Open Educational Resources Webinar Series – The who, what, when, where, why and how of OER

Join us for our new webinar series where experts will demystify the world of open educational resources (OER). These informative online sessions will explain the different facets of OER including WHAT OER is, WHY it’s important, HOW to find the … Read More

Creating Digital Books based on the Universal Design for Learning Guidelines

Professor Marya Grande wanted to demonstrate to the students in her Special Education Teachers Program how technology can be used to increase student interaction, give a personalized learning experience and meet the needs of different student learning styles. So, using … Read More

Creating Accessible Lessons for Students with Disabilities Using SoftChalk

Jane Jarrow, Principal of DCCOL – Disability Compliance in Career and Online Learning discusses how SoftChalk provides both the support and the mechanisms to insure that online lessons are accessible to all students, including those with disabilities, from the start. … Read More

Texas Workforce Commission

As a state agency, the Texas Workforce Commission must ensure its 3,000+ employees and contractors comply with 508 accessibility requirements. With people and offices spread across 28 regions of the state, the Commission needed a user-friendly solution, especially for those … Read More

Migrating from PowerPoint: You CAN make your Online Teaching more Engaging and Interactive

As educators, we know that the best way to reach our students is with the use of interactive and engaging strategies. However, our online students are often inundated with PowerPoint presentations that carry little more than illustrated bullet points. Busy … Read More

SoftChalk Promotes Collaboration with Release of Version 6 and CONNECT

RICHMOND, Virginia, U.S. — May 25, 2010 — SoftChalk, LLC, a leading developer of educational content authoring tools, announced today the release of Version 6. SoftChalk’s solutions have always been easy to use; however, Version 6 makes the creation of … Read More