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Best Practices Faculty-in-Residence for Accessible Instructional Materials

Best Practices Faculty-in-Residence for Accessible Instructional Materials. San Jose State University 16 October, 2008 Logo for San Jose State exists on each slide. Objective: Meet the timelines for Accessible Instructional Materials. Difficulties No base knowledge Large campus

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Best Practices Faculty-in-Residence for Accessible Instructional Materials

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  1. Best PracticesFaculty-in-Residence for Accessible Instructional Materials San Jose State University 16 October, 2008 Logo for San Jose State exists on each slide

  2. Objective: Meet the timelines for Accessible Instructional Materials • Difficulties • No base knowledge • Large campus • 3600 faculty and staff • “Siloized”

  3. Response to Campus Initiative • Campus Committees _Provost Sigler, Executive Sponsor • Bring in the experts • Faculty-in-Residence for Universal Design • UDL Keynote Speaker for Spring Forum ‘07 and ‘08 • Hire outside instructor for development of materials beyond expertise • Produce tutorials/video • Campus-wide forums • Web Resources • Academic Senate Policies • Textbook Adoption • Accessible Instructional Materials • Train the trainer model - Faculty-in-Residence

  4. Participation Numbers to Date • Total Participation Numbers = 1343 • Representing 435 Unique Individuals • Introduction to Accessibility = 72 • Accessible Word, PPT, PDF, Scanned Doc = 266 • LiveCycle and Advanced PDF = 127 • Universal Design = 342 • Web Accessibility = 266 • Faculty-in-Residence Faculty Interactions = 270+

  5. Faculty-in-Residence A faculty expert who shares expertise with the campus through: • workshops, • individual consultation with faculty or departments • organizes campus-wide events related to his/her area of expertise • For ATI, one per college plus library • Release time of .2 per semester at replacement cost ($4571 per semester)

  6. Poster of 2007-08 Faculty-in-Residence for Accessible Instructional Materials

  7. How are FIR chosen? 1. Faculty interest by attending: - Universal Design for Learning workshop, or - Accessible Instructional Materials session; 2. Dean/Chair recommendation Photo of faculty and staff at SJSU

  8. Responsibilities for 2007-08 • Support the ATI • Attend three sessions at the Center for Faculty Development on ATI • Attend monthly FIR meetings • Determine needs within college • Present four sessions within college • Assist faculty with consultations • Prepare concluding report each semester

  9. What is a FIR presentation like? • Overview of ATI requirements • Explanation of accessible Word, PowerPoint and OCR scanning (for both PCs and Macs) • Listen to faculty questions, concerns • Offer solutions, i.e. schedule of many workshops, one-to-one help, encouragement, phased implementation Photo of faculty with laptops at tables

  10. Outcomes…Obstacles first: • Anxieties of faculty re: • Workload • New technological information • Change • Scheduling of presentations • Keeping people aware • Cannot let the awareness of ATI implementation fade Photo of a man overcoming a wall obstacle

  11. Outcomes…Benefits: Our FIR for ATI program generated: • 270 faculty and staff contacts! • Significant faculty-related development, both practical and attitudinal • Departmental support of faculty • Some useful products (next slide) • Perhaps, most important, change of Campus Culture

  12. Changes for 2008-09 Learning through doing… • Continue as we have, PLUS • Recruit, train, supervise and support student assistants (to be called Student-in-Residence for AIM) to work with each FIR • Students work 20 hours per week to convert existing faculty instructional materials to accessible formats

  13. Products • Video Quick Tips for Creating Accessible Instructional Materials • http://deimos.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/sjsu.edu.1485494000.01485494009.1682196946?i=1797589810 • Toolkit for Creating Accessible Instructional Materials • Checklist for Course Accessibility • Frequently Asked Questions List • Making Tutorials and Guidelines for Creating Accessible Documents Online

  14. Does it scale? • Within San Jose State University • One per campus • One per college • Faculty-in-Residence per college • Student-in-Residence per college • Easily Replicated • Develop faculty experts • Resources Required - Replacement cost per faculty-in-residence

  15. Questions? • Mary Fran Breiling, Interim Associate Director, Center for Faculty Development • 408-924-3064, maryfran.breiling@sjsu.edu • Cynthia Rostankowski, Professor, Humanities • 408-924-4508, cynthia.rostankowski@sjsu.edu

  16. Faculty-in-Residence Best Practicesfor Accessible Instructional Materials San Jose State University 16 October, 2008

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