Re: For RDWG to forward: Call for Papers: Accessible E-Learning - Online Symposium

I can do this but not until I return next week I'm afraid. 

Also, sorry if this message is brief it's sent from my mobile device.

Cheers

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> On 22 Oct 2013, at 06:01, Shadi Abou-Zahra <shadi@w3.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Justin, Silvia, all,
> 
> It is now time to spread this as widely as possible to ensure sufficient submissions in the short timelines we have!
> 
> See the distribution lists and coordinate with the other RDWG participants who can help you spread this message:
> - http://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/wiki/Distribution_Lists
> 
> Best,
>  Shadi
> 
> 
>> On 22.10.2013 14:16, Shawn Henry wrote:
>> Hi RDWG,
>> 
>> The e-learning symposium is announced.
>> 
>> tweet: <https://twitter.com/w3c_wai/status/392624805607776256>
>> e-mail announcement below & archived at:
>> <http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ig/2013OctDec/0028.html>
>> short uri to e-mail announcement: <http://bit.ly/RDe-learn1>
>> 
>> (It's also on the W3C & WAI home pages.)
>> 
>> Regards,
>> ~Shawn
>> 
>> 
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: Call for Papers: Accessible E-Learning - Online Symposium
>> Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 07:04:23 -0500
>> From: Shawn Henry <shawn@w3.org>
>> To: WAI Interest Group <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
>> CC: Shadi Abou-Zahra <shadi@w3.org>,  Simon Harper
>> <simon.harper@manchester.ac.uk>
>> 
>> Dear WAI Interest Group Participants,
>> 
>> The W3C WAI Research and Development Working Group (RDWG) invites you to
>> share your experiences with accessible e-learning for an online
>> symposium to be conducted on 16 December 2013. See:
>>        Accessible E-Learning Online Symposium
>>        http://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/2013/e-learning/
>> 
>> The primary objective of this symposium is to share e-learning
>> experiences and research; discuss different approaches to address
>> accessibility issues in e-learning contexts; and explore next steps to
>> advance accessibility in e-learning environments, including Massive Open
>> Online Courses (MOOCs). In particular, the objective is to investigate:
>> * Relationships and integration between content accessibility and
>> interface accessibility.
>> * Evaluating accessibility of e-learning environments.
>> * Accessibility of e-learning environments used in non-conventional
>> contexts and/or by means of non-conventional devices (i.e. m-learning,
>> t-learning).
>> * Privacy issues in profiling learners and e-learning environments users.
>> * Experiences and examples of accessible MOOCs.
>> * Comparisons and analysis of e-learning standards related to
>> accessibility.
>> * Experiences and examples of standards implementations in e-learning
>> environments.
>> * Different standards, compliance and integration.
>> 
>> RDWG Symposia bring together researchers, practitioners, and users with
>> disabilities interested in a particular aspect of web accessibility to
>> advance research and development in that area. The online symposia
>> include a panel with the authors of accepted papers, and provide an
>> opportunity for participants to ask questions. Symposia proceedings,
>> transcript, and a report are available publicly online afterward.
>> 
>> *If you are interested in contributing to this Symposium*, please submit
>> your paper by:
>>        *15 November 2013*
>> via the instructions at:
>>        http://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/2013/e-learning/cfp.html
>> 
>> ---
>> 
>> Background on RDWG:
>> The Research and Development Working Group (RDWG) helps:
>> - increase accessibility considerations in research on web technologies,
>> including mainstream research,
>> - suggest research questions that may contribute to web accessibility
>> research projects,
>> - inform development of web accessibility solutions,
>> - decrease the number of potential barriers in future web-related
>> technologies.
>> For links to an FAQ with more information and a wiki that includes
>> potential topics for future symposia, see the RDWG home page
>> <http://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/>
>> We welcome your ideas on this topic and your ideas for future RDWG work.
>> Please send comments to the publicly-archived mailing list:
>> public-wai-rd@w3.org
>> 
>> This Symposium is developed with support of the EC-funded WAI-ACT
>> Project (IST 287725) described at: http://www.w3.org/WAI/ACT/
>> 
>> If you have any questions, contact Shadi Abou-Zahra: shadi@w3.org
>> 
>> Feel free to circulate this message to other lists; please avoid
>> cross-postings where possible.
>> Short URI to this archived e-mail: http://bit.ly/RDe-learn1
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Shawn Lawton Henry, WAI Outreach
>> Simon Harper, RDWG Co-Chair
>> Shadi Abou-Zahra, RDWG W3C Staff Contact
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----
>> Shawn Lawton Henry
>> W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
>> Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
>> e-mail: shawn@w3.org
>> phone: +1.617.395.7664
>> about: http://www.w3.org/People/Shawn/
> 
> -- 
> Shadi Abou-Zahra - http://www.w3.org/People/shadi/
> Activity Lead, W3C/WAI International Program Office
> Evaluation and Repair Tools Working Group (ERT WG)
> Research and Development Working Group (RDWG)
>