ATHEN Track & Info

Access Technology Higher Education Network

ATHEN is a professional association and network for Access Technology in Higher Education. The purpose of ATHEN is to collect and disseminate best practices in access technology in the higher education environment as well as present a collective voice for the professional practice of access technology in higher education. For more information, visit the ATHEN web site.

ATHEN will conduct its National Annual Meeting at the conference. The preliminary time of the meeting will be 6:30 pm on November 17. Check back for confirmation of meeting time and location.

ATHEN Sessions

Pre-Conference ATHEN Sessions
Title Date More Info
Lab: Working with Tagged PDF Documents, Karen McCall, Karlan Communications Mon., Nov. 15, 10:30 am - 5:00 pm Session Description
Lecture: Accessible Content with Word and PowerPoint 2010 , Karen McCall, Karlan Communications Tues., Nov. 16, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Session Description
Main Conference ATHEN Sessions
Title Date More Info
Three Possibilities: Which Digital DAISY Player is Right for You? Robert Beach, Kansas City Kansas Community College Weds., Nov. 17, 8:00 am - 9:00 am Session Description

Lab: Dragon NaturallySpeaking: Three Practical Applications, Wink Harner, South Mountain Community College

 Weds., Nov. 17, 8:00 am - 10:15 am Session Description

Networking and Integrating Assistive Technology in the University/College Environment, Dan Comden, University of Washington

Weds., Nov. 17, 9:15 am - 10:15 am Session Description

Embracing Change for All: Addressing Accessibility in Online Synchronous Teaching Technologies, Lisa Fiedor & Beth Shepherd, NC State University

Weds., Nov. 17, 9:15 am - 10:15 am Session Description
Testing Moodle for Accessibility and Usability, Lisa Fiedor, NC State University Thurs., Nov. 18, 8:00 pm - 9:00 am Session Description
Veterans Resource Center Project, Gaeir Dietrich & Myra Lerch, Consultant, High Tech Center Training Unit Thurs., Nov. 18, 8:00 pm - 9:00 am Session Description
Starting Up an Alternate Format Production System, Robert Beach, Kansas City Kansas Community College Thurs., Nov. 18, 11:15 am - 12:15 pm Session Description
Getting Captioning Started on Campus-- Lessons Learned, Dean Brusnighan, Purdue University Thurs., Nov. 18, 11:15 am - 12:15 pm Session Description
Newbies Guide to Low Tech Accessibility, Wink Harner, South Mountain Community College Thurs., Nov. 18, 2:15 pm - 4:15 pm Session Description
Lab: Read & Write Gold 9, a Multi-Tool to Fit Any Hand, Robert Beach, Kansas City Kansas Community College, Gaeir Dietrich, HTCTU Thurs., Nov. 18, 2:15 pm - 4:15 pm Session Description
Crowd-Sourcing Accessibility: Can Accessibility be fixed for free with Community Help? Terrill Thompson, DO-IT, University of Washington Fri., Nov. 19, 9:15 am - 10:15 am Session Description
From Accessibility Evaluation to Fruitful Collaboration: Elluminate and Accessibility, Hadi Rangin, University of Illinois, Shannon Urban, Elluminate Inc. Fri., Nov. 19, 9:15 am - 11:15 am Session Description

EASI Track
Equal Access to Software & Information Track
Creating Accessible Audio and Video Presentations Using LecShare, Norm Coombs, EASI Fri., Nov. 19, 9:15 am - 10:15 am Session Description

Assistive Technology in Mexico: Making the Impossible Possible, Marisol Miranda, EASI

 Fri., Nov. 19, 10:30 am - 11:30 am Session Description

Progress In Accessible Information Technology in Brazil, Lucy Gruenwald, LBG Serviços de Informatica Ltda

 Fri., Nov. 17, 11:45 am - 12:45 pm Session Description

WebAIM Track

WebAIM Pre-conference Sessions
Lab: Building Accessible Web Applications with ARIA, WebAIM Tues., Nov. 15 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Session Description

Lab: Building an Accessible HTML5 Web Page, WebAIM

 Tues., Nov. 15 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm Session Description

WebAIM Main Conference Session

Do We Need to Change the Web Accessibility Game Plan? (Panel Discussion) Moderator: Jared Smith, WebAIM

 Thurs., Nov. 18, 11:15 am - 12:15 pm Session Description