Accessibility in Distance Education Training
PRESENTERS: Kara Zirkle and Marci Kinas-Jerome, George Mason University
DATE: Thursday, May 10, 2012
TIME: 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time
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Webinar Description:
This session will provide an overview of accessibility issues related to distance education training and learning environments. Distance Education, through both synchronous and asynchronous delivery, provide expanded opportunities to access training content as well as to interact with others within a convenient environment. Yet, accessibility of Distance Education tools, such as Blackboard and Adobe Connect, can frequently pose significant barriers to individuals with disabilities because they do not work well, if at all, with assistive technology tools designed to support those individuals. During this session we will feature commonly used Distance Education tools to highlight accessibility issues as well as to provide a framework for matching tools based on user needs and preferences.
Presenter Bios:
Marci Kinas Jerome is an assistant professor in special education and assistive technology at George Mason University. She serves and the academic program coordinator of the low incidence special education program at GMU as well as the project coordinator of a multi-university low incidence distance education training grant. Dr. Kinas Jerome also serves as professor in charge of the assistive technology certificate and masters program at GMU.
Kara Zirkle has worked at George Mason University as the IT Accessibility Coordinator for 4+ years. She works to ensure that the electronic and information technology (E&IT) is accessible to faculty, staff, students and public both with and without disabilities. She specifically looks at Section 508 compliance for the University as a whole which includes but not limited to: web and document accessibility, captioning of videos, transcript for audio and purchasing and procurement of applications.
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