“Using accessibility to enhance Teaching & Learning : Accessibility ≠ Disability”
As the accessibility of digital course content is becoming an increasingly important topic world-wide, institutions must address long-standing and often overbearing challenges.
- Vast amounts of course content – Large amounts of course content make it difficult for an institution to understand where they stand with accessibility issues today
- Lack of awareness and understanding – Instructors struggle with a lack of awareness and understanding behind the impact of accessibility and how to create more accessible content
- Learners can fall behind – Learners can be blocked or delayed in their courses due to the time involved in gaining access to alternative formats
This session will extend the traditional definition of accessibility to universal design and how more accessible content can lead to higher quality, more usable content that can benefit all students.
We will provide insight into the current state of course content accessibility to show the trends and patterns across institutions and highlight the challenges that still exist. We will also provide a summary of important upcoming legislative and policy changes in this area.
This session will conclude by providing a number of concrete hints and tips on how to easily create more accessible content.
