FYI..............

Katie Haritos-Shea

Internet/Software/Device Accessibility and Standards
Strategist/Developer/Evangelist

#571-220-7777

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-----Original Message-----
From: [log in to unmask]
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jennison Asuncion
Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 6:18 PM
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: MVU OID Standards - Accessibility Standards Added (fwd)


fyi...Jennison

From: Noel Estabrook <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: MVU OID Standards - Accessibility Standards Added

Approximately 5 weeks ago, MVU released our Online Instructional Design
standards and tool for online courses as a contribution to the community
in the spirit of "open source". Since then, we have received over
300,000 hits to our web site and have had over 500 people from 30
different countries subscribe to our site.  As a result of this, we have
received a significant amount of very valuable feedback from many of
you. One of the biggest requests we got was that we consider developing
Accessibility standards. We are pleased to announce that we have just
completed this process. We have based these 11 new standards on WAI
Priority 1 guidelines.  We considered using Section 508 Standards,
however, we felt that, since those standards apply very narrowly to
Courses produced within the US using Federal Funds, that it would be
better to use a more internationally recognized set.  We also received
valuable input and resources from the people at WebAIM and the World
Wide Web Consortium. The Course Evaluator is being upgraded as well and
should reflect these new
standards soon.   You can visit http://standards.mivu.org for more
information.

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Noel Estabrook
Senior Instructional Designer
Michigan Virtual University
3101 Technology Parkway, Suite G
Lansing, MI 49810

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