- From: Harvey Bingham <hbingham@acm.org>
- Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 11:51:10 -0500
- To: <w3c-wai-eo@w3.org>, <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
- Cc: "Prof Norm Coombs" <nrcgsh@rit.edu>
I certainly enjoyed the EASI web clinic 2004-02-26, which addressed many issues that we are concerned with. Few WAI participants attended. The URL below is for the archive of that EASI Web Clinic. If you attended, you can listen again. If you missed it, you can listen to a replay it: Making Distance Education Accessible http://easi.cc/archive/feb26/feb26.htm A panel discussion with the authors of the recent book: Design and Implementation of Web-Enabled Teaching Tools Mary Hreiko, Kent State University Sheryl Burgstahler, University of Washington Lauri Harrison, University of Toronto ATRC I've ordered the book -- good material on distance learning as well as traditional teaching. There is some setup required, so you can simultaneously see the slides, hear the commentary, and participate in the discussion. It is available for download: You can get the special plug-in player needed (at least for Windows) at: http://www.rit.edu/~easi/webcast/weekarch.htm On-screen below the slide window in two windows see the list of participants on the left [with current speaker highlighted], and the commentary on the right. In the past that right screen would have had concurrent transcription -- the translator who had provided that service was recently laid off from whatever company he had been working with. Equal Access to Software and Information (EASI) Project EASI is led by Prof. Norman Coombs and Dick Banks. Learn and enjoy the many things they do well. http://easi.cc/ I look back joyfully to my first experience with distance learning in one of the EASI on-line workshops on accessibility. Project EASI has webcast archives of 88 of their talks and interviews. All use the special player/ viewer identified above, which you can get at the start of these. http://www.rit.edu/~easi/webcast/weekarch.htm The next free clinic will be March 4, with Julie Howell, Digital Policy Development Officer, Royal National Institute of the Blind. You need to sign up for it. Special Day-long Webcast from the CSUN Tech and Disabilities Conference Thursday March 18. EASI is hosting presentations at the California State University Northridge Technology (CSUN) and Persons with Disabilities. You can join any time after 8 AM Pacific! Read more and register at http://easi.cc/csuncast.htm If you haven't had the privilege of meeting Prof. Norm Coombs, I encourage you to seek him out and introduce yourself. In past years project EASI has sponsored an evening reception as well. I'll miss going to CSUN and this highlight of the week. Regards/Harvey Bingham http://www.hbingham.com/ http://easi.cc/archive/feb26/feb26.htm
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