Time for digital inclusion at scale

One criticism of the current literature for the teaching of digital accessibility is that it’s made up of small, often opportunistic individual reflective accounts (why Lewthwaite uses collective voice).  There are no studies that have been repeated, leading to little empirical data for the teaching of digital accessibility. No data from the teachers perspective, it’s primarily made up of learner satisfaction, assessment information or measured by pre and post course tests, none of which explain the context and detail about student learning or more importantly the teacher experience. Methodology chapter notes narrative Mixed methods - pragmatic. Without a blueprint the research will be designed by what is needed rather than driven by specific methodologies or frameworks. Data collection to help inform the study The need for a questionnaire because this insight is not in the literature. The research process and data collection for implementing an educational intervention The literat...

  Background and context   This study is framed by the social model of disability within the context of our digital society. The social model of disability is… It is put in place by following the principles of universal and inclusive design which is… Digital accessibility is…and how AT doesn’t work without accessible content… This is reinforced by a set of legal requirements… These legal requirements are both national and international… Making accessible digital content a human right, social responsibility etc… Inaccessible content is still posing a barrier to many in society… WebAIM… evidence  Beyond the web, there is everyday content such as docs, presentations, emails and social media…Robin Christopherson. According to Microsoft there are xxxx documents produced daily, so the scale of what needs to be addressed is clearly significant… However, although there is a legal obligation and data to support the scale of inaccessible content, the topic of inclusive digital cont...

Abbott, C. (2021) Defining a strategy for accessibility. Online from:   https://www.craigabbott.co.uk/blog/defining-a-strategy-for-accessibility/   (accessed 25 February 2025) Abbott, C. (2022) Accessibility starts with an organisational culture | DWP Digital. Online from:  https://dwpdigital.blog.gov.uk/2022/12/15/accessibility-starts-with-an-organisations-culture/  (accessed 25 February 2025) The 3 pillars of accessibility I remember in school we learned about the fire-triangle. Fuel, Oxygen and heat are required to make a fire burn. If you remove any of those things from the equation, the fire will use up what it has left and eventually burn out. We can think of accessibility in a large organisation in the same way. There are 3 core parts. Compliance, education, and culture. If you lack any of these 3 things over a sustained period of time, the strategy is unsustainable and your ability to consistently deliver accessible services will burn out. Link to Lazar model...

Diagram table to describe the process with times - take from ethics documents - participant sheets for teachers and the learner interviews. Put sheets in the email  Pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) Based upon Lesson study - three cycles: The first cycle is me training the teachers in the main concepts - this training can be face to face or online, but face to face would be preferable. There is a full e-learning course to support this aspect  As part of the first cycle there is a post session debriefing where working with a minimum of 3 teachers we would take what they have learned and develop a 1-hour lesson for the upper key stage 2 classroom - this debriefing can be face to face or online and would need to be recorded  The developed lesson would then be delivered to a key stage 2 learner group with two teachers observing the learning that’s happening (rather than observe and critique the teacher teaching) At the end of the lesson learners would be interviewed (this w...

Consisted of one mainstream school teacher, three from a specialist provision and a trainee teacher to gather a broad spectrum of feedback. Why do you do a pilot study? You do it in order to make sure that your methodology will generate the desired results. It is a reliability and validity check for your research method.  The pilot survey was based upon a combination of questions regarding the testing of subject knowledge (Ludi, Patel, other) as well as testing the knowledge and classroom experience of teachers (Shinohara, swiss, indian). It was conducted with...to get a cross representation of those taking the survey. Think-aloud - Then you may sit with these participants, and make sure that they understood the survey questions correctly. Then, you will make sure that the way they answer the survey questions is exactly how the questions are intended to be answered. As well as giving me invaluable practice in using the online survey tool, the pilot highlighted several areas where c...

  Putnam, Hanschke and Rana, 2019 – Efficacy of film for raising awareness of diverse users  In this paper, we present a study of the efficacy of short (10-minute) documentaries, created by student filmmakers, that portrayed three people with different disabilities. We evaluated the films with undergraduate and graduate students who were enrolled in technology-related courses to explore the films’ abilities to raise awareness for concerns related to accessibility. We found that the films were effective at changing some incorrect assumptions about designing for diverse users and increasing recognition of the importance of designing for diversity (Putnam, Hanschke and Rana, 2019). ‘Teach Access’, for example, is an initiative aimed at ensuring that college graduates in technology-related fields have accessibility knowledge [ Teach Access ]. Originated by accessibility teams at Yahoo and Facebook, the group now includes several supporting ICT companies (e.g., Microsoft, Adobe and...