Accessibility, Inclusivity and MOOCs: What Can BS 8878 Offer? Brian Kelly Innovation Advocate Cetis University of Bolton Bolton, UK Contact Details Email: [email protected]Twitter: @briankelly Cetis Web site: http://www.cetis.ac.uk/ Blog: http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.co m/ Slides and further information available at http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/events/ilsig- 2014-accessibility-inclusivity-and-moocs-what- can-bs-8878-offer/
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Accessibility, Inclusivity and MOOCs: What Can BS 8878 Offer?
Brian KellyInnovation AdvocateCetisUniversity of BoltonBolton, UK
Contact DetailsEmail: [email protected]: @briankellyCetis Web site: http://www.cetis.ac.uk/Blog: http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/
Slides and further information available athttp://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/events/ilsig-2014-accessibility-inclusivity-and-moocs-what-can-bs-8878-offer/
Brian Kelly:• Innovation Advocate at Cetis, University of Bolton• Was UK Web Focus at UKOLN, University of Bath• Professional interests include web accessibility,
web standards, social media, web preservation, …
Selection of Web Accessibility publications:• Developing A Holistic Approach For E-Learning
Accessibility, Kelly, B., Phipps, L. and Swift, E., 2004• Holistic Approaches to E-Learning Accessibility, Phipps, L.
and Kelly, B., 2006• Accessibility 2.0: People, Policies and Processes, Kelly et al,
2007• A Challenge to Web Accessibility Metrics and Guidelines:
Putting People and Processes First, Cooper et al, 2012
One of WCAG’s key principles:“Content and controls must be understandable”
Which is the cancerous cell?
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Content Must Be Understandable?
One of WCAG’s key principles:“Content and controls must be understandable”
What does this convey?
Man against snow, Austrian Tirol 1974, reproduced with permission of the photographer: Professor Paul Hill
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Content Must Be Understandable?
One of WCAG’s key principles:“Content and controls must be understandable”
What does this convey?
Man against snow, Austrian Tirol 1974, reproduced with permission of the photographer: Professor Paul Hill
What does it man to “understand” a surrealist painting?
The Great Masturbator, S. Dali
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Teaching and Learning Challenges
Furthermore:• Assumes accessibility is a function of the digital
resource• We have argued “web accessibility is not an intrinsic
characteristic of a digital resource but is determined by complex political, social and other contextual factors, as well as technical aspects which are the focus of WAI standardisation activities”
Kelly, Phipps and others (2004-2007):• Importance is accessibility of
learning objectives, not learning resource
• May be several alternatives, including real-world alternative
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