Accessibility champion: How to be an advocate and trainer
Date: Wednesday, May 30, 2018, 2:15 – 3:00 p.m.
Location: Leadership Auditorium, second floor
Beyond the technical work of identifying the specific standards and making sure we are meeting them, those of us with a need to promote accessible universities need to be able to handle the adaptive, soft skills challenges as well. How do we convince people to take on accessibility as a core value? How do we train them in both the technical skills and the mindset that sees accessibility as critical to the entire university experience?
Speakers
John Jones
Director of media resources center, Wichita State University
John Jones joined the MRC in 2014, and has been the director since 2015. He has been an instructional designer, corporate trainer, new media manager, web developer and college instructor. Jones has an MFA in fiction from Wichita State University and an MA in English and creative writing from Kansas State University. He has fifteen years of teaching experience as a graduate assistant and adjunct for K-State, Butler County Community College, Newman University and Wichita State University.