IAGD develops new tactile graphics repository for teaching geoscience concepts to Blind and low vision students

Raised-relief image of a plate subduction zone with Braille descriptions

Open any geology textbook. Its full-color photographs, illustrations, graphs, and maps are valuable for providing context and learning the story that geology has to tell. For Blind and low vision learners, these images are inaccessible. Providing alternate text to describe imagery with words provides some degree of accessibility, but...

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The IAGD Foundation Update, January 2018

The IAGD Foundation Update, January 2018

The IAGD Mission has remained the same since 2008: To promote communities of research, instruction, and student support that improves access to the geosciences for persons with disabilities. Holding true to this mission will enable the IAGD to be instrumental in fostering the development of inclusively designed instructional resources...

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Upcoming Awards and Events 2018

IAGD IGER Award The IAGD Inclusive Geoscience Education and Research (IGER) Awards recognize outstanding efforts in promoting, developing, and/or implementing inclusive instruction & research that encourages active engagement and participation of students and practitioners with disabilities in the geosciences. Recipients of these awards share the vision of the IAGD...

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July 2017 IAGD Newsletter: Upcoming Geoscience Conferences

July 2017 IAGD Newsletter: Upcoming Geoscience Conferences

NAGB Annual Conference, Atlanta, September 6-9, 2017. http://www.nabg-us.org/ SACNAS National Diversity in STEM conference, Salt Lake City, October 19-21, 2017. http://www.2017sacnas.org/events/2017-sacnas-the-national-diversity-in-stem-conference/event-summary-344a437cdada442d9179834c162b0a21.aspx GSA Annual Meeting, Seattle, October 22-25.  http://community.geosociety.org/gsa2017/home AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, December 11-15. https://fallmeeting.agu.org/2017/ Resources for Future Generations 2018, Vancouver, BC, Canada, June 16-21. http://rfg2018.org/  Remember, membership on...

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July 2017 IAGD Newsletter: Upcoming Workshop: Mentoring and Diversity in Earth System Science

At the end of the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA, USA, experts in the field of Geoscience and Higher Education will be hosting a workshop focusing on Mentoring and Diversity in Earth System Science. This NSF-funded workshop will explore effective mentoring strategies for mentors as well...

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July 2017 IAGD Newsletter: The Importance of Mentors and Where to Find Them

July 2017 IAGD Newsletter: The Importance of Mentors and Where to Find Them

 By Sean Thatcher, Chairman, IAGD Student Community Finding a mentor is something that has been presented to undergraduates since the day they sat through their freshman orientation. Mentors are a great resource that can provide students with important information at their home universities. They can also assist with academic...

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