SALT (Specifications for Accessible Learning Technologies)
The National Center for Accessible Media at WGBH
In partnership with
The George Washington University Disability Support Services
Cordially invite you to attend
Making Learning Technology Accessible for All
A hands on demonstration and discussion introducing the "Access For All" Standard
US Rep. Ron Kind to Keynote February 14th Event
Tuesday, February 14th, 2006, 2:00 PM
George Washington University, Washington D.C.
Speakers | Demonstrations | Details | RSVP
Please join us as we unveil and demonstrate the Access for All Standard for online learning tools, which are designed to personalize and increase access to learning tools and content for all. Specifically, Access For All accessibility allows higher education and K-12 systems to meet the needs of each student or teacher by tailoring content and interfaces individually and locating accessible materials for each user's needs -- all while offering the richest possible learning experience to all. (See NCAM's SALT Web site for more information.)
The Access for All project is funded through a grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE). The standard is the product of a four-year collaboration between the National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM) and IMS Global Learning Consortium, an industry consortium, with participation from ISO/IEC JTC1 SC36, Dublin Core Accessibility Special Interest Group, CEN-ISSS Workshop on Learning Technologies, the University of Toronto, and IMS member companies. Industry Canada also provided funding for the creation of the Access For All standards through the Web-4-All project.
Speakers
Keynote:
US Representative Ron Kind (D-WI). Rep. Kind is a senior member of the House Education and Workforce and House Budget Committees and has been a champion of the importance of education technology.
Panelists:
- Dr. Frank Bowe, Professor, School of Education and Allied Human Services, Hofstra University
- Mike Elledge, Accessibility Team Lead, Sakai
- Ed Walker, Chief Executive Officer, IMS Global Learning Consortium
- Steve Brunner, Senior Education Specialist, ANGEL Learning, Inc.
- Larry Goldberg, Director of Media Access, National Center for Accessible Media at WGBH
- Madeleine Rothberg, Director of Research and Development, National Center for Accessible Media at WGBH
Demonstrations
ANGEL Learning Management System (ANGEL Learning Systems)
ANGEL is an innovative web-based learning management system. In collaboration with Penn State University, the ANGEL team created a pilot implementation of Access For All. It includes the ability to adjust the interface to user preferences and to import IMS Content Packaging files with Access For All metadata, appropriately assigning accessible content according to user preferences.
Web-4-All (Industry Canada and University of Toronto Adaptive Technology Resource Centre)
Web-4-All is a system for easily configuring multi-user public access computer workstations. Web-4-All was originally sponsored by Industry Canada for use with their Community Access Program (CAP) where libraries, schools, and community centres across Canada provide internet ready workstations for use by the public.
TILE (University of Toronto Adaptive Technology Resource Centre)
The Inclusive Learning Exchange is a revolutionary learning object repository service that responds to the individual needs of the learner. TILE provides the authoring tools, repository architecture, and preference schema needed to support this learner-centric transformation.
Teachers' Domain (WGBH)
Teachers' Domain is an online educational service that helps teachers enhance their students' learning experiences and advance their own teaching skills. The Teachers' Domain collections include classroom-ready multimedia resources for use in lessons or independent study. The Accessibility Demonstration shows how Access For All will allow Teachers' Domain to provide resources that are appropriate for each learner, when the Access For All standard is implemented; link to the accessibility demonstration to come.
CWIS (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
The Collection Workflow Integration System from the Internet Scout Project (CWIS, pronounced see-wis) is software to assemble, organize, and share collections of data about resources, like Yahoo! or Google Directory but conforming to international and academic standards for metadata. The latest release includes the "Access Match" feature to help users with specific accessibility needs find appropriate resources; this feature uses the IMS Access For All specifications.
NCAM's eBook accessibility project (WGBH)
A demonstration of accessible multimedia that has been integrated into e-books of various formats (PDF, LIT, OeB and others) and digital talking books (DTBs). Availability of accessible resources such as these is important for implementations of Access For All.
Details
When: Tuesday, February 14th, 2006, 2:00 PM
Where: Continental Ballroom
The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Conference Center
The George Washington University - Cloyd Heck Marvin Center
800 21st Street NW. 3rd Floor
Washington, DC 20052
Please visit: http://cafritz.gwu.edu/Directions for directions, parking and Metro information
Refreshments will be served.
RSVP
RSVP to
Jenilee Keefe
jkeefe@jbernsteinstrategy.com
202-263-2573
