RE: Access Learn Update, August 2017

Hi Dave, another suggestion we could make is that W3C regularly track development of other related standards or standards for online learning by other entities and assess their value with the purpose of integrating pertinent elements of those standards in its future versions of W3C standards for online learning.

Andy, could you please post here the URL for ISO (produced by SC35)?

Sushil Oswal
Associate Professor, Accessible Design
University of Washington

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Subject: Re: Access Learn Update, August 2017

Hi Andy

Thanks for an excellent question, and one on which we hope to get guidance from EOWG when we meet with them next week.

My view is that the role we have taken on as a W3C Community Group is to provide feedback on how W3C accessibility web resources can better support people working in or with online learning, and our primary focus will be on advising on how W3C informative content can be improved.

Clearly, there are some important standards that are part of the online learning accessibility ecosystem but are not published by W3C. The unknown at the moment, for me at least, is how and if we can refer to these in a W3C informative resource on online accessibility. It may be that one of our recommendations is a W3C note on online learning accessibility to indicate where W3C accessibility standards apply, and where other non-W3C standards provide complementary (or possibly overlapping) coverage.

So for now, if there is a recommended action to provide references to non-W3C standards that are important for online learning, we should note them, and hopefully we’ll have some more clarity in a week or so.

In the meantime, further contributions to this discussion would be very welcome!

All the best
Dave


> On 1 Sep 2017, at 20:10, Andy Heath <andyheath@axelafa.com> wrote:
> 
> David,
> 
> is the scope constrained to W3C/WAI ? For example there is a standard in ISO (produced by SC35) which gives some guidance on ALT text for images. Its currently about to be revised and I'm down (amongst others) to contribute to it - not that my contribution is relevant here. But oh how I wish the problem of working across different organisations wasn't so problematic.
> 
> Should I report the existence of this standard in the spreadsheet ? There may be others, I haven't read it all carefully yet - I noticed this one immediately.
> 
> Regards
> Andy Heath (a quiet lurker on AccessLearn)
> 
> 
> On 01/09/2017 17:17, David Sloan wrote:
>> Hi all
>> This is a reminder of our invitation for feedback on the proposed actions identified for each gap Information Gaps Google Sheet. Please share your feedback as soon as possible, and by Tuesday 5th September at the latest.
>> A reminder of the spreadsheet link (please focus on Sheet 2: Information Gaps):
>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LHynDV-umVHF3NcKkCIuSL12lzZCj

>> -2qS4gjmLtsXto/edit?usp=sharing
>> Thanks!
>> Dave
>>> On 24 Aug 2017, at 09:15, David Sloan <dsloan@paciellogroup.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi all
>>> 
>>> Having scheduled this post to be published on Monday, I’ve just returned from a few days break to discover that the email notification of the blog post doesn’t preserve the links included in the web version.
>>> 
>>> The link to the spreadsheet of gaps and recommended actions is:
>>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LHynDV-umVHF3NcKkCIuSL12lzZC

>>> j-2qS4gjmLtsXto/edit#gid=1155254872
>>> 
>>> We look forward to receiving your feedback on the proposed actions by *September 1st*.
>>> 
>>> Dave
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 21 Aug 2017, at 13:58, W3C Community Development Team <team-community-process@w3.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 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!
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> ----------
>>>> 
>>>> This post sent on Accessible Online Learning Community Group
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 'Access Learn Update, August 2017'
>>>> 
>>>> https://www.w3.org/community/accesslearn/2017/08/21/access-learn-up

>>>> date-august-2017/
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Learn more about the Accessible Online Learning Community Group:
>>>> 
>>>> https://www.w3.org/community/accesslearn

>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
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