[Pibe-division] FW: Online UEB Training!

[Eric Guillory]

Thanks much, Anita!


From: Pibe-division [mailto:pibe-division-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Anita Adkins via Pibe-division
Sent: Friday, June 26, 2015 11:32 AM
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Subject: Re: [Pibe-division] FW: Online UEB Training!

Hi,
First, I am currently enrolled in the NIU UEB course. I am looking forward to practicing my UEB skills using it over the summer.

Yesterday I contacted Louisiana Tech to see if The Ashcroft book might be available in Braille, and the lady I spoke with did not think it was. However, the author has contacted me, and there is a Braille version of the UEB version. Could you please pass this information along to them? Her reply to my inquiry is below:
“
Anita,

We have a print edition and Braille edition of the Ashcroft’s Programmed Instruction in Braille (UEB). You will not need the 4th edition because it is the older book.

The Instructor’s Manual is currently only in the print edition right now but should be coming out in a Braille edition by the end of the summer!

If you are blind, you may prefer to just get the API-UEB-be as that is the only book you currently need. The first and second books you noted in your email are the same book. One is print and one is braille.

Please advise what you wish to do. I can send you an invoice or you can just go on our website and order that way.

Best regards,

Barbara Ashcroft
SCALARS Publishing
1665 Newsum Dr.
Germantown, TN 38138
901-737-0001
901–737–2882
scalars at icloud.com<mailto:scalars at icloud.com>”

From: Eric Guillory via Pibe-division<mailto:pibe-division at nfbnet.org>
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Subject: [Pibe-division] FW: Online UEB Training!

Thanks to Laura Bostick for sending the information below. Braille Rocks!


Eric Guillory, PIBE President
Director of Youth Services
Louisiana Center for the Blind
101 South Trenton Street
Ruston, LA 71270
Voice: 800-234-4166
Fax: 318-251-0109
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“Together, we are changing what it means to be blind.”

From: Laura Bostick [mailto:lbostick at latech.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 10:48 AM

Subject: FYI: Online UEB Training!

Online UEB Training!

Two new online UEB training projects are nearing completion and should be available this month. These projects were funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services and will run for the next several years.

The UEBot (Unified English Braille Online Training) project, presented by Northern Illinois University, is a free course that starts this summer, and will be available for either continuing education or university credit. The course is designed to be a month-long MOOC (massive open online course) and will cover the basics of UEB in this first year, and then more advanced topics. For more information, visit uebot.niu.edu.

From Portland State University comes UEB PREP (Unified English Braille through a Powerful and Responsive eLearning Platform). This free course will also start with UEB basics in the first year and then expand its content in subsequent years. The course will include educational crowdsourcing and use of social media to build networks of users, educators, and families. For more information, visit http://www.uebprep.com.

Both courses are exciting new ways to learn UEB that take advantage of new and accessible technology and formats. There's a great deal of anticipation and enthusiasm about both learning opportunities. Thanks for the project staff at both universities for their creative ideas and inviting course offerings!

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