About Us

We do not to proclaim to be experts but educators who are also on a journey to create educational material that is accessible. Accessibility is a large topic. Our goal is to take people one step closer to creating accessible documents.  

Carol Sparkes is an Instructional Designer with Open Learning. Her experience designing instruction in Ontario, where accessibility has been legislated (AODA), has inspired her to share these approaches. She draws on many years of Canadian university instructional design experience. 

Carolyn Teare is Manger of Learning Technology and Innovation with Open Learning. She has spent the last decade immersed in preparing course content for online delivery.