Provost’s Colloquium Series Presents “Understanding the Importance of Creating Accessible Content”

East Stroudsburg University’s Provost’s Colloquium Series, an intellectual experience that promotes dialogue among ESU faculty, staff, students, and community, continues for the Spring 2021 semester with a virtual presentation by Kim Roselli, coordinator of assistive technology, Jill Boyle, coordinator of OASIS, and Sandy Shaika, sign language interpreter. The presentation “Understanding the Importance of Creating Accessible Content” will take place on Wednesday, March 24 at 5:30 p.m. Access the presentation via this Zoom link: https://esu-online.zoom.us/j/93887773953

Boyle, Roselli, and Shaika will discuss accessibility through the lenses of legality, creation, education, and the diverse population that encompasses the human blueprint of ESU. Howard Gardner of Harvard University identified seven distinct intelligences and these different intelligences explain how individuals learn, remember, and understand information in different ways.

Much research has been done to understand how people learn and how to best create content that appeals to multiple intelligences. Communicating to diverse audiences, whether in person or virtually, presents an additional set of challenges. The presenters will inform their audience about how to ensure that our intended audiences (regardless of ability, culture, or level of understanding) are receiving our messages as they are intended to be received. And how to make sure that everyone has access to our messages, and educational content. Ensuring that our forms of communication are accessible to all stakeholders at ESU is not only a legal obligation, the presenters will explain that it is also the right thing to do.

For more information about the Provost’s Colloquium Series, contact Christina McDonald, director, office of sponsored projects and research, at (570) 422-7954 or cmcdonald9@esu.edu.

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