Accessibility

Using Pattern Libraries for Accessible Elearning: Insights from CSUN 2018

By Kevin Gumienny | May 4, 2018 | |

Making elearning accessible is the right thing to do. It’s also often a project requirement. Senior Learning Architect Kevin Gumienny shares conference insights from CSUN ATC 2018 on how to include accessibility in your elearning development process. He’ll introduce using pattern libraries for accessible elearning development, explaining how they can make your development process more efficient. CSUN Session Takeaways for Developing Accessible Elearning The 33rd California State University, Northridge Assistive Technology Conference[…]

Getting Started with Accessible Elearning (and 2018 CSUN Assistive Technology Conference Takeaways)

By Vivian Cullipher | April 4, 2018 | |

Accessibility can be huge, and it can be overwhelming if you’re just starting….Where do I start? Well, the answer is you just start wherever you can. Being partially accessible is better than not being accessible at all.” – Kevin Gumienny on getting started with accessible elearning A few days after returning to Austin from the 2018 CSUN Assistive Technology Conference in San Diego, Microassist colleagues Vivian Cullipher, content specialist, and Kevin Gumienny, senior[…]

Using Video in Training: Should You or Shouldn’t You?

By Kevin Gumienny | March 6, 2018 | |

You’ve likely taken training with a video component. But is it worth the effort or dollars to incorporate it into your own training program? Here’s what the research says about using video in training, and a few tips on how to get started. So, I’m Thinking about Using Video in My Training Perfect. It’s a great time to start. Tools for developing video are sophisticated and mature. They are also[…]

Accessibility Expertise: Determining Where It Belongs in Elearning Development

By Kevin Gumienny | October 30, 2017 | |

Building accessible online courses requires specialized skills—but do all accessible elearning development skills reside in a single role? Manage Accessible Elearning Development by Looking at Processes We talk a lot about making sure that elearning is accessible to all learners. Accessibility, in the context of elearning, means ensuring that people with disabilities (generally related to cognition, mobility, hearing, and vision) experience the course in the same way as those without[…]

“E-Learning for All” — A TD Magazine Article

By Microassist Learning | August 3, 2017 | |

Strategies to Save Time and Reduce Costs for Accessible Digital Learning Editor’s note: Content originally featured in the August 2017 TD Magazine, ATD’s award-winning monthly magazine that covers learning and development industry best practices, emerging technologies, and trends. Workforce trends on diversity, equity, and inclusion have renewed attention to accessibility’s role across business, government, and education. A critical element remains creating digital content usable and navigable to everyone, without excluding[…]

2017 TxDLA Annual Conference Backchannel

By Sanjay Nasta | March 30, 2017 | |

The 2017 TxDLA Annual Conference held in Galveston, Texas from March 28-31, 2017. Conference Sessions focus on trends in educational technology, education innovations and best practices, research, accessibility and universal design, cybersecurity and data analytics, faculty and student support, PK-12, educational outreach, and workforce development, administration, leadership, and policy, gamification and virtualization, and more. Microassist was represented at the TxDLA 2017 Annual Conference by Senior Learning Architect Kevin Gumienny and Heather Poggi-Mannis from[…]

How to Make Elearning Accessible: Insights from the 2017 CSUN Assistive Technology Conference

By Kevin Gumienny | March 20, 2017 | |

A week at the CSUN Assistive Technology conference in San Diego leaves the mind reeling. So much new information! So much of it related to learning! A few presentations made this connection explicit, directly correlating learning and accessibility. What I’d really like to talk about though, is the way that accessibility, the process and principle of making content available to those with disabilities, relates to elearning. Drawing from various presentations,[…]

Creating Accessible Elearning

By Kevin Gumienny | February 9, 2017 | |

It Takes Effort and Attention to Create Accessible Elearning. Who Benefits? Have you ever wondered whether your elearning needs to be accessible? That is, whether it needs to be perceivable, operational, understandable, and robust for use by those with disabilities? The revision of the federal procurement standard Section 508 has just been published (it’s been a standard since 1998, and under review for the past few years). In short, Section[…]

Elearning Spotlight: Military Child Education Coalition and Blended Learning

By Joachim Strenk | November 9, 2016 | |

Blended Learning Combination Helps Support Military Kids The Client: Military Child Education Coalition The work of the Military Child Education Coalition (MCEC) focuses on ensuring quality educational opportunities for all military children affected by mobility, family separation, and transition. The role of the MCEC is to help families, schools, and communities be better prepared to support military-connected children throughout their academic careers. Military children generally move six to nine times[…]

Elearning Spotlight: Texas Vaccine Education Online

By Joachim Strenk | October 13, 2016 | |

Online Training for Public Health: Educating on Immunizations for 7 Million Children in the State of Texas Developing online training is rewarding for many reasons, not the least of which is that we get to work on some amazing elearning projects and cover a variety of topics. When an elearning project positively impacts our surrounding communities, the rewards are even richer. One of our favorite training projects educates multiple sectors[…]