1. Dan Comden Access Technology Consultant NADP and ATHEN: Collaborate and Compare

2. Background Access Technology CSU Humboldt University of Washington Web Accessibility WAI Campus and Washington State Alt text

3. ATHEN is not Athens

4. ATHEN is a network of AT professionals Access Technologists Higher Education Network

5. ATHEN formed 2002 CSUN (California) Accessing Higher Ground (Colorado) ATIA - Assistive Technology Industry Association (Florida)

6. ATHEN focus areas Sharing experience and expertise Professional development Conferences E-Journal Surveys Blog National standards

7. NADP - Higher and Further Education Focused expertise of Assessors as part of larger group What are other Uni-related personnel resources in UK? What are online resources? What is the community? Forums? Wikis? Other?

8. ATHEN - Higher "Ed" No (formal) assessors but many ad hoc assessments Dearth of national standards Alternate text production E-text Braille Math Tactile graphics

9. Shared issues US and UK technology specialists share issues of: Professional development Financing of AT E-learning materials Alt-format production User training What else?

10. Alternate formats Not just Braille

11. Implications for AT and alt text Considerations for production Appropriate Effective Considerations for consumption Training/expertise Platforms mp3 vs. DAISY vs. Word vs. PDF

12. And Braille Braille conversion Math and science content Graphics Literacy?

13. Issues Web site accessibility Social networking "Official" vs. what they use Training How to accomplish? Institutional planning and purchasing Appropriate and Effective

14. Appropriate tools for students? What we know Vs What are students using?

15. ATHEN web site www.athenpro.org/ membership@athenpro.org or Dan's email: danc@washington.edu Dan Comden Access Technology Consultant