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The purpose of ATHEN is to collect and disseminate best practices in access technology within and for the higher education environment as well as present a collective voice for the professional practice of access technology in higher education.
This site has been up for a while and I admit I should have taken a look-see before now. But I am glad I finally found the time because the American Foundation for the Blind on-line history exhibit titled 75 Years of AFB and Talking Books is well worth the time and includes a histiry of AFB and Talking Books as well as photos, sound bytes and original materials celebrating the history of the organization and of the talking book.
posted by Dann Berkowitz @ 3:34 PM 0 comments
... right after we fix a few other bugs.
The question before the ATHEN membership was to ascertain interest in doing such accessibility evaluations. In general - do we as an organization have the ‘horsepower’ to create an Accessibility Evaluation group and accept payments for such services. Yes -- 'payment' -- and there is where the conversation got a little uncomfortable for some of the members. Another possible catch for entities who hire ATHEN for such work is the insistence of leadership that such evaluations be made available for public consumption. We are a non-profit educationally affiliated organization with the mission to "collect and disseminate best practices in access technology within and for the higher education environment". The idea of doing such evaluations and then not making them available for at least our membership was something to consider.
In the end the matter was left to the membership to consider and for interested parties to think about it and have an off-line conversation with President Ron Stewart. Hopefully we will hear of updates about this at the CSUN conference.
Labels: consulting, evaluation, higher-ed
posted by Dann Berkowitz @ 8:54 AM 0 comments
Another new blog of interest to our readers has come to my attention. The National Federation of the Blind has started The Access Technology Blog. This is produced by the NFB Access Technology Team and is led by Clara Van Gerven.
posted by Dann Berkowitz @ 9:26 AM 0 comments
Altformat.com, the international knowledge base project that ATHEN President Ron Stewart has been working on, is seeking folks to complete a short survey for them.
posted by Dann Berkowitz @ 2:05 PM 0 comments
The latest issue of PC Magazine has a brief article on creating the ultimate USB key. This sort of article is not unusual and appears every six months or so as new hardware and software finds its way to market. Reading such articles and checking out the websites and services they mention is a good way to keep up with what is new out there.
Labels: access_tech, apps, software
posted by Dann Berkowitz @ 7:45 AM 0 comments
Like this blog, Accessible Content Magazine took a little time off and has now returned for your reading enjoyment. I enjoyed this magazine when it first appeared but like a lot of small startups was not suprised when it disappeared - getting a new venture up and running is not always easy - especially when the goal is to provide free content that also demonstrates quality in content and appeal. From what I see on the homepage, they have rounded up some good sponsoers and I wish them the best of luck.
Labels: ATHEN, information_resource
posted by Dann Berkowitz @ 11:30 AM 0 comments
After a hiatus it is time to get the blog up and running again. How better than to provide some updates on the organization to which this blog is entrusted.
Labels: ATHEN, behind-the-scenes, news
posted by Dann Berkowitz @ 9:07 PM 0 comments
