Origins of this Resource
This resource has elements inspired, and in some cases directly curated from (with appropriate attribution), the Texas Distance Learning Association‘s Accessibility Certification.
That original workshop’s instructional designers & developers, myself included, are listed as follows. Without their mentor-ship, guidance, and creations, this resource would not be possible.
Contributors
Janet Kamps
Distance Education Coordinator, Stephen F. Austin State University
Greetings from East Texas! I am the Distance Education Coordinator for Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches. With the background of teaching high school Spanish to middle school students in the 1990s, I participated in numerous retreats and seminars regarding accessibility in public school. This was invaluable as I provided differentiated instruction to multiple students with individual needs in my mainstreamed classes. When I moved into higher education in 2000, this training and professional development experience helped in my work as instructional designer, distance education coordinator, and director of academic technology. I support promoting a culture of accessibility in the different facets of life so that we may all learn from each other.
Dr. Tricia Rischel-Trifilo
Executive Director of Online Programs, Wayland Baptist University
I am currently the Executive Director of the Wayland Baptist online program overseeing 14 campuses and 4000 students. And I am the immediate past president of TxDLA. I started out with a Ph.D. in Neuroanatomy and taught at several universities around the world as I followed my Air Force husband. I became active in online learning in the mid 90’s with University of Illinois and University of Maryland. At that time I earned a second Ph.D in Education with a specialization in Instructional Design I have always been an advocate of good design that allows all learners to access content in a variety of ways. I am an advocate of UDL and accessibility and want to help educational institutions and corporations adopt a culture of providing accessible digital content.
Dr. Jackie Luft
Accessibility Specialist, Texas Tech Worldwide eLearning
Jackie L. Luft, Ed.D. is the Accessibility Specialist for Texas Tech Worldwide eLearning where she works with our instructional design team to ensure all our online courses are ADA complaint. Her experience before joining Texas Tech includes both public K-12 and higher education settings, including both face-to-face and online instruction, consultation and administration.
Dr. Luft has one child in high school and one in college. Outside of work, she enjoys outdoors excursions (she recently hiked across the Continental Divide), surfing Pinterest for craft ideas, and spending time with her Labrador Retrievers Elvis and Buddy and her cat Zorro.Education
- Ed.D., Educational/Instructional Technology and Special Education, Texas Tech University
- M. Sp. Ed., Eastern New Mexico University
- B.A., History and English, Eastern New Mexico University
Mr. Raymond Rose
e-Learning Evangelist
My major immediate focus is advocacy for accessibility in blended and online learning and websites. I wrote Access and Equity for All Learners in Blended and Online Education for iNACOLafter months of research and discussion with the US Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. It is a significant revision to one of the first publications on the topic, done in 2007.
I’ve been involved in online education since the mid ’90s when I first began defining and building a method of creating online learning communities. I helped envision, create, and administer the first virtual high school in the country. I have been a pioneer in the use of computers in education and raised concerns about equity in technology use early in the education technology movement. I was a Civil Rights Specialist with the Massachusetts Department of Education and with the desegregation assistance center that served New England.
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More Contributors
- Richard Leslie
- Coordinator of Center for Teaching and Learning
- McLennan Community College
- Dr. Carol Henrichs
- Director of Distance Education (retired)
- Texas A&M Univeristy
- Luke Stollings
- LMS Coordinator
- Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services (DARS)
- Art Morgan
- Professional Educational Software Developer
- AutomaticSync
