20+ Online Tools for Website Validation and Testing — 1stwebdesigner.com
On 06/23/2010,
in accessibility / UDL, web design and production,
by Daniel Christian
On 05/15/2010,
in accessibility / UDL, Apple,
by Daniel Christian
On 05/05/2010,
in accessibility / UDL, assistive technologies,
by Daniel Christian
On 03/26/2010,
in 24x7x365 access, accessibility / UDL, engagement / engaging students, K-12 related,
by Daniel Christian
[Recorded webinar] A teacher in your pocket: Learn how to build a 24/7 classroom that drives student engagement and achievement— from eSchoolNews.com and livescribe
“Today’s classroom is filled with students who have unique learning styles and needs. Districts across the county are implementing educational technology to attempt to address this diversity and transform the educational experience, but what is the real ROI of all of this technology? How do you implement a single technology that addresses the differentiated instructional needs for your students? What is the impact of this technology on your own effectiveness and efficiency in the classroom or district office?”
On 03/22/2010,
in accessibility / UDL, assistive technologies,
by Daniel Christian
Also see:
- How can assistive technologies increase learning? An EduTech debate.
- How can assistive technologies increase learning?
- My (DSC) page on accessibility
- Accessibility: Why it Matters — from Blackboard
- iPod touch. Touching student lives in the classroom. Creative Uses for iPod touch in Education. iPod touch for Meeting the Needs of Special Learners.
On 03/17/2010,
in accessibility / UDL, budgets, business side of he, change, changing business models, consortiums, cost of getting a degree, dangers of the status quo, disruption, economics, education technology, elearning, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, expectations, face-to-face, faculty, future of higher education, game-changing environment, generational differences, global / globalization, higher education, innovation, interaction design, interface design, internet, leadership, learning ecosystem, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, new business models, online learning, open courseware and systems, social learning / networks, staying relevant, student-related, traditional / tradition, universities,
by Daniel Christian
From:
http://www.slideshare.net/glenn.platt/universities-in-the-free-era-sxsw-2010-presentation
Also see:
Links for SXSW 2010 Presentatation: Universities in the “Free” Era
Glenn Platt, Armstrong Institute for Interactive Media Studies
Peg Faimon, Miami Design Collaborative — Miami University
- Chris Anderson’s “Free” Article in Wired
- DIYU Blog
- Spence’s Signaling Paper
- Zeigert’s Study of Personality Types of Professors and Students
- HigherEd Infographic
- Ohio’s Senior to Sophomore Program
- MIT OpenCourseware
- iTunesU
- Youtube EDU
- Open Courseware Consortium
- Open Content
- OpenEd
- LectureFox
- NPR Forum Network
- TED
- Open Culture
- Research Channel
- Google Books
- Flatworld Knowledge
- Textbook Revolution
- CourseSmart
- Cramster
- GradeGuru
- ShareNotes
- Sloan-C
- Ning
- Singularity University
- Academic Earth
- Ohio Learning Network
- University of the People
- The Open University
- University of Phoenix
- Experience Designer
- IDEO’s T-Person
- Liz Coleman’s TED Talk
- OER Commons
Other food for thought:
- http://mashable.com/2009/07/24/education-social-media/
- http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/25/technology/25iht-university.4.19660731.html?_r=1
- http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/06/29/ccplan
- http://mashable.com/2009/07/15/social-media-public-affairs/
- http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123923520520403259.html
- http://chronicle.com/article/Students-Find-Free-Online/48776/
- http://chronicle.com/article/College-20-More-Professors/64521/
On 03/15/2010,
in accessibility / UDL, education technology, higher education, K-12 related, online learning, online media, online tutoring, open courseware and systems,
by Daniel Christian
1. Education for All – Unfinished Business
2. Seeking a Silver Bullet
3. Technology is the Answer – What is the Question?
4. Open Schools and Mega-Schools
5. Teacher Education at Scale
6. Strategies for Success
Appendix 1: Profiles – Selected Open Schools and Mega-Schools
Appendix 2: Programmes and Mechanisms for Expanding Teacher Supply
Mega-Schools, Technology and Teachers [VIDEO] addresses the new challenges created by both the successes and the failures of the EFA campaign. This book advocates new approaches for providing access to secondary education for today’s rapidly growing population of children and young adults and examines:
- The creation and expansion of Mega-Schools, which combine distance learning and community support and have a proven track record of increasing access at scale.
- How to prepare the 10 million new teachers that are required to achieve Education for All by 2015 (emphasis DSC) by focusing on classroom-based in-service training.
- Strategies for using technology to scale up distance education cost-effectively (emphasis DSC).
- The creation of a 21st century educational ecosystem (emphasis DSC) that integrates open schooling and teacher education with communities and their school systems.
- Successful examples of open schools and teacher education programmes operating at scale around the world.
On 03/02/2010,
in accessibility / UDL, internet,
by Daniel Christian
Web accessibility — from Konigi
Web accessibility refers to the practice of making websites usable by people of all abilities and disabilities. When sites are correctly designed, developed and edited, all users can have equal access to information and functionality.
Resources
- Web Accessibility Initiative, W3C
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, WAI/W3C
- Section 508
- Accessibility Checklist, IBM Human Ability and Accessibility Center
Introductory Articles
- Understanding Accessibility, IBM Human Ability and Accessibility Center
- Introduction to Accessibility, Web Accessibility in Mind
- What is Web Accessibility?, by Trenton Moss, A List Apart
Screen Reader Software
- Fangs Screen Reader Emulator Plugin for Firefox
- JAWS Screen Reader for Windows
- NVDA Screen Reader for Windows
Color Deficit Simulators
- Sim Daltonism — a color blindness simulator for Mac OS X.
- Vischeck color deficit simulator — plugins for Photoshop.
- etre color blindness simulator — web-based service.
- Wickline Colorblind Web Page Filter — web-based service.
From DSC: Also see my page on accessibility.
On 02/05/2010,
in accessibility / UDL,
by Daniel Christian
Autism: Confronting a Crisis in Public Education — from eventbrite.com
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 from 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (ET)
On 02/05/2010,
in accessibility / UDL,
by Daniel Christian
Free ebook from Atomic Learning: Integrate Assistive Technology in General Education
Assistive technology can betremendously beneficial to all educators, not just those in specialed environments. Atomic Learning is committed to integratingassistive technology into the classroom, and we offer this guide inthe spirit of that mission. Click here toview this ebook.
On 02/04/2010,
in accessibility / UDL,
by Daniel Christian
The JISC TechDis Accessibility Essentials Series — from JISC; original posting from Moodle Journal
On 01/22/2010,
in accessibility / UDL, education technology,
by Daniel Christian
RoboBraille wins BETT Award
RoboBraille is named winner at the BETT Awards in London – the prestigious annual recognition of excellence in educational ICT. The Danish team behind the danish e-mail service RoboBraille won the prize together with the British partner The Royal National College for the Blind (RNBC) who took the prize. Among the nominees were strong combatants such as British BBC.