Re: An update, post-Accessing Higher Ground [via Accessible Online Learning Community Group]

Thank you David,

And for those EOWG participants who have recently joined or those who may
have forgotten this initiative from last year, AccessLearn is a Community
Group seeking to address the accessibility gaps in the way online learning
courses are offered. Find more on the AccessLearn wiki
<https://www.w3.org/community/accesslearn/>

Recent activities resulted in a spreadsheet with identified issues and gaps
and the co-chairs are seeking input to prioritize those issues. Read on for
how to quickly help them sort through and determine which issues to address
first.  Thanks!

On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 9:51 AM, David Sloan <dsloan@paciellogroup.com>
wrote:

> Just as a follow-up to the latest blog post providing a group update, here
> are the links from the blog post (which don’t show up in the text of the
> blog post notification email):
>
> Accessing Higher Ground session description and link to slides:
> http://accessinghigherground.org/the-w3c-accessible-online-
> learning-community-group-what-have-we-done-and-what-should-we-do-next/
>
> W3C Education and Outreach Working Group (EOWG) website:
> https://www.w3.org/WAI/EO/
>
> Gaps and recommendations Google Sheet:
> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LHynDV-umVHF3NcKkCIuSL12lzZCj-
> 2qS4gjmLtsXto/edit#gid=1155254872
>
> You can cast your votes for relative priority for each recommendation as
> High, Medium or Low Priority in columns J, K and L. You can add comments in
> column M.
>
> If you haven’t voted already, please cast your votes by December 12 at the
> latest.
>
> Many thanks!
> Dave
>
> > On 4 Dec 2017, at 15:30, W3C Community Development Team <
> team-community-process@w3.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hi, and welcome to new members who joined us after learning about the
> group at the Accessing Higher Ground 2017 conference! This short post
> reviews our time at the conference and outlines next steps for the group.
> >
> > Our conference session gave some background to this group's creation and
> motives—our focus on supporting W3C accessibility initiatives by providing
> insight to the needs of people working with online learning, in particular
> identifying where and how more information applicable to online learning
> could be provided on the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) web site. A
> session abstract and a link to slides is available.
> >
> > We were delighted that several people joined the group straight after
> the session, and we look forward to working with you!
> >
> > During AHG, we also had the opportunity to have a very good constructive
> chat with Sharron Rush, one of the co-chairs of the Education and Outreach
> Working Group (EOWG), the group leading the redesign of the WAI Web site.
> They plan to launch a new site early in 2018, and we have a window of
> opportunity to influence the new site before the launch. AccessLearn will
> need to work closely with EOWG on providing clear, prioritized
> recommendations, and a plan for creating the recommended new content.
> >
> > We're pleased that so many group members have provided feedback on our
> list of recommended actions for plugging content gaps. Our next step is to
> finalise this prioritization as soon as possible, so that EOWG has a clear
> message of what content we think should be included and how it should be
> provided.
> >
> > Then, we plan to define how that content will be written. In some cases,
> EOWG may be able to do it; in other cases they will look to us as subject
> matter experts. So, while you review and indicate your priority for each
> recommendation, please consider whether you would be willing to be involved
> in authoring or reviewing the content associated with the recommendation.
> Thank you!
> >
> > We'll continue discussions through the group email list; we also have
> the opportunity of having a group teleconference if necessary.
> >
> >
> >
> > ----------
> >
> > This post sent on Accessible Online Learning Community Group
> >
> >
> >
> > 'An update, post-Accessing Higher Ground'
> >
> > https://www.w3.org/community/accesslearn/2017/12/04/an-
> update-post-accessing-higher-ground/
> >
> >
> >
> > Learn more about the Accessible Online Learning Community Group:
> >
> > https://www.w3.org/community/accesslearn
> >
> >
> >
>
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