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Conference Participation
The conferences are listed in alphabetical order. The year a presentation was made are in descending order.
Keynote Speaker
AHEAD-AMAC Conference, Athens, GA 2008
"Matching Learning Styles with Alternate Formats" and demonstration of accessible PDF documents.
Instructional Design Conference, Saskatoon, SK 2005
"Rethinking Learning: Collaboration for Change." More information available mid-September 2005.
ADETA Conference, Calgary AB 2004
Keynote topic "The Accessibility of Distributed and Distance Education"; pre-conference hands on workshop title "Overview of Strategies and Tools for Developing Accessible Digital Documents"
ADETA web site
Pre-Conference and Session Presentations
Assistive Technology
and Accessible Media in Higher Education, Boulder CO
2007 November 2007! Workshop on creating accessible PDF documents and session presentaion on using OneNote 2007 with adatpive technology. 2006 Workshop on creating accessible PDF documents, workshop on DAISY books in the EASI slate of presentations, genearl session on using Microsoft OneNote for people with disabilities.
2004, pre-conference workshop on "Creating Accessible Tagged PDF Documents " using the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Professional; and paper presentation "Using Microsoft OneNote for Students with Disabilities."
2003, pre-conference workshop "Building Blocks for Universal Instructional Design" and paper session"Does it Have to Spin? A Best Practices Framework for Distributed Education."
2002, Two hands on workshops: "Creating Accessible Curriculum in WebCT" and "Creating Accessible Tagged Adobe PDF Files."
Assistive Technology and Accessible Media in Higher Education conference web site
ATIA [Adaptive Technology Industry Association], Orlando FL
2007One day pre-conference workshop on accessible PDF from the ground up.
2006 One day pre-conference workshop on creating more accessible PDF documents.
2005 One day pre-conference workshop on Adobe Acrobat PDF Accessibility
CADE [Canadian Association for Distance Education]
2003, St. John's, Newfoundland, paper session "Creating Accessible Curriculum - Supporting Instructors and Students."
2002, Calgary Alberta: pre-conference workshop "Designing Barrier Free Curriculum for Online Course Delivery" and general session "How to Create Accessible Adobe PDF Documents".
2003 and 2004 - Juror on CADE Award of Excellence committees
Canadian Vision Teachers Conference
2007 Brantford ON November 2007! Session on creating DAISY books.
2005 Halifax, NS, two sessions: one on Voice Regocnition and Screen Readers; and one on How to Create DAISY Books Using IRTI's eClipseWriter.
Closing the Gap, Minneapolis, MN
2002, paper presentation [co-presenter], "Students with Visual and Learning Disabilities Using JAWS, JawBone and Dragon NaturallySpeaking"
2001, paper presentation [co-presenter], "Computer Software for Students with Visual Disabilities: A Look at Kidspiration, BuildAbility, Draft:Builder, KeyRead and Find the Buttons"
1999, co-presented a day long workshop on adaptive technology assessment for people who are blind or visually disabled ["Vision Technology: More than Just Technology"]
Closing the Gap web site
Conference on Distance Teaching and Online Learning , Madison WI
2007 Pre-conference on creating accessible PDF documents.
2006 Pre-conference workshop on creating accessible PDF documents from Microsoft Office applications.
2004, >"Digital Tools for the Digital Classroom: Digital Pens, Tablet Mice, and Tablet Technology" [information session]
2003, pre-conference hands-on workshop "Creating Accessible Tagged Adobe PDF with Adobe Acrobat Professional 6.x "
Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning web site
CSUN Conference [California State University,
Northridge Campus, Centre on Disabilities], Los Angeles, CA
2007 Session on accessible PDF documents - the basics.
2005 Introduction to Tablet Technology for People with Disabilities
2004, "A Client Based Approach to Using Voice Recognition with Screen Readers," a paper presentation
2003, "CCTV Assessment and Training: A Client Based Approach," a paper presentation
2002, pre-conference workshop "The Box Came, Now what do I Do? Assessment and Training for CCTV Use" and paper session "Client Based Adaptive Technology Training: Developing A Holistic Infrastructure"
2001, paper presentation "Client Based Adaptive Technology Training: A Practitioner's ToolKit"
Make It So..., Sheridan College Faculty Conference
2004 Oakville ON, Using Accessible e-Books in Distributed Education
Pan Commonwealth Forum 3, Dunedin, New Zealand
Conference paper "Digital Document Access: Standards, Guidelines, and Usability" is part of the confernce proceedings CD.
Passion for Learning, IT's Learning, Oakville, ON
2002, paper presentation "Designing Barrier Free Curriculum Using Emergent Technology".
Ryerson University, Faculty Conference, Toronto ON
2002, workshop "Creating Accessible PDF Documents with Adobe Acrobat 5.x ".
2001: A Technology Odyssey, Pittsburgh, PA
AFB/AER [National Foundation for the Blind/American Educators and Rehabilitation Teachers of the Blind and Visually Impaired], Pittsburgh, PA, paper presentation, "Client Based Adaptive Technology Training: From the Classroom to the Virtual Village"
Panel Participant
Toronto Chapter of DigitalEve an organization promoting women in technology. The panel members discussed the importance and challenges associated with "usability" or "human factors/user interface" issues in software and device development. This was a day long "Career Re-boot" conference. [2001]; also in 2001, juror on committee to choose new design for DigitalEve web site.
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