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You may find this information helpful as you are doing the final preparations on your own courses.  There is a tutorial that allows for a user to manually check a website for accessibility as well as detailed information about common accessibility checker programs and how they work.  I am going to post a link to this page in the resources section of my course.

I intend to post this page in the resources section of my online course to provide participants with information regarding how to check web spaces for accessibility.  This information may be helpful to them in the accessibility review activities of the course, particularly those that involve reviewing other web spaces or tools.

The library is the part of the AbleData site that I will most likely use most in the course.  There is detailed information available in the consumer guides about particular assistive technology tools as well as a searchable database of articles and papers written about assistive technology.  

Since the audience of my course is mainly faculty and staff, I thought the library section of this site would be a valuable resource for them.  The library includes a searchable listing of articles and papers (which I have highlighted here) that they may use to learn more about assistive technology and see some of the research that is out there.

This grant program provides many tutorials on how to make common documents and program files accessible for individuals with disabilities.  Particularly useful may be the PDF, Word and power point tutorials I have highlighted.

This site has a wealth of resources for those interested in learning more about assistive technology in general as well as those researching specific products.  AbleData provides resources for users, product reviews and a searchable database of companies that manufacture assistive software and devices, as well as a library that allows users to search for publications and other information about assistive technology.  It is a dynamic website that is updated frequently so it helps users to stay current on a rapidly changing field.

The paper I referred to is the one titled Multiple Lenses on the Mind.

There are several videos available on the Learning Classroom that are interesting for those of you who teach in the classroom as well as online. The one I referred to in my discussion post is session 2 and mentions the zone of proximal development.

Vygotsky's zone of proximal development is described here. The entire book can be read online and is a good synthesis of learning theories and current research into how learning happens and what influences it.