:0.25em;margin-bottom:1em;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12.384px;line-height:17.3376px">WAMOE!  We are excited to announce that PCC’s Distance Education department is partnering with D2L to offer a free <strong>Web Accessibility MOOC for Online Educators</strong> (Twitter hashtag: #WAMOE).</p><p style="margin-top:0.25em;margin-bottom:1em;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12.384px;line-height:17.3376px">This <abbr title="Massive Open Online Course">MOOC</abbr> provides
 educators with practical, hands-on professional development on how to 
incorporate web accessibility into online learning.</p><p style="margin-top:0.25em;margin-bottom:1em;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12.384px;line-height:17.3376px">It’s free and it’s fun!  Learn tips and tricks to make content accessible for students with disabilities!</p><ul style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12.384px;line-height:17.3376px"><li style="margin:0px 2em 0px 2.5em;padding:0px">Develop a personal knowledge base in web accessibility for online education;</li><li style="margin:0px 2em 0px 2.5em;padding:0px">Create accessible photo images, diagrams and charts for online courses;</li><li style="margin:0px 2em 0px 2.5em;padding:0px">Build accessible audio and video components for online courses;</li><li style="margin:0px 2em 0px 2.5em;padding:0px">Create or reviewing accessible HTML content pages for online courses;</li><li style="margin:0px 2em 0px 2.5em;padding:0px">Construct accessible course content in other non-HTML formats.</li></ul><h3 style="margin-top:1.25em;line-height:17.3376px;font-size:1.4em;color:rgb(9,7,68);font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">Registration</h3><p style="margin-top:0.25em;margin-bottom:1em;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12.384px;line-height:17.3376px">This MOOC is offered through <a href="https://opencourses.desire2learn.com/cat/" style="color:rgb(51,102,153)" target="_blank">D2L Open Courses</a> and registration is open from September 23rd to <span>November 13</span>^th, 2015.  Active course facilitation lasts for five weeks. The course begins <span>October 19, 2015</span> and ends <span>November 22</span>^nd, 2014.</p><h3 style="margin-top:1.25em;line-height:17.3376px;font-size:1.4em;color:rgb(9,7,68);font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">Completion certificate</h3><p style="margin-top:0.25em;margin-bottom:1em;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12.384px;line-height:17.3376px">Participants
 have the option of receiving an electronic not-for-credit completion 
certificate from D2L at the end of the MOOC offering. As this MOOC is 
intended to be an activity-based learning opportunity, participants will
 have successfully demonstrated knowledge about the major topics prior 
to being awarded a certificate.</p><h3 style="margin-top:1.25em;line-height:17.3376px;font-size:1.4em;color:rgb(9,7,68);font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">Facilitators</h3><p style="margin-top:0.25em;margin-bottom:1em;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12.384px;line-height:17.3376px">Accessibility
 Advocate, Karen Sorensen, is the Subject Matter Expert for this MOOC 
and joins Barry Dahl, D2L’s Senior Community Manager, as a 
co-facilitator. <a href="https://opencourses.desire2learn.com/cat/course/web-accessibility-7363/" target="_blank">Register at D2L Open Courses.</a> <br></p><p style="margin-top:0.25em;margin-bottom:1em;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12.384px;line-height:17.3376px">Hope to see you in the MOOC!</p><p style="margin-top:0.25em;margin-bottom:1em;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12.384px;line-height:17.3376px">Sincerely,</p><p style="margin-top:0.25em;margin-bottom:1em;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12.384px;line-height:17.3376px">Karen <br></p><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:small;line-height:normal;font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"></span><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">Karen M. Sorensen</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"></span><br style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">Accessibility Advocate for Online Courses</span><br><a href="http://www.pcc.edu/access" target="_blank">www.pcc.edu/access</a><br style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">Portland Community College</span><br style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">
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