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A New Way to Make Digital Technology Accessible to All

December 20, 2023 | UMD EDUC Staff
A Q&A on the Maryland Initiative for Digital Accessibility (MIDA), ft. Gulnoza Yakubova (EDUC)
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(Video) Maryland Today: Information Warfare’s Secret Weapon: Kittens (ft. Susannah Paletz)

December 11, 2023 | Maryland Today Staff | UMD
Research on social media sharing reveals the potential dangers of cuteness
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Units Across UMD Partner on Multidisciplinary Initiatives for AI Ethics, Accessible Technology, and Literacy

December 7, 2023 | Olivia Borgula & INFO Staff
Funded by UMD Grand Challenge Grants, INFO is playing an integral role in these initiatives
Jonathan Lazar speaking at the INTERACT Conference.

(Video) INFO Professor Jonathan Lazar Gives Closing Keynote Speech About the Born-Accessible Model at the INTERACT Conference

December 5, 2023 | INFO Staff
The speech focuses on the born-accessible model for Software and Digital Content Development
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(Video) OTTRS Speaker Series: Multimodal Human AI-Interaction

November 30, 2023 | INFO Staff
INFO doctoral candidate gives a presentation about multimodal human AI-interaction and its applications to music education
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(Video) Subject Analysis: Centering Historical Lives in Contemporary Archives

November 29, 2023 | INFO Staff
Dorothy Berry discusses marginalized voices in contemporary archives during CAFe Speaker Series
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(Video) OTTRS Speaker Series: The Impacts of Organizational Change and Professionalization on Curating Smithsonian’s Fossil Halls

November 28, 2023 | INFO Staff
INFO assistant professor gives presentation about the interdisciplinary teamwork behind large-scale museum exhibits
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(Video) Search Mastery Speaker Series: The Search for Knowledge—How Technology Changes Everything You Know (Literally) and How You Know Everything

November 28, 2023 | INFO Staff
Free Range Research Scientist Dan Russell discusses how instant access to information has changed the way we think