Conference
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Westin Hotel, Westminster
Indicates paper or handout available for that session.
| 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Breakout Sessions |
| 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. | |
| Cotton Creek II | WebAim: The Legend of the "Typical Screen Reader User" - details and insights into our screen reader user surveys , Jared Smith, WebAim |
| Meadowbrook I |
Assessing Alternate Media Production Services , Jayme Johnson, High Tech Center Training Unit |
| Meadowbrook II |
DAISY 101 , Gaeir Dietrich, HTCTU |
| Windsor | Web Accessibility - Roles and Responsibilities, Kara Zirkle, George Mason University |
| 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. | |
| Standley Lab I |
Accessible
Science: How To Describe STEM Images, Bryan Gould, WGBH National
Center for Accessible Media, Trisha O'Connell, WGBH National Center
for Accessible Media |
| Dolphin Lab | Significant new features found in the all new JAWS 11 and MAGic 12 designed to benefit both students and professionals, Eric Damery, Freedom Scientific, Dan Clark, Freedom Scientificv |
| 9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m | |
| Meadowbrook I | Starting Up an Alternate Format Production System,
Robert Beach, Kansas City Kansas Community College |
| Cotton Creek II |
Student Technology Use: Who, What, How, When, Where and Why?, Alice Anderson, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Meadowbrook II | Twitter and Web Accessibility, Dennis Lembree, Web Overhauls.com / Web Axe |
| Windsor | [EASI] DotsPlus Braille for the Mainstream Teacher, John Gardner, ViewPlus |
| 10:15 a.m. - 11:00/11:15 a.m. | Open Time in Exhibit Hall - refreshments served |
| 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | |
| Standley Lab I |
Lab: Functional Accessibility Evaluation of Web 2.0 Applications, Jon Gunderson, University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign (ends at 12:30 p.m) |
| Dolphin Lab | Lab: Dolphin Easyconverter: Discover the Essential Toolkit for Creating Alternative Formats, Jeff Bazer, Dolphin Computer Access |
| 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. | |
| Cotton Creek II | Walking the tightrope between standards and a holistic approach
to Web 2.0 usability and accessibility, E.A. Draffan, University
of Southampton |
| Meadowbrook I | Tips for Maximizing your AT Potential with WYNN Software, Steve Boyle, Freedom Scientific Learning System Group |
| Meadowbrook II | Growing DAISY! Robert Beach, Kansas City Kansas Community
College |
| Windsor | Getting Faculty On Board: Accessibility Workshops in a Box, Wink Harner & Rochelle (Shelley) Rodrigo, Mesa Community College |
| 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. | Keynote Lunch: T.V. Raman, Research Scientist, Google, Inc. |
| 12:50 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. | Introduction: Dr. John Bennett, Director of ATLAS Institute, CU-Boulder |
| 1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. | Keynote: Cloud Computing --- Access Opportunity
and Challenge, T.V. Raman, Research Scientist, Google, Inc. |
| 2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. | |
| Meadowbrook I | Assistive Technology & Higher Education: A Collaboration
for Provision of E-Text, Deanna Arbuckle, University of Dayton |
| Windsor |
[EASI] Athen Collaboration: An effective way for addressing Accessibility Issues, Hadi Rangin, University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign, Jon Gunderson, University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign |
| 2:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. | |
| Cotton Creek II |
Building Technology Access from the Ground Up: Public -Private Partnership Model, Tom Thompson & Chris Dobson, Wm. R. Harper |
| Standley Lab I | Lab: Microsoft Word + MathType + DBT = Nemeth (Math Braille), Susan Christensen |
| Dolphin Lab | Lab: Dolphin - Next Generation DAISY: Broadening
the Appeal with EasyReader, Andy Leach, Dolphin Computer
Access (ends at 4:30) |
| Meadowbrook II |
Collaboration for Accessible Distance Education, Michelle Swaney, Center on Deafness, University of Tennessee, Heather Webb, Office of Disability Services, University of Tennessee |
| 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. | |
| Meadowbrook I | WebAim: Web Accessibility Gone Wild, Jared Smith, WebAim |
| Windsor | Easy to Make Accessible Scientific Graphics , John Gardner, ViewPlus |
| 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. | Exhibit-Hall Reception |
| Hors d’oeuvres in Exhibit Area (South Foyer) | |
| 6:30 p.m. | ATHEN Meeting (Westminster 1/II) |
| Access Technologies Higher
Education Network is a professional association and network
for Access Technologists 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.
This meeting is open to both members and non-members. Join our meeting and learn about the benefits of ATHEN membership. |
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Conference
Friday, November 13, 2009
Westin Hotel, Westminster
Indicates paper or handout available for that session.
| 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Breakout Sessions |
| 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. | |
| Cotton Creek II | [EASI] Accessible Online Course Content Created in MS Office, Norm Coombs, Elizabeth Coombs & Marisol Miranda, EASI |
| Standley Lab I | Lecture: Classroom Acoustics - A Major Determinant in Accessible Classroom Learning, Jeff Burnett, Washington State University |
| Meadowbrook I | Pocket Endeavor for Independence in Executive Functioning, Joan Cunningham, AbleLink Technologies, Rich Herold, AbleLink Technologies |
| Dolphin Lab | Lecture: Rediscovering DAISY with the All New Dolphin EasyReader, Andy Leach, Dolphin Computer Access |
| Windsor | A Longitudinal Study on Higher Education Web Accessibility: Implications for Advocates, Terrill Thompson, DO-IT, University of Washington |
| Meadowbrook II | Accessible
Technology on a Budget: How to utilize available free and low
cost AT to better serve your students, Eric Wagenfeld, Indiana
Purdue Fort Wayne |
| 9:00 a.m. | Exhibit Hall Re-Opens |
| 9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. | Roundtable Discussions |
| Westminster I/II | |
| RT1 – Campus Captioning/Transcribing Solution – Moderator: Alice Anderson | |
| RT2 – Accessible Office Documents – Moderator: Karen McCall | |
| RT3 – Working with Vendors – Moderator: Hadi Rangin | |
| RT4 – Copyright & alternate format issues – Moderator: Susan Kelmer | |
| 10:15 a.m. - 11:00/11:15 a.m. | Open Time in Exhibit Hall - refreshments served |
| 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | |
| Standley Lab I | Lab: Advanced Web Accessibility Evaluation (using WAVE, other evaluation tools, and human methodologies to evaluate and ensure accessibility), Jared Smith, WebAIM (1.5 hrs – ends at 12:30) |
| Dolphin Lab | Taming
the Savage Source File (aka using Word & Dolphin EasyConverter
to produce multiple student-ready alternate formats from one raw
source file), Julie Balassa, Valencia Community College,
Jeff Bazer, Dolphin Computer Access Ltd. |
| 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | |
| Cotton Creek II | Usability and accessibility in Web Conferencing Tools: Side-by-side comparison of four Web conferencing Tools, Hadi Rangin, University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign, Marc Thompson, University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign |
| Meadowbrook I | Blackboard LearnTM: a case study in working with clients and partners to enable accessible online teaching and learning, Anne Taylor, National Federation of the Blind, Stephanie Cupp Weeks, Blackboard Inc. |
| Meadowbrook II | Academic Adjustments, Auxiliary Aids, and the 2008 Amendments to the Americans with Disabilities Act, James Long, U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights |
| Windsor | Accessibility Anywhere, From Classroom to Dorm Room, Mike Calvo, Serotek Corporation |
| 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. | Panel Lunch: From Clay Tablets to the Kindle – implications of the new e-book technology, moderated by Anne Taylor, NFB Panelists: Gaeir Dietrich, HTCTU, Susan Anthes, CU-Boulder, Zahavit Paz, LDRFA |
| 2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. | |
| Cotton Creek II | Insights into Cognitive Web Accessibility, Jared Smith, WebAIM |
| Meadowbrook I | Assistive
Technologies at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf,
E. William Clymer, National Technical Institute for the Deaf/RIT |
| Standley Lab I | Making PDF documents truly accessible, Mireia Ribera, Universitat de Barcelona (ends at 4:15) |
| Wndsor | Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center for Advancing Cognitive Technologies: Existing, Emerging and New Technologies, Cathy Bodine, University of Colorado |
| 2:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. | |
| Meadowbrook II | IT Accessibility and Higher Education: Legal & Programmatic Issues, Deborah Buck, Association of Assistive Technology Act Programs (ends at 3:45) |
| 2:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. | |
| Standley Lab I | Lab: Making PDF Documents Truly Accessible, Mireia Ribera, Universitat de Barcelona |
| Dolphin Lab | Lab: Dolphin Pen II, Next Generation Access
Technology on a USB Thumb Drive6, Andy Leach, Dolphin Computer
Access |
| 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. | |
| Cotton Creek II | Learn how to utilize the Blackboard System to distribute accessible files to your students, securely!, Kamran Rasul, American University |
| Meadowbrook I | XML and the Next Generation of the Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT), Ken Nakata, HiSoftware, Ken Salaets, ITIC |
| Windsor | The Universally Designed Learning Experience, Jesse Hausler, Colorado State University, Craig Spooner, Colorado State University |
Conference
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Westin Hotel, Westminster
Indicates paper or handout available for that session.
| 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Breakout Sessions |
| 8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. | |
| Dolphin Lab | Lab: Dolphin EasyConverter:Discover the Essential Toolkit for Creating Alternative Formats, Jeff Bazer, Dolphin Computer Access |
| Standley Lab I | Accessible Math with DAISY, Jayme Johnson, High Tech Center Training Unit |
| 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. | |
| Cotton Creek II | SciTrain U: Creation of Online Learning Modules for Accessible STEM Education, Robert Todd, Georgia Tech/CATEA |
| Windsor | In-house Captioning!, Kamran Rasul, American University |
| Meadwobrook I | Supporting Languages That You Don't Speak, Tanya Washburn, Harvard University |
| 9:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. | |
| Cotton Creek II | Universal
Design in Teaching with Interactive Whiteboards, Jean Salzer,
Student Accessibility Center, UW-Milwaukee |
| Windsor | The Amazon Kindle DX and Accessibility - An Overview,
Susan Kelmer, St. Louis Community College at Meramec |
| Meadowbrook I | Bookshare's
University Partners Program: Increasing the availability of accessible
materials and textbooks for post-secondary students in the US.,
Betsy Beaumon, Bookshare/Benetech |
| Meadowbrook II | Stanford Captioning: A Workflow Model for Producing Captioned Media, Sean Keegan, Stanford University, John Foliot, Stanford University |
| Standley Lab I | Alt Format Tools and Production (2 hrs - ends at 11:45), Ron Stewart, Association on Higher Education and Disability |
| 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | |
| Meadowbrook I | Making the DAISY (ANSI/NISO Z39.86-2005) Connection: DAISY, Academic Libraries, and Assistive Technology in Higher Education, Mary Barnett |
| Meadowbrook II | Situational Awareness for the Visually Impaired (SAVI), Carlos Garcia, Human Network Labs, Inc., Yuanxin Sun, Human Network Labs, Inc. |
| Cotton Creek II | Demonstration and comparison of low cost or free screen readers, Denice Roberts, Assistive Technology Partners, CUDenver |
| 12:30 p.m. | Tour Butterfly Pavilion - Meet in the hotel lobby |
