Re: Accessible eLearning

Hi Kristy--

You may also want to contact people at several universities to find out about their experiences. Several people who come to mind: Scott Williams at University of Michigan (swims@umich.edu), Brendan Guenther at Michigan State University (brendan@msu.edu), Ken Petrie at Ohio State University, and Brian Richwine at Indiana University (brichwin@indiana.edu). All would be happy to help, I'm sure. Also, as she noted earlier, Jutta has a ton of experience and knowledge in the accessible eLearning space and would be an invaluable contact. 

Good luck!

Mike Elledge
Usability Specialist/Accessibility SME
Ford Motor Company

> On Mar 16, 2016, at 2:22 PM, George Kerscher <kerscher@montana.com> wrote:
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> Hi,
>  
> On the digital publishing side of this topic, the work at idpf.org is most relevant. The EPUB 3 Standard is based on the open web platform.
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> DAISY Consortium has received a Google Impact Challenge grant to develop a baseline for accessible  digitally published materials, and of course we are building on the work of WAI. We have also been asked to develop a mechanism for certification. While we just kicked off the grant on February 24 & 25 at the EPUB for Education summit, we have the rudaments of an informational website at
> http://www.inclusivepublishing.org
>  
> Oh, and you should check out epubtest.org where we are testing reading systems for their accessibility and other things. We have our first reading system from VitalSource that scorred 100% for fundamental accessibility.
>  
> Best
> George
>  
>  
> George Kerscher Ph.D.
> -In our Information Age, access to information is a fundamental human right.
> Chief Innovations Officer, DAISY Consortium
> http://www.daisy.org
> Senior Officer, Accessible Technology Learning Ally Together It’s Possible
> http://www.LearningAlly.org
> President, International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF)
> http://www.idpf.org
> Member of the National Museum and Library Services  Board (IMLS)
> http://www.imls.gov
> Chair Steering Council Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), a division of the W3C
> http://www.w3c.org/wai
> Phone: +1 406/549-4687
> Cell:+1 406/544-2466
> Email: kerscher@montana.com
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> From: Jutta Treviranus [mailto:jutta.trevira@gmail.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 8:22 AM
> To: Macintosh, Kristy (OMAFRA); w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
> Cc: Jutta Treviranus
> Subject: Re: Accessible eLearning
>  
> Hi Kristy,
> We work to support this through a research project call FLOE. See: http://floeproject.org 
> We hope to run another accessibility sprint on this topic soon. See: http://www.floeproject.org/accessibilitySprint2015.html 
>  
> Also take a look at Web Aim, CAST and the AHEAD conference: https://www.ahead.org/conferences/future 
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> I hope this helps,
>  
> Jutta
> Director, Inclusive Design Research Centre
> OCAD University
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> On Mar 16, 2016, at 10:03 AM, Emmanuelle Gutiérrez y Restrepo <coordina@sidar.org> wrote:
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> Hi Kristy:
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> I’m working in the field from 2007. So maybe I can help you.
>  
> All the best:
>  
> Emmanuelle Gutiérrez y Restrepo
> Patrono y Directora General
> Fundación Sidar - Acceso Universal
> Email: coordina@sidar.org
> Personal: Emmanuelle@sidar.org
> Web: http://sidar.org
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> De: Macintosh, Kristy (OMAFRA) [mailto:Kristy.Macintosh@ontario.ca] 
> Enviado el: miércoles, 16 de marzo de 2016 13:49
> Para: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
> Asunto: Accessible eLearning
>  
> Hi,
>  
> I’m trying to connect with anyone that has been working towards developing eLearning that meets the WCAG 2.0 Level AA requirements. We are in the process of trying to understand how they requirements apply to eLearning and if people can share any lessons learned it would be greatly appreciated.
>  
> Thanks,
> Kristy Macintosh
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