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EASI online workshop on adaptive technology



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Modern technology has opened the doors to mainstream learning for
students with disabilities through the use of adaptive computer
technology, and now with the web, it brings the entire world of
information to them. Here is an online training opportunity
to help you create an accessible learning and work place.
Starting Jan. 18, the training is delivered by email over a
six-week period. You can do it at your own pace. You can
interact with experienced teachers. You can interact with other
people like yourself working to provide an access to information
technology. ADAPT-IT provides information on
general access to computer systems and information technology.
Check out http://www.rit.edu/~easi

EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information) is a non-profit
organization
affiliated with AAHE (The American Association for Higher Education).

Adapt-it January 18

Schools and universities can now provide a barrier-free learning
environment. In fact, by law they are required to do so. This
same level of access to the workplace is provided by these same
technologies, and businesses and other organizations will
benefit from this workshop as well.

Topics to be covered include:

Lesson 1: Personal introductions
Lesson 2: Introduction and Definitions
Lesson 3: Hands-on Experience With Adaptive Software
Lesson 4: Demographics and Reasons to Adapt
Lesson 5: It's the Law
Lesson 6: Adapt-it Video and Resource Manual
Lesson 7: Physical Access
Lesson 8: Alternate Input Issues
Lesson 9: Alternate Output Issues
Lesson 10: Compensatory Strategies and Lab Etiquette
Lesson 11: Putting It All Together
Lesson 12: Planning and Funding

The registration fee for the adapt-it workshop includes a
video, resource manual, and the book Information Access and Adaptive
Technology published by Oryx Press in 1997.
Registration information and a complete syllabus can be found at
http://www.rit.edu/~easi


** Note EASI-SEM, the on-line workshop focusing on access to science and
math for students with disabilities also begins Jan. 18 and information
also is at http://www.rit.edu/~easi

Norman Coombs
Chair of EASI