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<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'><br>
Many factors are impacting education enrollment, resulting in a shift in the learning
environment, where the traditional student is no longer
“typical.” Educators are faced with an increasingly diverse
student body. Technology changes and access have also changed students’
habits, resulting in a need for how resources and instruction are offered.
How can your institution better serve all students?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>With
the attractiveness of and need for online learning, understanding the way
people learn is critical. Join presenters, Alice Anderson and Blaire Bundy in
"<a href="http://www.magnapubs.com/calendar/104.html?s=bsh&p=e1">The
Key to Successful Online Instruction: Universal Design.</a>" A 90-minute
online seminar that will provide an understanding of universal design, how
universal design can be applied to education, and examples addressing
accessibility/usability of products, services, and environments for everyone.
Young people and old, people with disabilities and without – making
education more convenient for time-pressed students, more comfortable for
people from diverse backgrounds, and more flexible for persons having
different learning styles. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>December 6, 2006<br>
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<p><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
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style='font-family:Arial'> <font color=black><span style='color:black'>Gain
an understanding of Universal Design Principles compared with
Accessibility/Disability Accommodations (including laws and
policies/guidelines regarding web accessibility). </span></font></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
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style='font-family:Arial'> <font color=black><span style='color:black'>Discuss
the issues students are facing as the web evolves to be the primary means of
information and education.</span></font> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
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style='font-family:Arial'> <font color=black><span style='color:black'>Learn
examples of how people with disabilities access the web as well as the wide
range of technologies used.</span></font> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-family:Arial'> <font color=black><span style='color:black'>Identify
the advantages of creating and using universally designed Web resources and
instruction.</span></font> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-family:Arial'> <font color=black><span style='color:black'>Explore
Web accessibility design guidelines and tools used for measuring compliance.</span></font>
</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:Symbol'>·</span></font><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'> <font color=black><span style='color:black'>Examine
examples of Web resources and instruction that illustrate Universal Design
Principles.</span></font> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:Symbol'>·</span></font><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'> <font color=black><span style='color:black'>Evaluate
and discuss what to consider when converting a traditional course into a web
course with media. </span></font></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The
90-minute program includes</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>A video presentation by a
leading expert in the field </span></font><o:p></o:p></li>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>PowerPoint slides</span></font><o:p></o:p></li>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Ability to review the
presentation for the remainder of the day </span></font><o:p></o:p></li>
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