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From: Jan Heck
Date: Sep 16, 2008 3:50PM

Greetings, and please excuse cross-postings,



My college campus is wanting to roll out a Second Life "virtual campus" this
summer. They are aware that whatever info is posted there must be posted on
our regular Web site as well, so that critical info is accessible to
everyone. However, I have read and heard that Second Life is not very
accessible at all, and I'm concerned about offering its social environment
(avatars, chat, etc.) that is only accessible to some, but not all, students
(i.e., disabled students may not be able to participate because Second Life
is not accessible to their assistive technology).



If that is correct (and please do correct me if I'm wrong), then how are
other campuses dealing with the Second Life accessibility issue? One of the
management folks spearheading the project says that we are pretty much
forced to do this in order to remain competitive, so many colleges are doing
it.



Comments?



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Jan Heck

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