Events

Upcoming Events

"Supporting the Millennial Instructor" with Carl Berger

April 23, 2008 1-4:30 pm Memorial Library, Room 126

Date: Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Time: 1 - 4:30 pm
Location: 126 Memorial Library

Dr. Carl Berger will discuss his research on students and faculty and differences in the use of technology in teaching and learning that show how a new millennial instructor is emerging, sometimes resembling the millennium student, and sometimes the traditional faculty member, but most often unique. Are we ready for the implications of this new teacher? Following the presentation will be break out sessions to discuss issues and ideas for how our campus can better support these new teachers.

Registration and agenda

Technology Accessibility: Refresher, Updates, and Student Voices

Date: Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Time: 11:30am-1pm. Brownbag lunch.
Location: 126 Memorial Library
Program wiki: http://cometsaccsig.pbwiki.com/

PROGRAM SUMMARY

11:30 AM-11:35 AM
Welcome and Introduction
ComETS Steering Committee

11:35 AM- 11:45 AM
Students' Use of Campus Accessibility Services
Nicole Soukup and Todd Schwanke, McBurney Disability Resource Center

Brief discussion and overview of the students that McBurney serves,
distributions of students on campus, the services/accommodations
they receive, and some of the barriers we are working on.

11:45 AM-12:00 PM
The 2008 DoIT Information Technology Survey of Students with Disabilities
Alice Anderson

Making learning resources accessible to students with disabilities
while addressing the preferences of students overall is a fascinating process.
Through annual surveys, students at UW-Madison have told us
what technologies they own, and their opinions and preferences
for "technologies and learning," as well as how they would like
to access their course materials/resources or the barriers they experience.

12:00 PM-12:45 PM
Making Learning Resources Accessible to Students with Disabilities:
Audio and Video Materials
Alice Anderson

A case study with World Caption software that shows
how 26 videos were quickly captioned for a real class,
including data on costs to obtain transcripts, and time to caption.

12:45 PM-1:00 PM
Making Learning Resources Accessible to Students with Disabilities:
How Can ComETS Help Lower Barriers to PDFs?
Joyce Tikalsky

Students continue to encounter inaccessible PDFs in their work.
What ideas and suggestions do ComETS members have
for processes that could overcome this barrier?

12:45 PM-1:00 PM
New and recommended online resources, and
future Accessibility SIG activity
Alice Anderson