Bridge Multimedia, American Foundation for the Blind, and Pearson Digital Learning Awarded U.S. Department of Education Grant to Study Accessibility
Bridge Multimedia, the leading innovator of educational accessibility solutions, announced today that it has won a U.S. Department of Education National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) grant for the research and development of the company’s Universal eLearner platform. The three-year grant, awarded in partnership with the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB), will utilize and expand content from Pearson Digital Learning’s KnowledgeBox®, a standards-based digital learning system. This award-winning content will be augmented with additional text and audio, making the lessons accessible to a larger world of learners, including English language learners and learning disabled, blind/low vision, and hearing impaired students.