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Accessibility of Instructional Media

Accessibility of Instructional Media. Greg Cook , Assistant Professor, Instructional Technology Blue Ridge Community College , VA. Why Are We Here?. Estimates vary, but roughly 11% of the population is hearing impaired.

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Accessibility of Instructional Media

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  1. Accessibility of Instructional Media Greg Cook, Assistant Professor, Instructional Technology Blue Ridge Community College, VA

  2. Why Are We Here? • Estimates vary, but roughly 11% of the population is hearing impaired. • Captioning supports good learning theory...it helps students who think they can multitask.

  3. Why Are We Here? • More and more faculty are creating their own media

  4. Why Are We Here? • Section 508 • http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/guide/ • Specifically: Video and Multimedia Products (1194.24) • http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/guide/1194.24.htm

  5. Why Are We Here? • (c) All training and informational video and multimedia productions which support the agency's mission, regardless of format, that contain speech or other audio information necessary for the comprehension of the content, shall be open or closed captioned. • If I believe that no one with a hearing loss will see the video, do I still have to caption it? • Yes, unless an exception applies

  6. What Are We Doing About It? • Questionnaire about policies and procedures regarding captioning - December '12 • Eric J. Kunnen - Director, Distance Learning and Instructional Technologies, Grand Rapids Community College - ekunnen@grcc.edu

  7. What Are We Doing About It?

  8. What Are We Doing About It?

  9. Who Does This Involve? • Faculty • Instructional Technologists/Designers • Audiovisual • IT Dept. • Admissions & Records • Disabilities Office

  10. A&R and Disabilities Office • Timing - when do we find out about the need for captioning? • Disabilities Office not always equipped to deal with it. (As technology improves, that can change.) • Outsourcing of captioning - who coordinates?

  11. Conclusion • What do YOU do when a hearing impaired student shows up in a class with a digital media component? • Disabilities Services is part of the instructional team.

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