[Factc] Registration Open for Accessibility 101: April 24 - May 21

[Jennifer Whetham]

Friends and Colleagues:

At the risk of labeling myself as a  "cool kid," (read the e-mail forwarded below for context), I'd like to encourage all of you to check out Jess Thompson's amazing course Accessibility 101: The Basics of Inclusive Design.

I am currently enrolled in this free course, and I think my recent post to FB nutshells my most significant epiphany to date:

The moment when you realize that everything... Literally everything... You've created for your entire professional career is inaccessible in some way.
Especially your slide decks.
That's what happened to me yesterday. And again today.

Another Highlight of Jess's Course
Excellent professional learning should be experiential: as you learn the concepts, you should be experiencing them too.  So while you learn about Universal Design for Learners (UD), for example, you are experiencing UDL.

Hey, I Can Use this on Monday!
The best part is that you will find it immediately applicable to the artifacts you use in your professional life, no matter what your role-faculty, admin, staff.  Even better, your workflow will change in ways that


a)    Save you time

b)    Result in better-quality documents (slide decks, word documents, PDFs)

c)    Shift your pedagogy paradigm from Reactive to PROACTIVE

This is truly a 21st century professional development opportunity for 21st century educators.

Don't wait for transformation-enroll now!

Peace,

Jen

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Insufficient research shows that practicing accessible design with result in more friends and improved reputation. Step up your game and make a few new friends by signing up to making your courses accessible for students with disabilities, and more engaging for everyone!

Registration is now open for Accessibility 101: The Basics of Inclusive Design: April 24 - May 21! (Summer sessions to be announced soon!)

This 4-week, online, asynchronous course is designed for faculty and staff who want to learn simple and quick steps to make materials accessible for people with disabilities and better for all users. Participants do not need to be tech savvy to take this course, but familiarity with MS Office applications and Canvas will be helpful. Participants will be introduced to basic accessibility concepts, practices, and inclusive design standards. The time commitment for this course is approximately 25 hours. The course is free for faculty and staff in the community and technical college system. If you are outside of our system, please contact elearning at sbctc.edu<mailto:elearning at sbctc.edu> for registration info.

Want to see what this training is all about?
Ready to get your learn on now?
Check out the lessons at: http://bit.ly/a101public


Go to SBCTC's training website<http://www.sbctc.edu/colleges-staff/programs-services/elearning-open-education/training-registration.aspx> to register.

If interested, do not wait to register.
This class has a tendency to fill very quickly.
Space is limited!


Jess Thompson
Program Administrator, eLearning & Open Education
Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges
1300 Quince St SE | PO Box 42495 | Olympia, WA 98504
p: 360.704.4327|c: 253.229.8591
jess.thompson at sbctc.edu<mailto:jess.thompson at sbctc.edu> | www.sbctc.edu<http://www.sbctc.edu/>
Current Projects <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KXjxctpTAa2R06iRksMrjaeiCkphAJzqkwX-awvJh9g/edit?usp=sharing>
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