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  • Awareness- recall and assess prior knowledge- establish real world relevance 
  • Barriers- demonstrations to highlight the need for digital accessibility knowledge and skills- the human impact 
  • Legal - to reinforce and frame the context of why it’s important 
  • Evaluating content- hands on experiential learning and encountering barriers for self - EXAMPLES 
  • Digital skills to address accessibility with skills for action- could also re-test digital content after barriers have been removed 

List the top issues or skills taught- examples of activities or learning objectives e.g. activities through the five stages related to captions, alt text, links etc (New SCULPT. 

Write literature review regarding objectives and activity examples to framework and introduce the matrix of activities for teachers.

Barriers- speaker, video, empathy lab - list and write up examples - add academic references where they have been used or mentioned.

On a train/bus - visual of stop as well as announcement, braille on doors.

Traffic lights - green man walking/ red man standing still/ beeps and extra features for braille.

Digital content beeps or audio cues.

Examples of barriers on websites (W3C) or personas that are available- create a list of references and resources.

Legal and guidelines- Links to official guidelines and/or resources specific to each principal. GDS POUR video, SCULPT, THRIVES, SLIDE.

Evaluation Tools - WAVE, Axe etc that are mentioned in papers. Microsoft accessibility checks and relevant pages related to principles e.g. alt text, headings etc. Resource repositories- Teach Access, GitHub as mentioned in certain papers.

Links to specific papers that mention each principal/activity or approach.

legal - legislation, GDS etc, W3C, accessibility statements - link to relevant WCAG pages.

Add Harvard references at the end.

Matrix of resources to teach and learn about digital accessibility - like a systematic review is laid out in a table.

  • General resources (collections)
  • Colour and contrast 
  • Headings
  • Links 
  • Captions and transcripts 
  • Alt text
  • Keyboard accessibility 
  • Screen readers

Any other topics? Plain English, tables, reading order?

Could conclude that existing resources are specifically targeted at web or professional practitioners with a basic prior knowledge and that more some resources and activities are needed. Accentuate the need to work with teachers on the type of resources or activities that would work in school. The challenges of what is currently available.





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