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Enhancing Technology and Accessibility in Education: PACAC Reports Overview

This report provides key insights from the PACAC April 2011 meeting, discussing various critical topics. Fred Estrella presents an update on ITS reorganization, while Georgia Michalicek summarizes the results of the 2010 student technology survey. Don Carter updates on LMS and e-Learning developments. Joe Collentine and Beth Pifer report on accessibility concerns raised by the National Federation of the Blind regarding civil rights violations at NYU and Northwestern University due to Google Apps for Education barriers. Other reports cover assessment improvements and membership reviews.

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Enhancing Technology and Accessibility in Education: PACAC Reports Overview

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  1. PACAC April 21, 2011 1. ITS Reorganization – Fred Estrella 2. ITS Student Technology Survey 2010 results – Georgia Michalicek 3. LMS and e-Learning update – Don Carter

  2. 4. Accessibility subcommittee report – Joe Collentine and Beth Pifer - The National Federation of the Blind requested that the DOJ investigate civil rights violations committed by New York University (NYU) and Northwestern University against blind faculty and students. - The schools adopted Google Apps for Education for e-mail and collaboration. - Aspects of the suite impose barriers to screen readers. - Another letter to Google from Fred Estrella (update his 3-15-2010 letter). GMail works well in basic HTML mode Google docs interface make it hard to load documents - The university needs to be proactive about letting the faculty know about available resources.

  3. 5. Assessment subcommittee report – Joe Collentine and Kathy Hildebrand Issues considered so far: - Grade transfer into Blackboard - Pricing model - Business Rules - Many users (managers, teachers, students) expect automation. Student and teacher policies. Workflow - conditions and actions. Are business rules an issue for PACAC or PEU? - Can the existing system be improved? - Are there viable alternative solutions - https://www.livetext.com/

  4. 6. Membership review – Joe Collentine http://www2.nau.edu/~provo-p/pacac/members.htm 7. PACAC focus for next year – Joe Collentine

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