1. WEBED Professional Development via Webinar for AT Act Programs March – September 2011

2. WEBED Mission 2 The Assistive Technology Industry Association (ATIA) and the Keller Institute for Human disAbilities at George Mason University are creating specially designed educational webinars for AT Act Programs.

3. Webinar Program Background 3 RESNA Listening meetings Steering Committee established key areas ATIA & GMU created schedule based on key areas CEUs available from RESNA Online registration – open to everyone at no fee

4. Schedule: Mar–Sep, 2011 4 WEBED-ATIA01: What’s New in AT from ATIA 2011 Orlando Wednesday, March 23, 2011: 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time WEBED-GMU01: Accessible Instructional Materials (AIM) Overview Thursday, April 14, 2011: 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time WEBED-ATIA02: AIM – Products and Services from ATIA Members Wednesday, April 20, 2011: 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time WEBED-GMU02: Accessibility of Mobile Technology Thursday, May 19, 2011: 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time WEBED-ATIA03: JAWS – Product Releases, Updates and Walk Thru from Freedom Scientific Wednesday, May 25, 2011: 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time WEBED-GMU03: Evidence Based Practice: AT in the core curriculum Thursday, June 16, 2011: 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time WEBED-ATIA04: Literary Software Updates from leading ATIA members Wednesday, June 22, 2011: 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time WEBED-GMU04: Data Collection (Overview) Thursday, September 15, 2011: 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time WEBED-ATIA05: Data Collection – Products and Services from ATIA Members Wednesday, September 22, 2011: 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time

5. Webinar Usage 5 192 registrations to date 97 registered for first 3 webinars for an average audience of 32 Initial Survey Results – 91.7 % rated the overall quality of the webinar Excellent/Good. – 91.7% would recommend the webinar series to a colleague or friend – 83% rated the webinar platform Excellent/Good with no-one rating it Poor – 83% were part of an AT Act Entity

6. Next Steps: Feedback and Topics 6 Feedback survey on WEBED program in September Topics for next series: – Suggestions via survey – Steering Committee – Email suggestions to webedinfo@atia.org or Nancy Meidenbauerwebedinfo@atia.org Other ideas for webinar usage – AT Act Programs webinars – Guest Speaker series ATIA Live Webinar and Archive on Demand – AT Act Programs have free access – 30 live webinars & 30-50 archives at any one time – Complimentary CDEUs provided

7. Work Group for Topic Suggestions 7 Index Cards on table Top 3 ideas for webinars Work in groups and rate top 10 Groups to report back to the main group Top 20 suggestions

8. Wrap Up 8 Thanks for your time! Caroline Van Howe Chief Operating Office, ATIA Email: cvanhowe@atia.orgcvanhowe@atia.org Tel: 415 458 3597 Marci Kinas Jerome Keller Institute for Human disAbilities George Mason University Email: mkinas@gmu.edu