Who better to do this than the Australians? They have lots of experience
doing courses over the radio.
On Fri, 8 Feb 2008, Dan Eickmeier wrote:
Oh wow Greg, that sounds very cool.
Dan Eickmeier, Brantford, Ontario Canada. Amateur radio station VA3ETS.
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On 8-Feb-08, at 12:41 PM, Scott Chesworth wrote:
If there was an option to study online then yep definitely would be
something I'd consider. America is a bit far to commute though haha.
Scott
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> Iain Murrey of Curtin University in Perth and I have been discussing an
> idea of training the blind and dyslexic to be Macintosh systems
> administrators. Curtin University already offers a course in Cisco
> administration for the blind ending with the the student taking the
> Cisco exams.
>
> Given that the Mac now has a built in screen reader in both MacOS X and
> MacOS X Server we feel we could offer such training to the blind and
> print disabled.
>
> Curtin might offer courses leading to the various certifications Apple
> offers. These courses would be tailored to the needs of blind and
> dyslexic students, they would, for example have their training materials
> in braille and recorded formats. Tests would be administered in braille
> or orally and so on. As Curtin University already has experience in this
> sort of training worldwide it would seem to be the logical place to
> develop such training for the disable.
>
> So what do you think is this something for which there would be an
> interest?
>
> Greg Kearney
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> Casper, Wyoming 82601
> 307-224-4022
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