Public Electronic Services On-the-Internet (PESO) Working Group

The PESO Working Group was established to provide a forum for addressing policy and technology issues related to improving access to government information and services via the Internet/Intranet or Extranet. Membership is open to all government entities and TASSCC members.

Next Meetin

Details

• Date: September 10
  Time: 10:00-11:30 am
  Location: Brown Heatly, Room 1420

If you cannot attend in person you can join the meeting by using the AT&T TeleConference Services. Refer to the monthly listserv email meeting announcements for call-in information.  The phone number and access codes have recently changed.

Meeting Agenda

Topic:  Accessibility Guidelines for Web and Application Developers

Presentation by Buddy Allison, Accessibility Coordinator for Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) and Glenda Sims, Senior Systems Analyst from the University of Texas at Austin

TCEQ Accessibility Procedure for Web and Application Developers

Texas Administrative Code 206, State Web Sites, states the compliance requirements for making Web pages and applications accessible.  Buddy and Glenda will give an overview of the TCEQ procedure.  They will discuss who was involved in developing the procedure, their focus, methodology, and methods for making pages and applications accessible. 

Mark Nichols has authored a series of monographs introducing key e-learning concepts.  

• E-Learning in Context
• Designing for E-learning
• Education and Faculty

The monographs are a great starting point if you are trying to learn the basics of E-Learning

He has generously made them available as PDF’s under the Creative Common License.   They will soon be available on the National Centre for Tertiary Excellence (NZ) websites.

Note:  You do have to sign-in to download them from the E-Learning Council website.