New Opportunity: Accessibility and OER

[Iowa OER]

Good morning, all!

Next month, ISKME (the people behind OER Commons and other great OER efforts across the U.S.) will be offering an Accessibility in OER Professional Learning Series for Institutions of Higher Education.

Additional details can be found on the Accessible OER Academy fact sheet and below.

The Accessible OER Academy series is provided at no-cost to faculty at Institutions of Higher Education (IHE) and will introduce cohorts to how openly licensed resources are key levers for both adapting existing resources to increase digital accessibility and designing resources that are accessible for learners with disabilities from the start. 3-5 educators from the same institution can apply to form a cohort.

Throughout the six-week series, cohorts will receive access to a curated set of high quality resources to review and adapt for use in their own settings. Institution cohorts that complete all six sessions will be invited to present at a national summit alongside CAST and ISKME. Each individual participant of the Academy will receive a certificate of completion. Each team will submit one application.

If you are chosen to participate, we'd love to hear how it goes!

Iowa Open Education Action Team

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