Web Accessibility 2.0: Revisiting Our Approaches To Web Accessibility

Web Accessibility 2.0: Revisiting Our Approaches To Web Accessibility

Brian Kelly facilitated two workshop session on "Web Accessibility 2.0: Revisiting Our Approaches To Web Accessibility" at the NADP Conference: The Future of Supporting Students through Technology conference held in High Wycombe on 17^th September 2008.

The session was held from 14.00-14.45 and repeated from 15.00-15.45.

Summary

Web Accessibility 2.0: Revisiting Our Approaches To Web Accessibility

In this workshop session Brian Kelly will describe the holistic approach to Web accessibility which Brian and accessibility researchers and practitioners in the UK and Australia have been developing since 2004.

The workshop session will provide an opportunity for participants to debate how this approach may be applied within the context of learning and explore the strengths and weaknesses of this approach compared with other approaches to enhancing the accessibility of Web resources.

Materials

Slides

Web Accessibility 2.0:

[MS PowerPoint] - [HTML]

 

Biographical Details

Brian Kelly works for UKOLN, a national centre of expertise in digital information funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) and the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA). Brian's job title is UK Web Focus - a national Web coordination and advisory post. His areas of work include Web standards, Web accessibility and promotion of bests practices for use of Web 2.0.

 

Background Reading

This workshop will be based on the holistic approach to Web accessibility. Further information on this work is described in the following papers.

• Developing A Holistic Approach For E-Learning Accessibility
  Kelly, B., Phipps, L. and Swift, E. Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2004, Vol. 30, Issue 3.
  <http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/papers/cjtl-2004/>
• Implementing A Holistic Approach To E-Learning Accessibility
  Kelly, B., Phipps, L. and Howell, C. ALT-C 2005 Conference Proceedings, Sept 2005.
  <http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/papers/alt-c-2005/>
• Holistic Approaches to E-Learning Accessibility
  Phipps, L. and Kelly, B. ALT-J Research in Learning Technology, Vol. 14, No. 1, March 2006, pp. 69-78.
  <http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/papers/alt-j-2006/>
• Contextual Web Accessibility - Maximizing the Benefit of Accessibility Guidelines
  Sloan, D, Kelly, B., Heath, A., Petrie, H., Hamilton, F and Phipps, L. WWW 2006 Edinburgh, Scotland 22-26 May 2006. Conference Proceedings, Special Interest Tracks, Posters and Workshops (CD ROM).
  <http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/papers/w4a-2006/>
• Accessibility 2.0: People, Policies and Processes
  Kelly, B., Sloan, D., Brown, S., Seale, J, Petrie, H., Lauke, P. and Ball, S. WWW 2007 Banff, Canada, 7-11 May 2007.
  <http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/papers/w4a-2007/>
• One World, One Web ... But Great Diversity
  Kelly, B., Nevile, L., Draffan, EA. and Fanou, S. WWW 2008 Beijing, China, 21-22 April 2008.
  <http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/papers/w4a-2008/>