Advice for Faculty and Staff

Advice for faculty, from faculty with disabilities

In 2013, the Online Learning Consortium (formerly the Sloan Consortium) co-sponsored a webinar series on online accessibility with 3-Play Media.  One of those webinars was a panel of faculty with disabilities who shared their experiences with accessibility.  We know that the opinions and experiences of our faculty colleagues are incredibly important to the success of our students.  3-Play Media Links to an external site. provides an overview of the themes in the webinar (creating accessible infrastructure and accessible work environments) as well as a link to the recording of the webinar itself.

What if I do not have a lot of institutional support?

Kelly Hermann, Director of Disability Services at SUNY Empire State College (1:40)

  Download Week 2 Transcript Kelly Hermann Lack of Support or Resources.docx

Sumana Silverheels, Technology Accommodations Coordinator at SUNY Buffalo State College (1:58)

Download Week 2 Transcript Sumana Silverheels Lack of Support or Resources.docx

What other advice do you have for faculty and staff?

Kelly Hermann, Director of Disability Services at SUNY Empire State College (1:10)

Download Week 2 Transcript Kelly Hermann Other Advice.docx

Sumana Silverheels, Technology Accommodations Coordinator at SUNY Buffalo State College (1:33)

Download Week 2 Transcript Sumana Silverheels Other Advice.docx

Estimated time: 7 minutes