Re: Legal and policy factors-educational institutions

At 01:59 PM 4/25/2003 -0400, Libby Cohen wrote:

>I've made a few suggestions in all caps. Libby
>
>An increasing number of educational institutions (SUGGEST ADDING THE WORDS 
>"and organizations"),

done

>recognizing the important role that the Web is playing both as a 
>supplemental resource to classroom instruction as well as a primary medium 
>for distance (SUGGEST CHANGING "DISTANCE" TO "ONLINE" learning,

done

>have also established requirements for accessibility of Web-based 
>educational resources and online learning environments.
>
>In some countries or regions, these requirements are part of general 
>requirements for government Web sites and/or software. In other cases, 
>requirements for educational institutions (SUGGEST ADDING THE WORDS "and 
>organizations")

done

>may be developed separately, and may be more or less specific to the needs 
>of the learnin environment.

thank you for your comments

- judy

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Received on Thursday, 1 May 2003 23:00:31 UTC