Time for digital inclusion at scale

 

  https://turnonthesubtitles.org/ Add to captions page and embed the Stephen Fry video 

 Tweet Reading - Ally awareness for students https://twitter.com/davehalla/status/1577597776459882496

  https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/shows/learn-azure/accessibility-101

  https://www.microlinkpc.com/education/assistive-technologies-in-schools/ https://nasen.org.uk/assistive-technology

  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sarah-Lewthwaite https://teachingaccessibility.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/338/2022/03/Motivation-Quick-Start-Guide.pdf https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jinghui-Cheng-2/publication/298910278_Best_Practices_for_Teaching_Accessibility_in_University_Classrooms/links/5c3e4545458515a4c7294a8d/Best-Practices-for-Teaching-Accessibility-in-University-Classrooms.pdf   https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Devorah-Kletenik-2/publication/336792714_Evaluating_Instructor_Strategy_and_Student_Learning_Through_Digital_Accessibility_Course_Enhancements/links/5f245035299bf13404976864/Evaluating-Instructor-Strategy-and-Student-Learning-Through-Digital-Accessibility-Course-Enhancements.pdf https://www.bristol.ac.uk/media-library/sites/tel/documents/sdc/Digital%20Accessibility%20in%20Learning%20Survey%20Report%20SDAC.pdf http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~kletenik/publications/ASSETS2019.pdf https://makeitfable.com/article/usability-testing-benchmarking...

  https://www-boia-org.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.boia.org/blog/the-digital-curb-cut-effect-the-universal-benefits-of-web-accessibility?hs_amp=true https://blog-jadu-net.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/blog.jadu.net/blog/the-websites-and-software-applications-accessibility-act?hs_amp=true

  https://www.pocklington-trust.org.uk/news/colleges-show-some-improvement-around-accessibility/

  https://www-boia-org.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.boia.org/blog/gen-z-more-likely-to-use-captions-when-viewing-video-content?hs_amp=true

  https://youtu.be/ULzPgoOzbV4

  http://lexiconic.net/pedagogy/Do_Learners.pdf Paper highlighted by Gavin Henrick This article  "Do Learners Really Know Best? Urban Legends in Education" is worth a read - at 10,000 words, set aside half an hour or so, make a pot of tea, and dig in. "The major point here is that educators, educational policy- makers and educational researchers should reject educational approaches that lack sufficient scientific support and method- ologically sound empirical evidence. "

  https://medium.com/bbc-product-technology/shifting-left-how-introducing-accessibility-earlier-helps-the-bbcs-design-system-716ec5cfbcd8 If you’ve been to any accessibility events or webinars lately, you will begin to hear the term ‘shift left’ The idea that accessibility testing or fixing comes at the end is not the best practice way. Shifting left means looking back to when it’s most useful to add accessibility into the equation. From the beginning, bake it in, test early. Catch defects and establish good practice as early as possible. Plan for it throughout the process, test throughout the process, build awareness, skills and knowledge throughout the process. Agile development, agile accessibility  Imagine building a website and having to duplicate work when you fix it at the end. Think of a simple aspect such as colour contrast, this is simple to apply right from the start. Yet, this is often tested and fixed at the end. You plan your pallet and check colours before you a...

  https://blog.google/around-the-globe/google-europe/united-kingdom/the-accessibility-discovery-centre-is-open-for-collaboration/ https://thiis.co.uk/google-opens-new-accessibility-discovery-centre-in-consultation-with-uk-charities/

  McDonald’s poster- colour contrast Fruitella sweets - which ones are strawberry (allergic)(black and white) Red green food to have/avoid without labels (black and white) Designer context Care home context 

 I must be the only person alive to get excited to see pushchairs and suitcase icons alongside wheelchair icons to show how universally helpful accessibility features are. 

  A ten year old could do this. Remember that mindset of ‘ask a young person to help with the video recorder settings’ It made me question why aren’t 10 year olds doing this. How can we address accessibility if we aren’t educating people. We educate our web developers, our teachers and technical support staff. We dive in with legal compliance and WCAG. I’ve worked on educating the entire workforce in the basics. These are the basics we could teach in school or education. Why? Unlearning and preconceptions  These present barriers we have to overcome even before we explain a basic concept. It’s unlearning and retrofitting skills Isn’t that everything we tell people not to do, we advise to think accessibility from the offset, to plan and develop with accessibility in mind, not fix at the end, which actually makes it more complex, challenging and furls the barriers to engagement. Take the reports from Hassell e.g. low engagement  Awareness in society isn’t there, TechShare pr...

 How to write an accessibility statement detailed video guide https://youtu.be/LL-6q2AU8t4

 What a fab catch up with a network colleague last night. It’s great to speak with someone with the same level of passion. Operation newsround here we come 😁

  https://design-system.service.gov.uk/community/accessibility-strategy/

This survey is anonymous. The reason this information will be used etc. For this survey it is important that you complete the questions without the use of Google. Your age: Your educational context: Teacher in school/ college lecturer/ University lecturer/ Pupil in primary school/middle/high/ College student/ university student. Subject area/s of Study (if college or university student) In the context of disabilities, do you know what the term ‘accessibility’ or ‘accessible’ means? Can you describe your understanding of these terms. Can you describe your understanding of the term ‘digital accessibility’ and what that means? Who do you think is responsible for digital accessibility? What tools do you use to create content (word/ppt/videos/teams/social media etc) - other, please tell us Would you know how to make a social media post accessible. If yes, please describe your answer. …Images …Video content  …Word Document  …PowerPoint presentation 

  https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-disability-action-plan-confirmed-for-2023-as-minister-meets-paralympians-and-opens-pioneering-lab-at-olympic-park https://businessdisabilityforum.org.uk/media-centre/press-release/government-proposes-disability-action-plan-bdf-responds/

 I’m writing lessons and activities for learners to create posters about digital accessibility. Using Jamie Shields as inspiration, posters, social media graphics. Put them proudly on the L2E website.(show these as examples) A series of lessons: (4) Session 1: What is digital accessibility? Survey/quiz to start - no searching the internet- current knowledge only, to ascertain what our starting point is. The spectrum of how digital accessibility is addressed. Basics to full WCAG and legislation. Future careers that now need these skills, show job examples and list roles it will impact. The 3 level model of disability (permanent, temporary and situational), discuss some examples (flip chart exercise like well-being week session). Stats on disability and who this impacts, SEO too. Session 2: Examples we went through last time (recap). Introduce L2E site and the being visible poster scenario (recycling page). Now we understand (in pairs select one of L2E digital skills)- explain the in...