Practical tips for implementing the four principles of accessibility that are the foundation for the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
Middle School level Narrative Retelling Rubric for students and teachers.
Learn about the benefits of EPUB, a standard for creating accessible publications, as well as how to find, use and create EPUB content.
Checklist of best practices for creating accessible resources.The Accessibility Checklist is adapted from BC Open Textbook Accessibility Toolkit, CC-BY 4.0 International License.
Self-paced module on the selection, use and creation of videos with high-quality captions that support access and learning for everyone.
Are mummies pieces of history, or the sacred remains of human ancestors?
On Thursday, March 9, 2023, as part of Open Education Week, the #GoOpen Network hosted the webinar, "OER and Accessibility," featuring Cynthia Curry of the National Center on Accessible Educational Materials for Learning (AEM Center) at CAST, in conversation with Oregon Department of Education leaders, Vanessa Clark and Aujalee Moore, who are deeply engaged in this work with educators.
Find out some fun and unusual facts about penguins in this short and interesting article.
Information and video tutorials to help teachers and students take advantage of built-in features, apps and extensions on a variety of devices to support a personalized and accessible reading experience for everyone.
The purpose of the Protocol for Creating Accessible OER is to provide detailed yet easily implemented techniques for creating accessible OER with Microsoft Office and Google Workspace. These are the two most commonly used authoring suites in schools, and documents created with them are often the source files for other formats, such as PDF and EPUB publications.The techniques presented can be implemented by any educator who creates or adapts materials for use by students and families.
Students learn about how biomedical engineers aid doctors in repairing severely broken bones. They learn about using pins, plates, rods and screws to repair fractures. They do this by designing, creating and testing their own prototype devices to repair broken turkey bones.
Highlighting and annotation are powerful learning strategies. Explore the current research and digital annotation tool examples through this CISL resource.
