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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Friends and Colleagues:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">I am currently enrolled in this free course, and I think my recent post to FB nutshells my most significant epiphany to date:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"">The moment when you realize that everything… Literally everything… You've created for your entire professional career is inaccessible in some way.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"">Especially your slide decks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"">That's what happened to me yesterday. And again today.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Another Highlight of Jess’s Course</span></b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><br>
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
<i>experiencing</i> UDL. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Hey, I Can Use this on Monday!</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><br>
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<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Save you time<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Result in better-quality documents (slide decks, word documents, PDFs)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Shift your pedagogy paradigm from Reactive to PROACTIVE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">This is truly a 21<sup>st</sup> century professional development opportunity for 21<sup>st</sup> century educators.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Don’t wait for transformation—enroll now!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Peace,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Jen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Waol-admin [mailto:waol-admin-bounces@lists.ctc.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jess Thompson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 27, 2017 10:23 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> College LMS Domain Administrators<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Waol-admin] Registration Open for Accessibility 101: April 24 - May 21<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif"">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!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif"">Registration is now open for <b>Accessibility 101: The Basics of Inclusive Design<span style="color:#1F497D">:
</span></b>April 24 – May 21! (Summer sessions to be announced soon!)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif"">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<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span><a href="mailto:elearning@sbctc.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">elearning@sbctc.edu</span></a><span style="color:#1F497D">
</span>for registration info.<span style="color:#1F497D"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif"">Ready to get your learn on
<i>now</i>? </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif"">Check out the lessons at:<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span><a href="http://bit.ly/a101public"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://bit.ly/a101public</span></a><span style="color:#1F497D">
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif"">Go to
<a href="http://www.sbctc.edu/colleges-staff/programs-services/elearning-open-education/training-registration.aspx">
<span style="color:#0563C1">SBCTC's training website</span></a> to register.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif"">If interested,
<i>do not wait to register</i>. <br>
This class has a tendency to fill very quickly. <br>
Space is limited!</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#404040">Jess Thompson</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#404040">Program Administrator, eLearning & Open Education</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#404040">Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#404040">1300 Quince St SE | PO Box 42495 | Olympia, WA 98504</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#404040">p: 360.704.4327|c: 253.229.8591</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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