Greetings WOL Friends!
Our guest on the podcast with Olivia this week was Andrea Zern, our IU8 colleague who specializes in Learner Accessibilily. What an important and exciting conversation they had. For a deeper dive after you listen in today - check out Andrea’s podcast VariAble: The Story of Variability - I love the word play on Varyining Abilities!
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Have a great week!
Pat
Here are a few highlights from Olivia and Andrea’s conversation:
Concepts Andrea touched on:
“Curb cut effect” - how Closed captioning used by hearing people.[3]Game accessibility features in video games used by players with no disabilities.[6] Text-to-speech applications used by people without visual impairment or mutism, whether as an alternative to a human voiceover or for artistic purposes (see Vocaloid). Audible pedestrian crossing signals
"Nothing about us without us" (Latin: Nihil de nobis, sine nobis) is a slogan used to communicate the idea that no policy should be decided by any representative without the full and direct participation of members of the group(s) affected by that policy. In its modern form, this often involves national, ethnic, disability-based, or other groups that are often marginalized from political, social, and economic opportunities.
+1 framework (thinking) - A framework for inclusive teaching
SLIDE (ends with “Examine”) → built-in Accessibility checker on Microsoft Powerpoint
Inclusive text and visuals include - captions, Arial or Times New Roman fonts.
Resources Andrea Recommended
Crip Camp - Section 504 - why it matters! And it’s a great documentary to watch.
You can hear more from Andrea and Briann Venios on their podcast. Here is their latest episode.
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