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Hi, Ron – In the requirements for the pilot’s e-reader application, the planning group specified that “It must include or be supplemented by accessibility mechanisms (or progress toward such mechanisms) consistent with the suggestions from the National Federation of the Blind and similar organizations.” The requirements further note that campuses and publishers will “cooperate on supplemental mechanisms consistent with normal campus accessibility accommodations” in instances where accessibility concerns relative to the selected application might still arise.

Our understanding is that the developers of Courseload, the e-reader application chosen for the pilot, have been engaged directly with NFB on Section 508 compliance, and that NFB is comfortable with where Courseload stands and continues to develop in this regard. And since both Courseload and the publisher currently engaged in the pilot, McGraw-Hill, are involved in Indiana University’s eTexts program as well as the previously announced Internet2 eText pilot including UC-Berkeley, Cornell, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, they should be well acquainted with higher education’s IT accessibility responsibilities and requirements. However, as the planning requirements indicate, participating institutions will continue to bear their customary responsibility for providing reasonable accommodations as needed. – Jarret

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From: Ron Stewart [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 1:10 PM
Subject: Re: Internet2/EDUCAUSE etext pilot invitation

How is the accessibility of these materials being insured?

Ron Stewart

From: The EDUCAUSE eTexts Constituent Group Listserv [log in to unmask]]">[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Osborne, Nik
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 8:41 AM
To: [log in to unmask]">[log in to unmask]EDUCAUSE.EDU
Subject: Re: [ETEXTS] Internet2/EDUCAUSE etext pilot invitation

The invitation is to any institution that is a EDUCAUSE or I2 member.

Nik

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Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:28:05 +0000
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Subject: Re: [ETEXTS] Internet2/EDUCAUSE etext pilot invitation

Does anyone know whether this invitation is available to Canadian universities?

Thanks

Jennifer

From: The EDUCAUSE eTexts Constituent Group Listserv [[log in to unmask]">mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Osborne, Nik
Sent: March-26-12 11:13 AM
To: [log in to unmask]">[log in to unmask]EDUCAUSE.EDU
Subject: [ETEXTS] Internet2/EDUCAUSE etext pilot invitation

Colleagues:

See the below invitation for the etext/electronic textbooks pilot being offered by Internet2 and EDUCAUSE for Fall 2012.  

This is a great opportunity for institutions that are interested in developing an etext model for its students and faculty.

Nik Osborne

Indiana University

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We invite your institution to participate in an innovative and important electronic-textbook pilot Internet2 and EDUCAUSE are undertaking for this fall. Institutions that participate in the pilot will be helping higher education collectively to demonstrate new etexts models.

In brief,

• participating institutions pay a flat fee to Internet2,
• students registered in specified classes or sections get access to electronic textbooks from at least one major publisher,
• those students get access to a multi-platform e-reader which can be used by students in the specified classes or sections to read, highlight, and annotate their electronic textbooks (the institution may also use the e-reader for certain other purposes), and
• the e-reader uses existing authentication mechanisms (such as the institution's LMS or student system) to confirm students' registration.

More detail on the pilot is online in a Prospectus and Invitation athttp://gregj.us/GILenV. The pilot is limited to 50 institutions.

If your institution wishes to join this pilot, you must email [log in to unmask]" target="_blank">[log in to unmask] to let us know this by April 7, 2012. You must confirm the institution's agreement with the pilot's conditions by April 15.

We hope that you will agree to participate!

Greg Jackson
Vice President, EDUCAUSE

Jerry Grochow
Interim Vice President for NET+ Services, Internet2
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