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Technology Access at UW Madison ITC Meeting December 14, 2012 Presenters:  Bruce Maas, Vice Provost for Information Technology, Chief Information Officer.

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1 Technology Access at UW Madison ITC Meeting December 14, 2012 Presenters:  Bruce Maas, Vice Provost for Information Technology, Chief Information Officer  Carrie Nelson, General Library, ATR Team Member  Cathy Trueba, Assistant Dean, Division of Student Life Director, McBurney Disability Resource Center

2 Students w/Disabilities at UW Madison * 2010-11 data Learning Disorders 444  Learning Disability 202  Attention Deficit Dis. 213  Brain Injury 18  Autism/Asperger's 11 Sensory/Mobility/Health 254  Low Vision/Blind 15  Deaf/Hard of Hearing 29  Mobility 40  Chronic Health 172 Psychiatric 257 Total 969

3 UW Student Adaptive Technology Users (160-170)  Text/image enlargement – Magnifiers, ZoomText  Screen reading software (Kurzweill)  Voice recognition software (Dragon)  CART captioning  Captioned media  Smart Pen technology  FM/audio amplification systems  Refreshable Braille http://www.mcburney.wisc.edu/training/mcburney/foundations/#module3 http://www.mcburney.wisc.edu/training/mcburney/foundations/#module3 (4:56 6:13 and 6:38)

4 Technology Interactions Beyond the Classroom  Timetable and course registration  UW Scholarship Portal  Electronic Portfolios  Email and calendaring systems  UW Athletics ticket requests

5 Faculty Interaction with Information Technology  Books/ebooks  Interactive tutorials  Flipped classrooms  Podcasts  Learning Management Systems  Electronic testing  Classroom learning technology  Webinars & chats

6 Faculty Interaction cont…  Media, including social media  Labs and research equipment  Faculty/department websites  Content - PDFs, PPT, etc.  Databases  Lecture capture  Conferencing software (e.g., Adobe Connect)

7 Federal Accessibility Law  Rehabilitation Act (1973)  Section 504 (1973) Program access  Section 508 (amendment in 1986, amended 1998) Technology Access  Americans with Disabilities Act (1990, amended, 2009)  Voluntary standards and guidelines World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).World Wide Web ConsortiumWeb Accessibility Initiative

8 UW System and UW Madison Policies  UW System Non-Discrimination Policy (1988, 1996) http://www.uwsa.edu/bor/policies/rpd/rpd14-10.htm http://www.uwsa.edu/bor/policies/rpd/rpd14-10.htm  http://www.wisc.edu/policies/wwwap.php http://www.wisc.edu/policies/wwwap.php  VCA Accommodation Funding Policy http://www.vc.wisc.edu/Docs/AccommodationFundi ngPolicy2010.pdf http://www.vc.wisc.edu/Docs/AccommodationFundi ngPolicy2010.pdf  Faculty Doc 1071 – Access to Instruction (1994) http://adac.wisc.edu/1071.html http://adac.wisc.edu/1071.html  Faculty Doc1143 – Test Accommodations (1995) http://adac.wisc.edu/students/assess.html  Web Accessibility Policy (2000, 2001, 2003, 2007)

9 Cultural, Resource and Industry Challenges  Independent decision making practices  Decentralized technology infrastructure  Limited dedicated FTE with expertise in adaptive technology  Limited awareness and campus training  Pace of technology innovation  Vendor testing and compliance imits  Procurement language

10 Outcomes  Overreliance on reactive retro-fit to achieve technology access  Unequal access to learning  Liability and compliance risk  Penn State  Northwestern

11 Campus Response(s)  Changes in policy and practice  Faculty document on technology and learning?  Campus community of practice  More robust education and training  Faculty influencing the industry (e.g., E Pub 3 standard)  CIO CIC influencing the industry


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