EASI Free Webinar: IMS Access for All version 3: accessibility through personalization Monday Dec 17th, 11 Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 Central and 2pm Eastern Presenters: • Anastasia Cheetham, Inclusive Design Research Centre, OCAD University • Andy Heath, Axelrod Access for All • Madeleine Rothberg, WGBH National Center for Accessible Media • Rich Schwerdtfeger, IBM This access for all project is a ground-breaking project that seeks to let each person connect with the Web in ways that will automatically taylor the experience to fit precisely into that person's specific needs and preferences. It holds the potential for an amazing revolution in the computer and smart phone world!!! The Access for All standard offers an approach to meet the needs of diverse users in diverse contexts by personalizing the experience of each user. Access for All suggests that the best way to meet individual's particular needs at that time in that context is to deliver digital materials in the way that is most accessible to that person. Access for All defines the personal preferences statements and resource metadata necessary to support this matching. Access for All is in use in educational sites and will soon be integrated into larger platforms including the Global Public Inclusive Infrastructure. Version 3 of the standard from IMS offers a compact Core model and bindings to support varied technical approaches. Go to the EASI Webinar member page to read more and to register: http://easi.cc/clinic.htm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . It's never too late to become what you might have been. George Eliot Once you choose hope, anything's possible. Christopher Reeve Norman Coombs [log in to unmask] Making Online Teaching Accessible: Inclusive Course Design for Students with Disabilities by Norman Coombs published by Jossey-Bass Oct 10,2010 http://www.josseybass.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470499044.html