Book Title: The ALT Text

Subtitle: Accessible Learning with Technology

Author: Rob Power

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Book Description: The ALT Text explores why accessibility is an important instructional design consideration, the guidelines and regulations that inform accessible design, the barriers to accessible learning with technology, and tools and strategies to support accessibility and eliminate barriers for students.

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Book Description

The ALT Text: Accessible Learning with Technology compiles tools, resources, and strategies for promoting accessibility in instructional design that have been curated by Dr. Rob Power through his website, Power Learning Solutions. It also features interactive chapters and resources developed by students from instructional design and educational technology courses facilitated by Dr. Power at various Canadian higher education institutions. The aim of The ALT Text is to provide readers with an appreciation for the importance of accessibility issues when designing teaching and learning resources, the guidelines and regulations that inform accessible design, the barriers to accessible learning with technology, and tools and strategies to support accessibility and eliminate barriers for students.

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Title
The ALT Text
Author
Rob Power
Editor
Rob Power
Illustrator
Rob Power
License

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The ALT Text Copyright © 2024 by Power Learning Solutions is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

This publication is licensed under a Creative Commons License, see www.creativecommons.org. The text may be reproduced for non-commercial purposes, provided that credit is given to the original author(s).

Primary Subject
Education
Additional Subject(s)
Educational strategies and policy, Educational strategies and policy: inclusion, Open learning, distance education, Teaching of students with different educational needs, Educational equipment and technology, computer-aided learning (CAL), Accessibility in web and digital design
Publisher
Power Learning Solutions
Publication Date
March 19, 2024
Ebook ISBN
978-1-7390190-2-0