Robert Todd

Projects:

• Training Team
• Southeast Technical Assistance & Training Center (TACE)

Biography

Robert is a Research Scientist II at the Georgia Institute of Technology Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access (CATEA). He was the project director of the CATEA initiative in Electronic and Information Technology and the Georgia Tech Research on Accessible Distance Education (GRADE). He directs related research on the usability and accessibility of online resources and is a lead designer and instructor for the Georgia Tech Professional Education certificate courses in Creating Accessible Web Sites and Usability Engineering. He is the project director of the CATEA Training initiative, responsible for designing and coordinating training and related evaluation across multiple federal projects. He is a member of the Georgia Virtual Schools Task Force, a body of educators charged with researching and creating standards for statewide online education.

Mr. Todd has been teaching at the university level since 1990, and has conducted courses at Emory University, Georgia State and the Georgia Institute of Technology. Since 1996 he has regularly provided seminars, conference courses and professional education training to attendees throughout the nation and Europe. He has developed a substantial network of researchers and professional training contacts in accessible education and web design, exemplified by the nationwide attendance at the GRADE project’s 2005 Leadership Institute. Mr. Todd received the Georgia Tech Best Practices Award for 2005 for leadership of the Access E-Learning project to create online training on accessible distance education. His current research focuses on the uses of assistive technology in accessibility of online education for all students and on web usability/accessibility.

Education

• Master of Science in Information, Design, and Technology - Georgia Institute of Technology
• Master of Science in Rehabilitation Counseling - Georgia State University