Transcript Ron Bergmann, Ed.D. Associate Vice President for IT and CIO Jeremiah Woolsey Director of Instructional Technology Wei MA Library Acting Information Technology Coordinator.

Ron Bergmann, Ed.D.
Associate Vice President for IT and CIO
Jeremiah Woolsey
Director of Instructional Technology
Wei MA
Library Acting Information Technology
Coordinator
The ATI is based upon:
•Americans
with Disabilities Act
•Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of
1973
• SB 105
•Executive Order 926
•Represents
the CSU’s commitment to make
information technology and resources
accessible to all
•Moves
from a reactive posture to a more
proactive, inclusive environment
To create a culture of access for an inclusive
learning and working environment
“It is the policy of the CSU to make
information technology resources and
services accessible to all CSU students,
faculty, staff and the general public
regardless of disability.”
CSU Dominguez Hills is committed to
provide access and equity for all eligible
students.
It is the law, but more importantly it is the
right thing to do
•Web
Accessibility
•Instructional
•Accessible
Materials Accessibility
Electronic and Information
Technology Procurement
The CSU is committed to ensuring
accessibility of its web sites, web content
and web applications for people with
disabilities. It is the right thing to do, the
smart thing to do, and it is the law
California Government Code 11135 requires the
CSU to comply with Section 508 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, and to
apply the accessibility standards published by the
U.S. Access Board for electronic and information
technology (EIT) products and services that it
buys, creates, uses, and maintains.
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EIT is information technology (IT) and any
equipment or interconnected system or
subsystem of equipment, that is used in the
creation, conversion, or duplication of data
or information.
©National Federation of the Blind
Overarching Principle:
To apply universal design—an approach to the
design of products and services to be usable
by the greatest number of people, including
individuals with disabilities
Like Curb Cuts-electronic curb cuts
“From Where I Sit”
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One of the challenges that students,
faculty and staff are facing in higher
education:
• Substantial amount of required reading;
• Too little time;
• Individuals with visual impairments facing
bigger challenges in regards to reading
print/digital documents.
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One of Kurzweil 3000’s capabilities - turning
print/digital text to MP3 sound;
• Popularity of MP3
 All most all cell phones, mobile devices, iPod, digital dictionaries, etc….
can play MP3 files;
 Research in 2006 revealed that 68.4% of college students sampled use
MP3 in their daily lives;
• Educational value;
 Use of this audio format provides an alternative to reading printed
material.
 Students spend a large amount of time commuting – they have less time to
read;
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Expand the service (from only to users with
visual impairments) to all students, faculty
and staff;
• Setting up Kurzweil 3000 equipment campus-wide,
and helping our users turn some of their print
materials into MP3.
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Implicit upon the use of this equipment, is your agreement
that you are:
• Allowed to convert the material to a media file only for your own
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course-related needs
Not allowed to convert your entire text book
Not allowed to post the media file on the Web, YouTube, or any other
public site
Not allowed to sell, transfer, or lend the media file to others
Not allowed to duplicate the media file
Not allowed to broadcast the media without written consent of the
owner
To delete the file upon completion of your coursework
Liable and subject to prosecution if any of the terms of the agreement
are violated
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Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines:
• Post the Guidelines on all Computer Lab PCs as
the desktop background;
• Place Guidelines on the “How to Convert”
instruction sheet.
 Users have to read the Fair Use Guidelines before
using the service.
IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES
Common Obstacles:
Scope of work immense – number of instructional artifacts
High variability of media formats (paper, film, scans, PDF,
Word, Flash, video, animation, etc…), applications, systems, and
assistive technology hardware
Institutional change management – faculty/staff/students
Varying technical skill levels of faculty & staff
On-going maintenance of hardware/software/skills
Need for broad awareness of requirements, capabilities,
options
IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES
Deployment of Assistive Technology
Convenience versus Support Level
…and on-going maintenance of
hardware/software/personnel
COMMON OBSTACLES:
Institutional Change Management
Need
for broad awareness of requirements,
responsibilities, capabilities, & options
Varying tech skill levels of faculty & staff
Replicate expertise in front-line staff
Faculty own their instructional artifacts
Faculty control their course web site
IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES
Strategies to Mitigate:
Strong
and active campus ATI committee
Active involvement by IT – tech component critical
Continual, frequent, & unrelenting communication
Continual, frequent, & unrelenting training
Incentives for faculty
Accessibility at source
The ATI Committee should be comprised of
relevant campus stakeholders:
• Disabled Student Services
• Academic and Instructional Technology
• Academic Senate & Faculty campus technology
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committee members
Bookstore Staff
Library Staff
Information Technology
Purchasing Officers
Campus webmasters and communications staff
Communication Activities
Accessibility
campus website -- locations of assistive
technology stations, links to CSU-wide directives,
support artifacts
Activities of campus committee, meeting minutes
Articles in campus newspapers
Placards placed in classrooms
Online/Hybrid ATI Training sessions online
Faculty List Serv email notices
Student ATI Logo contest
Targeted Training Activities
Faculty: “Creating Accessible Learning Materials”
• Formatting MS Word/PPT to be machine readable
• Adobe Acrobat Pro 9 to OCR/tag PDF
• Kurzweil – Print or scanned PDF to audio
• Captioning – Camtasia & Dragon Naturally Speaking
Front Line Staff – use of assistive technology in
student instructional labs, general ATI and above
Participate in CSU system-wide Accessibility
webinars
IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES: Mitigation
Incentives
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for faculty
laptop distribution program
grant stipends - Online Academy (accessible learning materials)
Part and parcel of tenure review
Accessibility
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at source
Library E-Reserves
Affordable Learning Solutions repository
shared learning objects -- MERLOT
CMS web page auto-check
Difficult issues are research opportunities -improve machine reading of:
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tables
equations
graphs and charts
Maps
AI to cross modalities
Examples:
http://sohstream.csudh.edu/ctl/jeremi
ah/TechED_ATIweb_files/frame.htm