Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes Turn and face the strange Ch-ch-changes -“Changes,” David Bowie It’s been a minute since I shared an update in this space. I am now pursuing a PhD in Instructional Leadership with an Instructional Technology concentration at The University of Alabama. I hope to complete by degree in 2024. In July 2021, I started in…
Read More Ch-ch-ch-ch-changesAlly helps make digital course content more accessible by automatically providing alternative formats (such as semantic HTML, audio, ePub, and electronic Braille) and providing instructor feedback and guidance on fixing accessibility issues in a course. Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for AIL 605, Spring 2020.
Read More Interactive Multimedia Tutorial: Introducing Blackboard AllyCreating or selecting captioned video is a key part of creating accessible, inclusive curricula for diverse learners and one example of how educators can address diversity, equity, inclusion, and access when implementing instructional technology. TERC 2020 Poster (PDF)
Read More TERC 2020: Captioned Video: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and AccessWelcome 11th Annual Southeast Regional ADHD Conference attendees! Resources referenced in my session are listed here.
Read More Assistive Technology for ADHDNew year, new update! Since my last post, I completed my master’s program and am now the proud holder of an MEd in Curriculum and Instruction with a concentration in assistive technology from George Mason University! I chose Mason because, in addition to boasting the second oldest AT program in the nation and the higher-ed leading…
Read More Checking in, 2018 editionWelcome Digitorium 2017 attendees! Sources referenced in my session, along with some related resources, are listed here. They are also available via the Diigo collaborative bookmarking site: mbfortson’s library tagged dm2017a11y.
Read More Digitorium 2017: Accessible Digital Humanities ProjectsA new year calls for a quick update! Since I last posted: I became a graduate student in George Mason University‘s College of Education and Human Development. I am pursuing a Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction with a concentration in Assistive Technology. In the fall, I took Introduction to Assistive Technology, Assistive Technology for Individuals with Sensory Impairments,…
Read More Checking inWelcome Mississippi State University Libraries Scholarly Communication Summit attendees! Sources referenced in my session, along with some related resources, are listed here. They are also available via the Diigo collaborative bookmarking site: mbfortson’s library tagged msudata16a11y.
Read More MSUDATA16: Accessible Data Visualization for Non-ProgrammersWelcome Mississippi State University Libraries Scholarly Communication Summit attendees! Sources referenced in my session, along with some related resources, are listed here. They are also available via the Diigo collaborative bookmarking site: mbfortson’s library tagged msudata16.
Read More MSUDATA16: Bibliographic Data Analysis: NVivo and Paper MachinesWelcome Atlanta Area Bibliographic Instruction Group conference attendees! Sources referenced in my session, along with some related resources, are listed here. They are also available via the Diigo collaborative bookmarking site: mbfortson’s library tagged aabig_udl.
Read More AABIG: Universal Design for Library Instruction