{"id":2787,"date":"2017-05-15T12:49:53","date_gmt":"2017-05-15T12:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/?p=2787"},"modified":"2017-05-15T12:49:53","modified_gmt":"2017-05-15T12:49:53","slug":"global-accessibility-awareness-day-18th-may-blackboard-webinars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/2017\/05\/15\/global-accessibility-awareness-day-18th-may-blackboard-webinars\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Accessibility Awareness Day 18th May &#8211; Blackboard webinar..."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/globalaccessibilityawarenessday.org\/img\/gaad-logo-mini.png\" alt=\"Global Accessibility Awareness Day logo\" width=\"150\" height=\"154\" \/>This Thursday is\u00a0the sixth <a href=\"http:\/\/globalaccessibilityawarenessday.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Global Accessibility Awareness Day<\/a>. To celebrate this, Blackboard is promoting a series of pedagogically focused\u00a0free webinars, bringing together Blackboard experts and leading academics, covering a variety of topics on digital access in education.<\/p>\n<p class=\"section-subtitle\">The webinars will be delivered from different countries, and happen across different time zones. We&#8217;ve converted the times to BST\u00a0below, to make it easier to plan which webinars you would like to attend &#8211; while the 1 p.m. webinar from the UK might be the obvious one to tune into, several of the US-based webinars are also at UK-friendly times.\u00a0And even if you can&#8217;t attend the webinars as they happen, by registering you&#8217;ll be sent a link to watch a recording of the event at a later date.<\/p>\n<p class=\"section-subtitle\"><strong>Creating a truly inclusive experience\u00a0<\/strong><i>(Sydney, Australia)<br \/>\n<\/i>1.30 a.m. BST \u00a0= 8.30 a.m. for colleagues in Malaysia<\/p>\n<p class=\"section-subtitle\"><strong>How Digital Accessibility Can Support an Inclusive and Engaging Learning Experience\u00a0<\/strong> <em>(London, UK)<\/em><br \/>\n1 p.m. BST<\/p>\n<p class=\"section-subtitle\">Interview with Gallaudet [US University for the hearing-impaired]: <strong>Importance of accessibility and its impact on students<\/strong>\u00a0<i>(Washington, D.C.,USA)\u00a0<\/i><br \/>\n3 p.m. BST<\/p>\n<p class=\"section-subtitle\">(In Spanish) <strong>Breaking Barriers: Reaching all Learners through Digital Accessibility<\/strong>\u00a0<i>(Bogota, Colombia)\u00a0<\/i><br \/>\n4 p.m. BST<\/p>\n<p class=\"section-subtitle\"><strong>Creating a university policy around accessibility<\/strong>\u00a0<i>(Berkeley, CA, USA)\u00a0<\/i><br \/>\n4 p.m. BST<\/p>\n<p class=\"section-subtitle\"><strong>How to use industry standard LMS features to create accessible courses<\/strong>\u00a0<i>(Missoula, MT, USA)\u00a0<\/i><br \/>\n6 p.m. BST<\/p>\n<p class=\"section-subtitle\"><strong>Blackboard Innovative Teaching Series Webinar \u2013 Accessibility at Blackboard<\/strong>\u00a0<i>(Washington, D.C., USA)\u00a0<\/i><br \/>\n8 p.m. BST<\/p>\n<p class=\"section-subtitle\"><strong>Lose the stigma of leaving the classroom<\/strong>\u00a0<i>(Lawrence, KS, USA)<br \/>\n<\/i>10 p.m.\u00a0BST<\/p>\n<p class=\"section-subtitle\">You can\u00a0sign up to any of these events at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/webinars.blackboard.com\/Global-Accessibility-Awareness-Day\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/webinars.blackboard.com\/Global-Accessibility-Awareness-Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Thursday is\u00a0the sixth Global Accessibility Awareness Day. 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