A Community Linking People and Resources to Help Children with Disabilities.

About T/TAC

Technological Innovations:
Vehicle for T/TAC content specialist to disseminate e-Learning and resources.
Transforms face-to-face training into web-based training (Pedagogical Reengineering)
User - friendly design that supports the input of events, resources, and online learning.

Innovations – 2003

Innovations – 2003

Sponsored by:

Consistent design reduces cognitive load.
Menu colors correspond to sections.
Information is keyboard accessible:
*Items in the spotlight
*Categories/subcategories
*Search capabilities

Section 508 mandates
making electronic and information technology accessible to people with disabilities.

Option to skip repetitive navigation
Redundant text links for graphical map
Text alternatives for non-text objects (alt tags or long descriptions).
Forms are designed so information can be accessed.

Innovations – 2003

Mission:
To improve educational opportunities that contribute to the success of children and youth with disabilities (birth-22 years) by providing training and technical assistance in response to local regional and state needs throughout Virginia

Section 508 Compliance

User-Centered Design

Pedagogical Reengineering

Gagne’s Nine Events of Instruction guides the conversion of traditional training to e-learning.

Pedagogical Reengineering is process of adapting instruction for a different medium. T/TAC Online is a vehicle for converting instructor led training to e-Learning.

Professor:
Dr. Brenda Bannan-Ritland
T/TAC Administrator:
Lucinda Zimmermann
Programmer Shuangbao Wang
Students:
Cindy Johannessen
Claudette Allen
Deana Mansoor
Lucinda Zimmerman
Robert Moss
Shawn Miller
Trista Schoonmaker