Access Learn Update, August 2017 [via Accessible Online Learning Community Group]

It's been a while since our last post, and since then we've welcomed a few new
members to the group. So it's time we shared an update of what we've been
doing.

As a reminder, AccessLearn's initial focus has been to:

  identify information gaps that exist in the intersection of accessibility and
online learning,
  review the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) website to understand how
well it provides information that could address those knowledge gaps
  based on the first two steps, make recommendations for improving the WAI
site's coverage of accessibility applied to online learning.

We've now completed Steps 1 and 2, and created some draft recommendations for
addressing the knowledge gaps. These recommendations vary from providing new
content, adding examples that are relevant to online learning, to better
signposting of existing content.

The next step is for the AccessLearn Community Group to review and comment on
these recommendations, before we shape them into a draft report to share with
W3C's Education and Outreach Working Group (EOWG).

So, we invite all group members to review the recommended actions, and add your
comments. You can do so by adding comments directly in the Google Sheet, or via
the group email list.

If you'd prefer to wait until the recommendations are formulated into a more
readable report, that's okay. We plan to circulate that in early September.

The group chairs, Mary and Dave, will be presenting AccessLearn's work at the
Accessing Higher Ground conference in Colorado in November this year. We'll also
be using the opportunity to gather feedback on what the group should focus on
next. If you plan to attend AHG, we look forward to seeing you there!



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