1. What You Don’t Know CAN cost you! Accessibility and eLearning Lisa Richardson Academic & Technology Solutions, LLC Copyright (c) Lisa T. Richardson Reproduction with Permission and Citation
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The second point is why universal design is just good practice overall. Ron Mace – coiner of the term “universal design”: universal design is the the design of products and environments to be usable by all people, to the fullest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialized design.
Adapting pedagogy: Can I effectively adapt my personal teaching style to convey the same information in an asynchronous environment? Do my beliefs about the way students learn support online teaching? Constructivism may be the way to go here – you *can* establish a community that fosters collaborative learning online – but it takes purposeful effort on the part of the trainer AND the participants.
AccessIT article @ U of Washington, 2002 – National Center on Accessible Information Technology
Give learners “a way out” from every page, and think about how a learner who is not technologically literate may intuitively see the page. DON’T gray out the ‘Next’ button! Not everyone does a storyboard, but it helps!
Be aware of your learner population and the variety of difficulties associated with being required to take a course online. Even students dedicated to participation can be stumped by a lack of a cable/dsl modem; reliable transportation to campus to use the facilities, think ACCESS.
Note: Firefox does not pick up ALT tags, users must right click on graphics to see “Properties” An option for those creating audio is to run Dragon Naturally Speaking at the same time, but remember to go back and edit the file Adobe Captivate will voice your text, but if you wish to caption the file as well, remember to do this as two separate steps.
Heuristics use trial and error, user judgment, and experience to solve problems.