Accessibility is ensuring that anyone can get use or get to anything that they need to regardless of disability. This can be done by removing barriers and obstacles or by altering, adding to or adapting the origional structure.
Who do you think is responsible for accessibility?
Everyone has a responsibility to ensure accessibility. The more stakeholders involved in ensuring accessibility the more likely it is to be sucessful. In an education setting this would include the students, teaching staff, learning technologists, web designers and senior management.
What do you understand by accessibility in an educational context?
In an educational setting accessibilty encompasses many things. Access to the buildings, the computers, being able to use the resources, being able communicate with teaching staff and peers.
What do you understand by accessibility in the context of online learning?
Accessibility in the context of online learning means being able to engage with teaching materials online. This means being able to understand and use them in order to learn and reach the required standard.
Why is accessibility a concern today in your context or country?
The main driving force for accessibility in the UK is legislation such as the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA). There are also financial and moral reasons.
H810 Activity 2.4
Accessibility is ensuring that anyone can get use or get to anything that they need to regardless of disability. This can be done by removing barriers and obstacles or by altering, adding to or adapting the origional structure.
Everyone has a responsibility to ensure accessibility. The more stakeholders involved in ensuring accessibility the more likely it is to be sucessful. In an education setting this would include the students, teaching staff, learning technologists, web designers and senior management.
In an educational setting accessibilty encompasses many things. Access to the buildings, the computers, being able to use the resources, being able communicate with teaching staff and peers.
Accessibility in the context of online learning means being able to engage with teaching materials online. This means being able to understand and use them in order to learn and reach the required standard.
The main driving force for accessibility in the UK is legislation such as the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA). There are also financial and moral reasons.