Accessibility for TAFE teachers & resource developers -- a case study OZeWAI 6 December 2007

Evan Bailey, R/Manager, Learning Technology Standards

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Overview

1 NSW DET, CLI summary

2 Learning Technology Standards

■ Interoperability Guidelines

● Accessibility Guidelines

3 OptionKeys (accessibility) website

■ What we have done for TAFE & school teachers and resource developers

4 WCAG2

■ How to explain WCAG2

■ How to implement WCAG2.

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1 NSW DET, CLI summary

NSW DET

Largest single organisation, public or private, in Australia, with recurrent budget of $7.9 billion (2007/08)

Schools

c. 740,000 students attend NSW government schools

2,200 school locations throughout NSW

TAFE NSW

c. 460,000 TAFE enrolments

10 Institutes with more than 130 campuses in NSW

Centre for Learning Innovation (CLI)

Centre for Learning Innovation (CLI), formed 2004, includes Learning Technology Standards team.

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2 Learning Technology Standards

Learning Technology Standards

Interoperability Guidelines, see

http://www.cli.nsw.edu.au/cli/focus/standards/techstands.shtm

■ Guidelines for creating accessible web content

http://www.cli.nsw.edu.au/cli/files/tli_guidelines_accessible.pdf

● Based on W3C Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG1)

● Links to OptionKeys website http://www.cli.nsw.edu.au/optionkeys/

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Learning Technology Standards

http://www.cli.nsw.edu.au/cli/focus/standards/techstands.shtm

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3 OptionKeys (accessibility) website

What we have done for TAFE & school resource developers

OptionKeys website www.cli.nsw.edu.au/optionkeys

For students, teachers and resource developers

• Helps developers produce online resources and websites which are accessible to broadest range of users

• Helps users meet legislative requirements

• Facilitates modification of learning materials for specific needs

• Promotes learners’ independence, as they can independently navigate and access information

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• OptionKeys Includes

■ Accessibility Checklist for Project Managers

■ Detailed practical guidelines, sample html code

■ Activities, student scenarios

■ References, Quick tips, Glossary.

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4 WCAG2

What to do with W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines ver2 (WCAG2) ?

See http://www.w3.org/WAI/presentations/WCAG20_about/

■ International, cooperatively-developed standard

■ Applies to more advanced technologies

■ Clearer, testable criteria

■ Principles: Perceivable, Operable, Understandable, Robust.

•How can we make WCAG2 easily understandable for resource developers?

•How can we implement WCAG2?

Contact usEvan Bailey

Learning Technology Standards

CLI

Ph: (02) 9715 8130

Email : contact.lts@det.nsw.edu.au

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