Liberté, égalité, fraternité
Angus Main
A rather grand title for an Advance article I hear you say. However, I believe we’re covering a grand topic – accessibility – which has two things in common with the cries heard in 1789. Firstly, it promises to free our content, making it accessible to all. Secondly, the term has different meanings to many people and is implemented in various ways.
The title of the article is where the fancy stuff ends. This article is a practical introduction to accessibility for e-learning projects. It’s designed to help developers, designers and project managers understand the key issues involved and the practical steps that they can take to make their content easier to use, easier to understand and more engaging. Drawing on many years of experience, the article also features the thoughts of the only team to have won the e-Learning Age award for ‘Care Taken to Achieve Inclusivity in an e-Learning Programme’.
So, why worry about accessibility?
Recent research conducted by CSR Europe indicates that as many as 20 per cent of people have a disability that may interfere with the use of a computer for educational purposes…