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NADP and ATHEN:
Collaborate and
Compare
Dan Comden
Access Technology Consultant
Background
• Access Technology
• CSU Humboldt
• University of Washington
• Web Accessibility
• WAI
• Campus and Washington State
• Alt text
ATHEN is not Athens
ATHEN is a network of AT professionals
Access
Technologists
Higher
Education
Network
ATHEN formed 2002
• CSUN (California)
• Accessing Higher Ground (Colorado)
• ATIA - Assistive Technology Industry
Association (Florida)
ATHEN focus areas
Sharing experience and expertise
• Professional development
• Conferences
• E-Journal
• Surveys
• Blog
• National standards
NADP - Higher and Further Education
Focused expertise of Assessors as part of
larger group
What are other Uni-related personnel
resources in UK?
• What are online resources?
• What is the community?
• Forums?
• Wikis?
• Other?
ATHEN - Higher "Ed"
No (formal) assessors but many ad hoc
assessments
• Dearth of national standards
• Alternate text production
• E-text
• Braille
• Math
• Tactile graphics
Shared issues
US and UK technology specialists share issues
of:
• Professional development
• Financing of AT
• E-learning materials
• Alt-format production
• User training
• What else?
Alternate formats
Not just Braille
Implications for AT and alt text
Considerations for production
• Appropriate
• Effective
Considerations for consumption
• Training/expertise
• Platforms
• mp3 vs. DAISY vs. Word vs. PDF
And Braille
• Braille conversion
• Math and science content
• Graphics
• Literacy?
Issues
• Web site accessibility
• Social networking
• "Official" vs. what they use
• Training
• How to accomplish?
• Institutional planning and purchasing
Appropriate and
Effective
Appropriate tools for students?
What we know
Vs
What are students using?
ATHEN web site
www.athenpro.org/
[email protected]
or Dan's email:
[email protected]
Dan Comden
Access Technology Consultant