Description
The U.S. Department of Education is announcing a grant competition to establish a National Center for Accessible Education Videos. The purpose of this center is to improve results for children with disabilities by promoting the development, demonstration, and use of technology, supporting educational activities, providing support for captioning and video description, and providing accessible educational materials. The center will oversee the selection, acquisition, captioning, audio description, American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation, and distribution of educational media and materials through a free, online loan service site for eligible users. Key requirements for applicants include demonstrating how the center will address the needs of children and youth with disabilities, describing how the center will increase the knowledge and understanding of early childhood providers, K-12 educators, faculty, preservice educators, and families, and developing or enhancing an online loan service site of captioned, audio described, and ASL interpreted educational media and materials.
• The project must achieve expected outcomes, including increased acquisition of captioned, audio described, and ASL interpreted educational media and materials, increased capacity of early childhood providers, K-12 educators, faculty, preservice providers, and families to access and support the use of captioned, audio described, and ASL interpreted educational media and materials, and increased use of captioned, audio described, and ASL interpreted educational media and materials by children and youth with disabilities and families.
• The project must involve the use of efficient strategies, including the use of technology, and the leveraging of non-project resources.
• The project must systematically disseminate information, products, and services to varied intended audiences.
• The project must develop a logic model or other conceptual framework underlying the proposed project, including how inputs are related to outcomes.