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Accessible Media: The Need to Prepare Students for Creating Accessible Content
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Youngblood, Norman E.; Tirumala, Lakshmi N.; Galvez, Robert Anthony – Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 2018
Electronic media accessibility has come a long way since the Telecommunications Act of 1996. In 2010, the Communication and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA) mandated closed captioning many online videos and called for making video blind accessible through audio descriptions. The Department of Justice (DOJ) ruled Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Information Technology, Civil Rights Legislation, Federal Legislation
MOOCs: When Opening Doors to Education, Institutions Must Ensure That People with Disabilities Have Equal Access
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Anastasopoulos, Nicholas; Baer, Amanda Marie – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2013
Massive Open Online Courses ("MOOCs") are free online courses offered by institutions of higher education to individuals across the world, without any admissions criteria. Through web-based courses hosted by MOOC platforms, student-participants learn by accessing media, including documents, pictures and uploaded lectures on the course…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Large Group Instruction, Hearing Impairments, Visual Impairments
They Can Hear You Now: Increasing Clarity in Speech and Instructional Media Reaps Big Dividends for Both Students and Teachers
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Jones, Elaine – Technology & Learning, 2008
Over the past few decades, school teachers have been embracing a number of electronic technologies for use in the classroom. Computers are now prevalent; overhead projectors are being replaced with dynamic teaching tools such as data projection, electronic whiteboards, and video media. One key technology is just beginning to catch up to the…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Audio Equipment, Hearing Impairments, Assistive Technology