[Pibe-division] Online UEB Training!

[Heather Field]

    Hello Alison,
I went to the webpage and then I reread the e-mail. Apparently, this course hasn’t been launched yet. It appears that the webpage is currently just a countdown page, since it was saying “18 days” and was registering the passing minutes and seconds.
Just my theory.
Warmly,
Heather

From: Allison Hilliker via Pibe-division 
Sent: Friday, June 26, 2015 12:03 PM
To: Professionals in Blindness Education Division List 
Cc: Allison Hilliker 
Subject: Re: [Pibe-division] Online UEB Training!

Thanks for sharing these resources.

 

Interestingly, the message mentioned specifically that the programs have been tested for accessibility, but when I clicked on the Oregon link, I found a page that didn’t seem all that accessible. Perhaps I’m doing something wrong. Has anyone else gotten this link to work with a screen reader? http://www.uebprep.com. 

I’m using JAWS 16, IE11,  and Windows 7. I’ll test it with Firefox and NVDA later, just curious about others’ first impressions. 

 

Best,

Allison

 

 

From: Pibe-division [mailto:pibe-division-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Eric Guillory via Pibe-division
Sent: Friday, June 26, 2015 9:23 AM
To: Professionals in Blindness Education Division List (pibe-division at nfbnet.org)
Cc: Eric Guillory
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

Twitter: ericguillory

Skype: brllovingdad

www.louisianacenter.org

 

“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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