Activities
- Steppingstones Project on Web Accessibility and Cognitive Disabilities in Education
- Webcasts
- Recent Events
- Summit Meeting Reports
NCDAE activities are intended to increase awareness of universal access and the need to develop accessible electronically-mediated education. The target audience is broad and includes policy makers, educators, and industry leaders. Dissemination activities include presentations at national conferences and summit meetings, audio webcasts, development and distribution of technology information sheets, publications in professional journals, and participation on boards that may influence access in education and industry.
Steppingstones Project on Web Accessibility and Cognitive Disabilities in Education
NCDAE, in partnership with WebAIM, has received funding to help web developers consider issues of cognitive disability in their designs. The Phase I Steppingstones of Technology Innovation grant, awarded by the US Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), is a two-year development grant with a focus on producing a tool intended to help web developers create web content that can more readily be used by those with cognitive and learning disabilities. See WebAIM for more information about the project .
Webcasts
NCDAE produces audio Webcasts on a quarterly basis. Each Webcast includes panelist from industry, education, and government that discuss questions about various aspects of accessibility and distance education. The audio broadcasts last approximately one hour. They are free of charge and are captioned simultaneously for the deaf and hard of hearing. Archived broadcasts and transcripts are available a few days after the broadcast.
Webcast Archives
- May 16th, 2007 - Accessibility 2.0?
- March 14, 2007 - NIMAS and NIMAC: An Implementation Update
- October 25, 2006 - Web Captioning and its uses in Education
- August 30, 2006 - Accessibility and the Open Source Content Management Movement
- April 26, 2006 - Mobile Education and Access for Students with Disabilities
- February 28, 2006 - NIMAS in IDEA, What You Need To Know Now
- November 30, 2005 - Student Information Systems and Individuals with Disabilities
- September 14, 2005 - Electronic Accessibility in Library and Information Services
- June 22, 2005 - Accessible Distance Education Technologies and Techniques
- April 20, 2005 - Computer-based Assessment and Testing: Access or Accommodation
- February 17, 2005 - Electronic Accessibility in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
- December 1, 2004 - Research and Development of Accessible Technologies
- October 26, 2004 - Accessible Education Policy: Points of Possible Influence
Recent events
Accessible Distance Education National Discussion
NCDAE and AccessIT co-sponsored a National Discussion on Accessible Distance Education and IT on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 immediately prior to the ATIA 2006 Conference. NCDAE affiliates and partners attended the discussion from Noon to 4:00PM. The meeting built on the national discussion held November 18, 2005 in Washington, DC. Participants in that meeting identified a series of initiatives and activities to enhance accessible education-related information technology in the public school setting.
Other events
- NCDAE's applauds CoSN for new accessible technologies for all students initiative.
- National Education Technology Plan: Many children left behind. NCDAE's response to the Department of Education's 2004 Education Technology Plan.
- NCDAE Year One Accomplishments
- NCDAE's Accessibility in the News page and RSS feed is now available.
- "Accessibility goal: Tear down barriers to virtual schooling." Article from the E-School News Online, May 26, 2004.
Summit Meeting Reports
National Summit on Disability and Distance Education
May 11-12, 2004. Washington, D.C.
A national Summit convened top national educators, business leaders, experts, and advocates to develop a national agenda regarding distance education policies and practices, including issues of accessibility for people with disabilities. A summary of the national summit on disability and distance education will be available on this site June 30, 2004 .
Summary of NCDAE Summit Follow-up Meeting
January 19, 2005.
Orlando Florida.
On January 19, 2005 , the National Center on Disability and Access to Education (NCDAE) convened a follow-up meeting to its May 2004 Summit on Accessible Education Technology. The 21 individuals that participated in this day long discussion represented the information technology industry, online assessment industry, university researchers, various government contractors, and others interested in ensuring that individuals with disabilities have full access to electronically-mediated education. It was sponsored, in part, by the Assistive Technology Industry Association (ATIA), in collaboration with its 2005 annual conference.
