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<div>I’ve fallen silent for a bit because I have been drowning, er, joyously swimming in the accessibility training course redesign.<br>
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As I explained in the <a href="https://wordpress.com/post/accesswa.blog/265" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk631445" previewremoved="true">
last blog post</a>, we’re breaking our 4-week Accessibility 101 course into a collection of “micro-courses” so that folks can have more freedom to mix and match lessons and set a pace of completion that fits their routine/schedule.<br>
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As these micro-courses are built, the new and improved resources are being added to our public facing resource: <a href="http://bit.ly/sbctcaccess" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk531236" previewremoved="true">http://bit.ly/sbctcaccess</a>. </div>
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<div>Feel free to check out the new resources – they dive a bit deeper into the topics and are meant to lay the foundation for some intermediate level micro-courses that are on the horizon (which I’m so excited about).<br>
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Another exciting change to the resources is the addition to self-check questions and practice documents. Formal assessments (which will result in a digital badge) will be reserved for participants in the “official” training — release date TBD.<br>
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If you are interested in piloting the first wave of micro-courses, I’m collecting names in this <a href="https://goo.gl/forms/Ehs0UQpiVnV8V3rJ3" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk152846" previewremoved="true">short survey</a>.<br>
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Hope Winter term is going smoothly for you all,
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