Inclusive Design and OERs
Jess Mitchell | Inclusive Design Research Centre OCAD University | Toronto, Canada
Inclusive, not Universal• Universal -- one-size-
fits-all
• Inclusive -- one-size-fits-one
!
(Photo: Tatyana McFadden; Boston, London, Chicago, NYC)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Tatyana_McFadden_Paralympic_World_Cup_2009.jpg
What’s Accessible
What’s Cool
Making OERs for everyone
• Personalize to meet needs and preferences
• Have an impact on barriers to adoption and use
• We all benefit
http://www.flickr.com/photos/martyn404/5203873918/
Reframing disability
Mismatch between the user and the technology
http://www.flickr.com/photos/deditos/2478477536/
What is accessibility?
Matching unique users with flexible technology!!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/50393252@N02/4822063888/
Commitment + Perspective
• Start building inclusivity into your content, interfaces, sites, and apps
• It isn’t a task, it is a commitment
Inclusively Designing
• Strategies (for content creation)
• User Interfaces (for websites and applications)
• Tools (content, interface, and getting help)
Creating the Match
The Inclusive Learning Design Handbook!!!http://handbook.floeproject.org
Strategies for Content
• Semantic elements
• Text style, size, contrast
• Think about modes (text, audio, images, and video)
Transformations
With great content come great possibilities...!!
• transform presentation• transform content
http://www.flickr.com/photos/63794459@N07/6394965487/
Learner Options
Users can transform interfaces!!HTML, CSS, + JavaScript
HTML 5 Video Player
Captions, Interactive Transcripts, Internationalization
Tools
Electrons! Learners can discover new ways to interact with content!!!!GPII, Cloud4All, PGA
Next Steps
• These are skills we can teach
• Generating metadata
• Rating resources + improvement loop
• More tools
http://www.flickr.com/photos/90585146@N08/8222922317/
We love to collaborate
• Join our community @FluidProject
• Code: github.com/fluid-project
• Learn from our designs: wiki.fluidproject.org
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