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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:05.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are committed to the notion that everyone should have an opportunity to participate in higher education,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.78,0:00:10.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether it be from the learning perspective, or the research perspective, or an opportunity to work here
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.70,0:00:17.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at this institution. We benefit from that\Nbecause we get to enjoy the talents and the
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.20,0:00:21.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,skills of those people who come in, and also\Ntheir perspective, which in many cases will
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.80,0:00:25.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be different from the perspective of others\Non campus.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.15,0:00:27.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So accessibility becomes a very important value at the university.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.73,0:00:47.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're a leading university globally. \NWe want the best talent in the world
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.91,0:00:50.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for our students, our staff, and our faculty.\NAnd we want to be sure if that talent has
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.96,0:00:57.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a disability that they know that we are a\Nwelcoming community.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.35,0:01:02.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're competing with other prestigious and highly accomplished institutions.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.55,0:01:08.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We want to make sure that we can target the right candidates to join our community
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.34,0:01:11.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,regardless of their disability status.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.76,0:01:20.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We want to do everything we can to insure that they have the same access to smart faculty, to fellow students, and
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.03,0:01:22.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the resources at UC Davis.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.20,0:01:30.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, we genuinely believe that excellence is achieved through diversity and that a commitment to equity and inclusion
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.58,0:01:33.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really enriches each of our lives.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.90,0:01:43.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It would be inconceivable not to have a social conscience, at least, and be completely committed to
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.46,0:01:48.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making our resources at Barry University accessible to all students.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.89,0:01:53.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We believe that the use of technology can be very powerful.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.36,0:01:58.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It connects people to each other, but it also enhances their learning capabilities;
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.100,0:02:05.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it increases what they can do through their research and creative work;
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.02,0:02:13.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it really makes it possible for them to have a more powerful impact in the world and that's basically what we're all about.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.77,0:02:16.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we want that to be true for every member of our community
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.94,0:02:25.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,regardless of limitations of physical, spacial, time or other dimension.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.41,0:02:33.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As an IT professional, sometimes some of us concentrate in the technical side of the house only
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.82,0:02:38.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we forget that finally the technology is to serve the people.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.16,0:02:42.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What the university offers and makes available has to be offered to everybody.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.52,0:02:48.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can’t afford to waste the talents or the brilliance or the minds of anybody
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.19,0:02:53.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and making things accessible allows everybody to engage in the university.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.11,0:02:57.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Equal opportunity is a part of our value system, but it’s also required by law.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.80,0:03:05.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Compliance is extremely important. And compliance is the law. But that isn't the motivator for most of us at universities.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.78,0:03:13.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our motivation has always been to provide\Neasily accessible tools, excellent experiences
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.36,0:03:18.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for our students and really to give them the\Nsense that this is a place they want to be,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.14,0:03:21.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a place they want to learn, a place where\Nthey can thrive.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.07,0:03:33.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Universal design is a very powerful concept because what it means is
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.40,0:03:39.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we look at the issue of accessibility at the\Noutset rather than buying something or engaging
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.11,0:03:42.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something, or developing something that we\Nhave to retrofit. Which not only makes it
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.82,0:03:48.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cheaper and more efficient, it likely makes\Nit much better in terms of both the quality
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.65,0:03:53.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the product and the accessibility to those – all the people that we want to be able to use it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.29,0:03:58.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think the other direction that colleges and universities could and should take
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.02,0:04:05.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to think about accommodation as really the beginning of the conversation about disability.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.27,0:04:11.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was the appropriate measure that was taken in the Americans with Disabilities Act that was passed in 1990
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.84,0:04:14.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's well over a generation ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.84,0:04:22.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think now we really have to think less about how we're going to measure specifically this accommodation or that accommodation
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.81,0:04:29.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and recognize that we can make accessibility open and available so that individual staff, faculty or students
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.76,0:04:32.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do not have to go to get an accommodation.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.84,0:04:38.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It will be automatically available in the webpage that they visit, in the device that they use.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.41,0:04:45.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We envision a campus that has a concept of universal design in all aspects of information technology,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.83,0:04:51.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a student is not impeded in any way, but in fact, that technology is utilized not only directly by
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.73,0:04:57.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those who benefit because of certain challenges\Nthey may have, but also is illustrative to
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.16,0:05:03.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the broader student body and to the faculty\Nand to alums
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.43,0:05:05.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about what an inclusive learning environment is.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.99,0:05:10.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have some things we have to learn in order to move into accessibility space,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.01,0:05:14.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the basic goals and the basic values are things we already know and love.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.59,0:05:21.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then we bring in things like universal design: the notion that if we design things well right from the start,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.14,0:05:23.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they actually aren't more expensive.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.93,0:05:28.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is something that we can fit into even our very, very tight budgets.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.50,0:05:43.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We make a great effort in our graduate and our undergraduate counsel
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.12,0:05:52.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make sure that faculty and deans are aware\Nthat in program design, in offering a new major,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.07,0:05:57.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they take into account that they might have to have specialized software available,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.55,0:06:05.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they have to build that into their program\Ndevelopment. And then to certainly just be aware
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.57,0:06:12.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of all the different ways that students can learn, to help faculty and deans understand
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.70,0:06:15.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the concept of universal design.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.52,0:06:23.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first step really needs to be an assessment of where we are, so we can then inform our planning process,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.72,0:06:30.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,develop plans, implement a project, and then really\Nassess the results of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.09,0:06:35.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Key to our approach to making sure that our campus and our technology is
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.13,0:06:40.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,accessible to people with disabilities, is\Nto ensure we do this by design.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.03,0:06:45.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not an afterthought that we do after we have implemented a new classroom.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.36,0:06:51.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead, this is something that we do from the initial conception of new project or idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.22,0:06:56.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The same we would do this for privacy and security, we do this for accessibility.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.82,0:07:04.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is less costly, in the long run, to be thinking through the issues of accessibility comprehensively.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.62,0:07:08.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Therefore, having a plan for accessibility insures that
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.55,0:07:14.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the beginning we think through our issues\Nwith regard to the delivery of our services.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.85,0:07:21.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Doing so in a strategic way means that we\Ncan hold down costs over the long haul and
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.80,0:07:26.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually deliver better services in the bargain.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.33,0:07:34.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is very important that a university follows a policy and a process that is a can-do kind of process.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.38,0:07:38.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It assumes that we are going to undertake the investments that we need,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.02,0:07:43.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're going to demonstrate the values that we need - that not only address the needs of students who may be challenged
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.78,0:07:51.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with vision or hearing or other disabilities,\Nbut also draw on the technology that is not
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.08,0:07:55.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only exciting for those people who are developing\Nthe technology, it's intellectually exciting,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.47,0:08:00.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it provides new jobs for that matter and it stimulates learning in so many parts of the
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.45,0:08:08.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,university. So that attitude of the university administration, as well as faculty and staff and students,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.32,0:08:13.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,becomes very, very important because everyone gains from this. It's a win-win situation.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.55,0:08:19.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A policy really is an important way to go, because it will focus everyone’s attention.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.65,0:08:25.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's also probably the way that you have to go now that there are legal pressures on higher education in this area.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.48,0:08:31.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second thing I would say about policy is there are\Nreally two types in general.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.36,0:08:34.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One is a policy that you have because you have a law,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.78,0:08:39.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for example, the Family Education Rights Privacy Act Policy,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.18,0:08:43.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you want to be clear and sure that you're going to have compliance on your campus.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.86,0:08:51.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's another kind of policy that I would call aspirational policy and maybe accessibility fits a little bit in both
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.53,0:08:55.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you most certainly can err on the aspirational side.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.57,0:09:03.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An aspirational policy is something you establish for your institution as a path moving towards something, moving forward.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.02,0:09:10.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It does not have to have one hundred percent compliance because it's really a direction that you're setting strategically for your institution.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.20,0:09:17.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’d say another critical aspect around our strategy is a shared governance strategy.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.93,0:09:29.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because education is a shared responsibility across faculty, staff, students, vendors,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.68,0:09:35.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of us working together have to share in that responsibility.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.38,0:09:48.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, a shared governance process means if you are responsible in delivering the service, then you have an opportunity to share in governing how we’re going to
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.42,0:09:50.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,manage the implementation of these services.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.02,0:09:56.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The administrators of the university must reflect the values that demonstrate the importance of this to the learning environment
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.61,0:09:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it has to be built in then to every aspect\Nof what we do.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.99,0:10:03.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right now we have a number of projects and initiatives underway at the UW
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.76,0:10:06.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which we're testing new technologies.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.82,0:10:10.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Accessibility is an important consideration in these evaluations.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.19,0:10:15.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many of the vendors we work with have completed Voluntary Product Accessibility Templates or VPATs,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.44,0:10:22.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which offer a checklist of accessibility criteria and vendors' self-assessment as to how well they meet those criteria.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.27,0:10:26.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a good starting point, but we go beyond that\Nto ask a vendor specific questions
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.61,0:10:30.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to test their products with respect to accessibility.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.21,0:10:40.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We begin with our vendors saying (a) this is not only important, that this is required for working with the CSU.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.52,0:10:48.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every student who comes into our institution, we\Nhave to provide equally effective access to
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.01,0:10:53.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those services and you are a partner in delivering\Nthose services to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.16,0:11:02.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we will tell you what we need and then we will help you inform your staff, educate your staff, provide them
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.74,0:11:07.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some consultation and guidance in partnership\Nwith us,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.19,0:11:10.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you can deliver the successful service for us.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.92,0:11:16.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we work with our vendors to try to put pressure on them to make things accessible.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.77,0:11:24.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We actually have a purchasing process where we work through and ask the issues about accessibility
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.16,0:11:28.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for software and hardware that we buy as well.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.71,0:11:33.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Individual efforts really need to be able to scale well.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.01,0:11:38.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we go about things in an ad hoc approach, one by one, we're not likely to get the same results
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.34,0:11:42.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as if we work together as a community in higher education,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.86,0:11:46.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to work with vendors to improve accessibility\Nfor everyone
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.77,0:11:49.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with regard to the products that are offered.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.17,0:11:55.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's a much more pragmatic approach rather than institution by institution.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.27,0:12:04.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Making accessibility a priority in their development roadmap is going to be driven by the market demand.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.56,0:12:12.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if an institution never says a word, the vendor isn’t going to do anything about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.24,0:12:16.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if we begin to communicate our demands collectively,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.11,0:12:20.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then the vendor will recognize the market value\Nof accessibility.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.41,0:12:25.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As we acquire IT resources, we have to embed accessibility in our contracts.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.59,0:12:30.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As we develop resources, we have to employ universal design in our thinking about how
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.06,0:12:35.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make these resources available and we have\Nto continue to monitor students to see if
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.01,0:12:39.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're really delivering to them the resources\Nin a form that they can actually use.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.44,0:12:53.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Accessibility requires effort on the part of everyone in the higher education community -
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.35,0:12:59.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,faculty, staff, technology vendors. If we all do our part, our institutions can provide everyone with
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.48,0:13:05.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an equal opportunity to participate. And we all benefit from the perspectives of a diverse group.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.18,0:13:12.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Having that peace of mind that we are doing all we can to provide an accessible campus is -- gives us a lot of pride
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.30,0:13:16.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we feel very happy about what, what we do.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.86,0:13:21.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why wouldn't we make our campus accessible to students with disabilities and
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.20,0:13:26.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why wouldn't we do everything we could to\Nsee the technology is accessible to our students?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.73,0:13:32.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The spirit of what has made higher education the jewel in the crown of American society
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.83,0:13:36.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is part and parcel of the message of accessibility.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.33,0:13:43.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every way in which we touch the lives of others, whether it's in the classroom, the laboratory,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.18,0:13:48.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through live performances, through events on campus,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.22,0:13:55.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we want everyone who comes here and creates those experiences to be as fully engaged
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.25,0:14:01.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as fully benefited by the activity as possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.80,0:14:09.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that simply can't be done if people have artificial challenges or barriers to try to overcome.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.42,0:14:15.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would say to those out there who are just getting started or maybe struggling
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.18,0:14:21.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to figure out how to use technology to advance\Naccessibility on their campuses that
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.65,0:14:24.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's no such thing as a bad time to start.