Time for digital inclusion at scale

 A key point to make after reading is that of Cam Beaudoin  ‘Prioritize the voices of people with disabilities in the conversation. Accessibility shouldn't just be about compliance and technical standards; it's about making things usable and accessible for everyone.’ Emphasis on the WCAG standards and technical adherence and very little about the people and user testing, it’s a good point to make because web developers are caught up so much in technical compliance that can be measured with automated tools, how often do they really explore real people, real experiences and user journeys. The web regulations have turned accessibility into a technical checkbox activity, yet automated checkers only show half the story. You could be 100% compliant on an automated tool but a website might not be usable properly for real people whose real-life experience automated checkers are trying to emulate. A good point to explore teaching methods, is it technical learning needs or learning abou...

  INCLUDE Reflections - the future defined - Sean Bracken https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8bzqTVtEW0 Focus on 'action' in research Masters Degree in UDL - Larlanco Multiple means of action and engagement - exploring the application of universal design in learning INCLUDE's network of educators and researchers. Social justice - the right to access - concept of digital citizenship International journal for universal design and universal design for learning Dreamstudio - AI text to image studio How might learners create culturally sustainable inclusive resources  - collaborative learning - cooperative learning - problem based learning - dynamics of a learning space/environment Living and learning is more inclusive and sustainable conducive to physical and mental wellbeing. Ron Mace - developed centre for universal design - bit it no longer exists - the centre was Ron Mace  - important for this not to be invested in one place or person - ownership needs to be developed in a ...

G3ICT https://g3ict.org/index.php/actions/assetCount/download?id=eVJE%40UGiH2R2v3JeBkP4qZ5nr6go571kUc%24k6%400klhY%3D Explore a range of reports in grey literature to analyse the wider challenges of training. Progress and skills in society- UK and wider. Collate and collate in folder and excel sheet. Reports of intentions and motivation verses the skills situation. Infancy in society as a topic. Explore what skills are being taught - digital perspective or inclusion perspective. Are they in digital reports or EDI.  Any findings about WHY progress is slow (from digital perspective)

  https://thisiswcag.com/ York student: https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/19397457.blind-york-student-wins-5k-claim-inaccessible-loan-form/

Themes emerging from reading Why we haven’t addressed mainstream adoption. Conceptual images of the problem of skills adoption. Complexity, ease/difficulty of skills perception. Mainly WCAG focused messaging and training at that level.  Relevance to own context and whose responsibility. Progress is slow even with it being legal requirement need. Not in the mainstream. Empathy is vital to understand and appreciate the context of applying digital accessibility. These elements fit particularly well with technology acceptance model as variables of success/failure. Also the theory of innovation-asking why is it not happening, reverse the TAM model back to potential causes. (Perception, attitude, simplicity) Technology acceptance model as a wider theory or framework to design questions and analysis of data. Based/adapted from behaviour acceptance model. Engagement and lack of it about perception of usefulness and complexity. Would aiming learning around empathy and contextual unders...

 A great way to spend a day off by mapping ideas. Interestingly giving me a great opportunity to see what needs to be done for my own learning as well as my research. Time to make a to do list. Meeting with Cary’s to go through the primary school curriculum to help place my ideas. More contacts to confirm. Meeting to discuss my request to drop to 4 days a week now organised so hopefully I have time on my hands from 1 April to fit in essential contact time with stakeholders.

  https://include.wp.worc.ac.uk/ INCLUDE: The International Collaboratory for Leadership in Universally Designed Education