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Accessibility, Inclusivity and MOOCs: What Can BS 8878 Offer?
Brian KellyInnovation AdvocateCetisUniversity of BoltonBolton, UK
Contact DetailsEmail: ukwebfocus@gmail.comTwitter: @briankellyCetis Web site: http://www.cetis.ac.uk/Blog: http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/
Slides and further information available athttp://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/events/ilsig-2014-accessibility-inclusivity-and-moocs-what-can-bs-8878-offer/
About Me
Brian Kelly:• Innovation Advocate at Cetis, University of Bolton• Was UK Web Focus at UKOLN, University of Bath• Professional interests include web accessibility,
web standards, social media, web preservation, …
Selection of Web Accessibility publications:• Developing A Holistic Approach For E-Learning
Accessibility, Kelly, B., Phipps, L. and Swift, E., 2004• Holistic Approaches to E-Learning Accessibility, Phipps, L.
and Kelly, B., 2006• Accessibility 2.0: People, Policies and Processes, Kelly et al,
2007• A Challenge to Web Accessibility Metrics and Guidelines:
Putting People and Processes First, Cooper et al, 2012
Introduction
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University Accessibility Policy
University accessibility policies are often linked to from all corporate pages (e.g at http://www.foo.ac.uk/accessibility)
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University Accessibility Policy
University accessibility policies are often linked to from all corporate pages (e.g at http://www.foo.ac.uk/accessibility)
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University Accessibility Policy
University accessibility policies are often linked to from all corporate pages (e.g at http://www.foo.ac.uk/accessibility)
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In addition:• Conformance is binary:
no notion of reasonable measures• Is “just-in-case accessibility” always desirable?• See limitations in “Forcing Standardization or
Accommodating Diversity? A Framework for Applying the WCAG in the Real World”
WCAG’s Limitations
But WCAG approach has limitations:• Is dependent on browsers which conform with
UAAG (what to do with legacy browsers?)• Is dependent on authoring tools
which conform with ATAG• Needs to be applied to all
formats (not just HTML)
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Content Must Be Understandable?
One of WCAG’s key principles:“Content and controls must be understandable”
Which is the cancerous cell?
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Content Must Be Understandable?
One of WCAG’s key principles:“Content and controls must be understandable”
What does this convey?
Man against snow, Austrian Tirol 1974, reproduced with permission of the photographer: Professor Paul Hill
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Content Must Be Understandable?
One of WCAG’s key principles:“Content and controls must be understandable”
What does this convey?
Man against snow, Austrian Tirol 1974, reproduced with permission of the photographer: Professor Paul Hill
What does it man to “understand” a surrealist painting?
The Great Masturbator, S. Dali
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Teaching and Learning Challenges
Furthermore:• Assumes accessibility is a function of the digital
resource• We have argued “web accessibility is not an intrinsic
characteristic of a digital resource but is determined by complex political, social and other contextual factors, as well as technical aspects which are the focus of WAI standardisation activities”
Kelly, Phipps and others (2004-2007):• Importance is accessibility of
learning objectives, not learning resource
• May be several alternatives, including real-world alternative
• “Blended accessibility for blended learning”
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MOOCs: What Is To Be Done?
Policies and practices for accessibility of MOOCs is needed.What should be done?• WCAG statement: all resources on this
MOOC conform with WCAG AA• WCAG aspiration: we will try to ensure
that all resources on this MOOC conform with WCAG AA
• Something else: But what?
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What Is Being Done?
Hyperlinked Library MOOC
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MOOC Resources
MOOC resources:• Produced in-house, following in-house
production guidelines• Found online and used based on selection
criteria
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BS 8878
BS 8878: • a framework that
allows definition of the process undertaken by organisations to build or procure an optimally accessible web site
What is to be done?• WCAG conformance statement• WCAG aspiration• Evaluate benefits which use of BS 8878 could provide?
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BS 8878
BS 8878: • a framework that
allows definition of the process undertaken by organisations to build or procure an optimally accessible web site
What is to be done?• WCAG conformance statement• WCAG aspiration• Evaluate benefits which use of BS 8878 could provide?
Over to you to decide!
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Further Information
Video & slides of talk on "BS 8878 &the Holistic Approaches to Web Accessibility", CETIS Accessibility SIG, Feb 2011
I said:… still requires “conformance with WCAG 1.0”!
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/meetings/cetis-accessibility-sig-2011-02/
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Questions?
Any questions, comments, …?
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