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Best Practices Faculty-in-Residence for Accessible Instructional Materials San Jose State University 16 October, 2008 Logo for San Jose State exists on each slide
Best Practices
Faculty-in-Residence for Accessible Instructional
MaterialsSan Jose State University
16 October, 2008 Logo for San Jose State exists on each slide
Objective: Meet the timelines for Accessible Instructional Materials
Difficulties– No base knowledge
– Large campus
– 3600 faculty and staff
– “Siloized”
Response to Campus Initiative Campus Committees _Provost Sigler, Executive Sponsor Bring in the experts
– Faculty-in-Residence for Universal Design– UDL Keynote Speaker for Spring Forum ‘07 and ‘08– Hire outside instructor for development of materials beyond
expertise Produce tutorials/video Campus-wide forums Web Resources Academic Senate Policies
– Textbook Adoption– Accessible Instructional Materials
Train the trainer model - Faculty-in-Residence
Participation Numbers to Date Total Participation Numbers = 1343 Representing 435 Unique Individuals
– Introduction to Accessibility = 72
– Accessible Word, PPT, PDF, Scanned Doc = 266
– LiveCycle and Advanced PDF = 127
– Universal Design = 342
– Web Accessibility = 266
– Faculty-in-Residence Faculty Interactions = 270+
Faculty-in-Residence
A faculty expert who shares expertise with the campus through:
– workshops, – individual consultation with faculty or
departments – organizes campus-wide events related to his/her
area of expertise For ATI, one per college plus library Release time of .2 per semester at replacement cost
($4571 per semester)
Poster of 2007-08 Faculty-in-Residence for Accessible Instructional Materials
How are FIR chosen?
1. Faculty interest by attending: - Universal Design for Learning workshop, or
- Accessible Instructional Materials session;2. Dean/Chair recommendationPhoto of faculty and staff at SJSU
Responsibilities for 2007-08
Support the ATI Attend three sessions at the Center for Faculty
Development on ATI Attend monthly FIR meetings Determine needs within college Present four sessions within college Assist faculty with consultations Prepare concluding report each semester
What is a FIR presentation like? Overview of ATI requirements Explanation of accessible Word, PowerPoint
and OCR scanning (for both PCs and Macs) Listen to faculty questions, concerns Offer solutions, i.e. schedule of many
workshops, one-to-one help, encouragement, phased implementation
Photo of faculty with laptops at tables
Outcomes…Obstacles first: Anxieties of faculty re:
– Workload– New technological
information– Change
Scheduling of presentations Keeping people aware
– Cannot let the awareness of ATI implementation fade
Photo of a man overcoming a wall obstacle
Outcomes…Benefits:
Our FIR for ATI program generated: 270 faculty and staff contacts! Significant faculty-related development,
both practical and attitudinal Departmental support of faculty Some useful products (next slide) Perhaps, most important, change of
Campus Culture
Changes for 2008-09
Learning through doing…
1. Continue as we have, PLUS
2. Recruit, train, supervise and support student assistants (to be called Student-in-Residence for AIM) to work with each FIR
3. Students work 20 hours per week to convert existing faculty instructional materials to accessible formats
Products
– Video Quick Tips for Creating Accessible Instructional Materials
http://deimos.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/sjsu.edu.1485494000.01485494009.1682196946?i=1797589810
– Toolkit for Creating Accessible Instructional Materials
– Checklist for Course Accessibility– Frequently Asked Questions List– Making Tutorials and Guidelines for
Creating Accessible Documents Online
Does it scale?
Within San Jose State University– One per campus
One per college
– Faculty-in-Residence per college Student-in-Residence per college
Easily Replicated– Develop faculty experts
– Resources Required - Replacement cost per faculty-in-residence
Questions? Mary Fran Breiling, Interim Associate Director, Center for
Faculty Development– 408-924-3064, [email protected]
Cynthia Rostankowski, Professor, Humanities– 408-924-4508, [email protected]
Faculty-in-Residence Best Practices
for Accessible Instructional
MaterialsSan Jose State University
16 October, 2008
