We’ve been working on accessibility-related initiatives recently, and today I came up with an idea of how we could acknowledge participants’ contributions. We typically use Badgr as a digital badging platform to acknowledge our service participants, so I came up with this badge. As I noted in the criteria section on the badge, “In claiming…
I took a closer look today at two resources from the Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP) Key for Access website: The first is The Description Key – recommendations, suggestions, and best practices for “verbal depiction of key visual elements in a television program, video, DVD, or other multimedia presentation” The second is The Captioning…
I came across “Using Technology to Support Postsecondary Student Learning: A Practice Guide for College and University Administrators, Advisors, and Faculty” from Dr. MJ Bishop’s recent tweet: I enjoyed the opportunity to serve on this panel… interesting to see first hand the need to begin framing our #highered #edtech research around the educational problems we’re…
I had a wonderful evening with colleagues at the Chicago Literacy Alliance (CLA) “One for the Books” event at the Literacenter. While I’m thrilled to return home with a signed copy of “Calypso” by David Sedaris, I’m so proud Designers for Learning represents one of the 140+ nonprofit members of the CLA. Thank you to…
For the second time this week, I’ve heard great things about Otter Voice Notes. From the FAQ on this transcription service: Otter turns your voice conversations into smart notes that you can easily search and share. You can use it to take notes at your meetings and interviews, capture your thoughts and ideas while you’re…
It’s not too late to sign up for One for the Books, a celebration of books to benefit the Chicago Literacy Alliance. A great event for a great organization! From the event page: Join us for a special evening supporting literacy in Chicago!On Saturday, May 18, 2019, join us for a special evening benefiting the…
At today’s Chicago Literacy Alliance Confab at the Literacenter, Amanda Cage, Chief Program officer from Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership shared an overview of their work. As noted on their Facebook page: The Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership is an independent 501(c)3 nonprofit organization led by a Board of business and civic leaders … In 2011, Cook…
My friend, Enilda Romero-Hall from The University of Tampa, is conducting a study titled “Instructional Design Practice in Latin America and the Caribbean” with her colleagues Erika Petersen and Adriana Santos (also from The University of Tampa), as well as Leonor Adams from Old Dominion University. As Enilda shared in the Designers for Learning Facebook…
Pew Research Center released updates to augment their technology use reports, including the Internet/Broadband Fact Sheet and Mobile Fact Sheet. A May 7th blog post titled Digital divide persists even as lower-income Americans make gains in tech adoption shares the following charts. As reflected in the chart above, “the share of lower-income Americans who rely…
Today would have been the 119th birthday of my grandmother, Esther Grace Livingston Jones (12 May 1900 – 26 June 1988). It’s nice this day falls on Mother’s Day as she was the best of the best! Here’s a treasured picture of her mom, Lillian May Andrew Livingston (30 December 1866 – 24 November 1945)…