Time for digital inclusion at scale

  LO OBS doc: Text from WCAG references. Alonso et al, 2010b (using collab learning) WCAG 2.0 was written with a different structure to make it easier to test websites with clearer testable statements and technical criteria (Alonso et al, 2010b) Initial lectures introduce the concept of design for all, diversity and awareness of AT, standards and legislation. Guest speakers also give lectures on independent living, media accessibility and telecare services. Students are given a different aspect of the guidelines document and have to prepare a presentation to their peer group of what they have found and their views on the guidance. They found that students didn’t attend the sessions and it wasn’t an easy subject or task to cover ( Alonso et al, 2010b) Studies suggest that WCAG 2.0 was not easily testable or understood by beginners and without prior knowledge or testing tools to support the learning it made it even more complex and challenging, even though these were degree level co...

 Intro - Why ally is important  Barriers it causes, recruitment example (AT user legal case recruitment and student loan example - inaccessibility causing the barriers not disability. 4 main disabilities- social model of disability- barriers are in society- solutions are in society- curb cut effect/ electric doors, lifts, ramps - curb cuts/electric doors benefit all (example video of electric doors- LinkedIn. Some mainstream innovations are because of disability communities e.g. typewriter, text messages, Alexa, electric toothbrush, bendy straw (what do all of these have in common) The right support in society people with disabilities can thrive and succeed in the same way as everyone else - Chris McCausland is a great example. Rachel’s ear - deaf lawyer. Stephen Hawkin. Assumptions lead to people seeing accessibility as someone else’s responsibility. Yet we can all do things to break down barriers in society. Barriers examples - use current handouts of headings/links/alt text...

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ACTIVITIES:   Using the pedagogical theory of authentic learning and elements from the 21st Century Skills framework, we found that instructors emphasized the need for students to develop awareness and understanding for a diversity of ICT users through multiple different experiences; experiences that included research projects that directly involve users with disabilities, guest speakers, field trips, simulating disabilities, and the use of videos/movies. Additionally, instructors used multiple resources (e.g., research papers, online resources), in part, to offset the challenge that there is a perceived lack of a comprehensive textbook. (Putnam et al, 2016) HOW TEACH-ACTIVITIES:  We first considered the pedagogical theory of “authentic learning” because, as others have noted, it is particularly well suited for computing education [Shaffer and Resnick 1999]. From a meta-analysis of literature on authentic learning, Shaffer and Resnick identified four interdependent and mutuall...