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Teaching, design and assessment

Teaching strategies

Virtual Training Suite: Tutorials for all discipline areas

http://www.vts.rdn.ac.uk/

Online Training

http://cita.rehab.uiuc.edu/courses/

http://www.techdis.ac.uk/

ADCET Online

Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education & Training

http://www.deakin.edu.au/tedca/ncet/index.html

Design principles

North Carolina State University Center for Universal Design

Useful information and strategies

http://www.design.ncsu.edu/cud/

National Center on Universal Design for Learning

http://www.udlcenter.org/aboutudl/udlguidelines

Disabilities, Opportunities, internetworking and Technology (DO-IT)

http://www.washington.edu/doit/Resources/udesign.html

Distance-Educator.com

Useful articles and research

http://www.distance-educator.com/dnews/?name=News&file=article&sid=7970

Educational Technology Review

Information about new advances in technology

http://www.aace.org/pubs/etr/issue2/burgstahler.cfm

http://www.aace.org/pubs/etr/issue2/current.cfm

Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Recommendations

Information for teachers – human rights resources for use in Australian classrooms

http://www.humanrights.gov.au/info_for_teachers/index.html

Colour Blind Design

For Web environments

http://www.webtechniques.com/archives/2000/08/newman/

http://newmanservices.com/colorblind/default.asp

General principles and advice

http://webdesign.about.com/library/weekly/aa080800a.htm

University of Newcastle Accessible Web

A good collection of links on accessible design

http://www.newcastle.edu.au/oldsite/services/iesd/webteam/
access/resources/index.html

Journals

Universal Access in the Information Society

http://www.springerlink.com.ezproxy.une.edu.au/content/107725/ (UNE login required)

Assessment

Australian National University

Alternative assessment for students with disabilities

http://www.anu.edu.au/disabilities/resources_for_staff/alternative_assessment.php

Web accessibility guidelines/checking

Vision Australia

Australian web accessibility policy pointers including a section with
University material (policies and other related documents)

http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/info.aspx?page=639#uni

UNE Web Accessibility Guidelines

http://www.une.edu.au/uneweb/guidelines/accessibility.php

Illinois Centre for Instructional Technology Accessibility

Excellent site giving useful tips and design techniques

http://cita.rehab.uiuc.edu/

Web accessibility initiatives

Internationally agreed web accessibility standards are listed in these sites

http://www.w3.org/WAI/Resources

http://www.daisy.org

http://bobby.watchfire.com/bobby/html/en/index.jsp

Free web site checking service

http://www.CynthiaSays.com/

http://www.w3.org/WAI/RC/tools/

UNEOnline

Information about UNEOnline accessibility and design hints

http://webct.com/accessibility/home

Searching the UNEOnline site for accessibility and related issues will also list a number of practical resources.