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