Accessing Higher Ground Virtual Conference in Miller Center
Mark Your Calendars: November 18 – 20, 2015
The Academic Technologies Team is excited to bring you the Accessing Higher Ground virtual conference right here on campus! This conference is sponsored by the Association on Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD) and focuses on the implementation and benefits of accessible curriculum, universal design, and legal and policy issues in higher education.
From Wednesday, November 18th through Friday, November 20th, two tracks of conference sessions will be available for viewing in the Miller Center. Feel free to stop in and attend any of the sessions that interest you. Details, including session information (click on the session name for a summary), date, time, and location, are available below. No registration is necessary, however, seating in the conference rooms is limited.
But wait! There’s more! AFTER the conference is over, we will have access to all of the streamed sessions, PLUS 2 pre-conference labs and 14 additional sessions from the conference that were not streamed live. Information will be sent out at a later date on how to access these recordings.
Please join the Academic Technologies Team November 18-20 for one or more Accessing Higher Ground conference sessions!
For more information, please contact Sara Grachek at gracheks@stcloudstate.edu or 320.308.4805.
Virtual Conference Schedule – Live Stream
Wednesday, November 18, 2015, Track “A” Sessions Miller Center Room 114
| Time | Session Information |
| 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Alt Text Production: Providing More Effective Services and Promoting Student Self-Reliance, Jenna Atkinson, Utah Valley University |
| 10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. | How to Write a Good Description for Visual Elements, Gaeir Dietrich, HTCTU, Robert Beach, Kansas City Kansas Community College |
| 12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. | Faculty Outreach – Spreading the Gospel of Alternate Format to the Faculty Front Lines, Susan Kelmer, University of Colorado Boulder |
| 1:50 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Keynote Talk: Getting from Barrier-Free to Great User Experiences?, Whitney Quesenbery, UX Researcher & Director of Center for Civic Design |
| 3:15 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. | School of Social Work and Disability Resources: Working to Make Documents Distributed through LMS Accessible, Krista Greear, Univeristy of Washington |
| 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. | Designing a Mobile Ready Course with Universal Design, Kate Miller, UC Denver |
Wednesday, November 18, 2015, Track “B” Sessions Miller Center Room 115
| Time | Session Information |
| 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | What did I sign up for? Technology Accessibility for New Professionals, Steven Salter, Ashford University |
| 10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. | What works with faculty? Results from a yearlong faculty-to-faculty accessible instructional materials workshop, Scott Kupferman, University of Colorado |
| 12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. | The Challenges of Emerging Technology in Online Education: Tips and Tools for Ensuing Accessibility in the Online Environment, Steven Salter, Ashford University |
| 1:50 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Keynote Talk: Getting from Barrier-Free to Great User Experiences?, Whitney Quesenbery, UX Researcher & Director of Center for Civic Design |
| 3:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. | When the Federal Government Comes Knocking on Your Virtual Door– What to Expect in an ADA or 504 Technology Review, Mary Lou Mobley, U.S. Dept. of Education (double-session) |