OER: What’s Next? Accessibility

Tuesday, August 3, 2021 @ 9AM PT / 10AM MT / 11AM CT / 12PM ET

Free Online Event

 

Join Elisabeth Morel and Aura Lippincott for a panel focusing on what is next for OER concerning accessibility. Event hosted by the CJCLS OER Committee. Use the link at the bottom to register for the first of the special series.

 

This one-hour synchronous event will feature two presenters, followed by a Q&A:

·         ELISABETH MOREL

has been the Director of AccessAbility Services at Western Connecticut State University for the last nine years and is a member of a systemwide Accessibility Council where she co-chaired an effort to create a systemwide accessibility policy. Prior to her arrival at WCSU, she was a Program Coordinator at the Center for Students with Disabilities at her alma mater, University of Connecticut. Throughout her professional career she has been an advocate for equal educational access and an active member within the system to enhance the support provided to students with disabilities.

·         AURA LIPPINCOTT  

Aura Lippincott is Instructional Designer at Western Connecticut State University where she partners with faculty to develop online, hybrid and on-ground graduate and undergraduate courses. Prior to this, Aura was Instructional Designer at Post University, Director of Instructional Technology Solutions at UCLA Anderson School of Management, and Information Literacy Librarian at the UCLA Anderson School’s Rosenfeld Management Library. Aura coordinates the WCSU Libraries’ OER Initiative and serves on the CSCU OER Coordinating Council and the Connecticut Open Educational Resources Coordinating Council.

 

Attendance is Free! Register here: 

https://ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fMIE8E8-TMKnWTvJnap1hg