How ENABLED was built

The ENABLED e-learning material was built specifically to reflect the five core components identified through the literature, and was put together by selecting introductory level content and activities from sources such as, The Teach Access Tutorial and their Fundamental concepts and skills framework guidance (Teach Access, 2022; 2025), the Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competences (CPACC) course from the International Association of Accessibility Practitioners (IAAP, 2023), The digital accessibility curricula framework from W3C (W3C, 2022), Microsoft's Accessibility fundamentals course content (Microsoft, 2025) and the Department of Educations Introduction to the basics of accessibility and inclusive design taken from their Accessibility and inclusive design manual (Department of Education, nd). All of these sources offer a valid and recognised source of relevant instruction in the field of digital accessibility and education, however the majority are aimed at education for professionals or university level students. The most pertinent to education and foundational learning concepts is the content from the Department of Education that states 'users don't need any prior knowledge of either topic [accessibility and inclusive design] (Department of Education, nd). Other activities included within the ENABLED e-learning are inspired from literature such as.....(refs list) - Table from matrix 

 
Teach Access (2022) The Teach Access Tutorial.
Online at: https://teachaccess.github.io/tutorial/ (Accessed 30 June 2025)

Teach Access (2025) Teaching Accessibility Fundamentals Concepts and Skills. Online at: https://www.teachaccess.org/teaching-accessibility-fundamental-concepts-skills/ (Accessed 8 July 2025)

IAAP (2023) Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competences (CPACC) body of knowledge. Online at: https://www.accessibilityassociation.org/sfsites/c/resource/CPACCBoK. (Accessed 30 June 2025)

Microsoft (2025) Accessibility fundamentals course. Online at:

Department of Education (nd) Introduction to the basics of accessibility and inclusive design: Accessibility and inclusive design manual. Online at: https://accessibility.education.gov.uk/training/accessibility-inclusion (Accessed 30 June 2025)

W3C (2025) Digital Accessibility Foundations. Online at: https://www.w3.org/WAI/courses/foundations-course/ (Accessed 30 June 2025)

W3C (2022) Curricular on web accessibility A framework to build your own courses. Online at:
https://www.w3.org/WAI/curricula/ (Accessed 30 June 2025)

ALSO:

Sharon Simcox glad you’re promoting accessibility.
See if they’d like these courses

https://accessibility.education.gov.uk/training

https://www.w3.org/WAI/fundamentals/foundations-course/

https://www.udacity.com/course/web-accessibility--ud891#

and my 17 min video
https://gcs.civilservice.gov.uk/webinars/digital-accessibility-best-practice-essentials-2/

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