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 AccessNew 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 editionI’m happy to share I’ll be returning to The University of Alabama Libraries later this month, where I’ll hold the position of Academic Technologies Instruction Librarian.
Read More A happy returnWelcome Alabama Library Association Annual Convention attendees! Sources referenced in my Alabama Library Instruction Round Table (ALIRT) Best Practices session, along with some related resources, are listed below. They are also available via the Diigo collaborative bookmarking site: mbfortson’s alla13 Bookmarks on Diigo.
Read More Alabama Library Association Annual Convention: Universal Design for Library InstructionAlong with some related resources, these are the sources I referenced while sharing my “experiences and advice” re: designing web-based support materials (tutorials, LibGuides & LibAnswers entries) with MLIS students in the LS 527: User Instruction class at SLIS. They are also bookmarked at mbfortson’s ls527 Bookmarks on Diigo.
Read More Designing Web-Based Support MaterialsI’ve been thinking about professional identity.
Read More Some thoughts on professional identityWelcome Library 2.012 attendees! Sources referenced in my session, along with some related resources, are listed below. They are also available via the Diigo collaborative bookmarking site: mbfortson’s library2012access Bookmarks on Diigo.
Read More Library 2.012: Universal Design for Library InstructionWelcome Library 2.012 attendees! Sources referenced in my session, along with some related resources, are listed below. They are also available via the Diigo collaborative bookmarking site: mbfortson’s library2012delivery Bookmarks on Diigo.
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