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Re: [fyi] reference to OWEA

From: Chris Mills <cmills@opera.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:00:00 +0100
Cc: public-xg-owea@w3.org, Doug Schepers <schepers@w3.org>
Message-Id: <669184D5-05DC-4FF6-8DCC-639F9A05CFE6@opera.com>
To: Shawn Henry <shawn@w3.org>
;-)

Yup! That was put in the UK government accessibility plan after  
government consultation with myself and fellow OWEA colleague Sandi  
Wassmer.

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On 13 Oct 2010, at 14:55, Shawn Henry wrote:

> Stumbled across this and thought it might be of interest:
>
> "As there are currently no standards or regulation specific to web  
> education in the UK, the principles of Open Web Education as  
> articulated by the W3C group, the Open Web Education Alliance (OWEA)  
> will underpin the work of the Forum. This group will be tasked with  
> the liaison of the OWEA members and UK Educators across Schools,  
> Colleges and Higher Education." -- UK e-Accessibility action plan <http://www.bis.gov.uk/assets/biscore/business-sectors/docs/e/10-1194-e-accessibility-action-plan.pdf 
> >
>
> ~Shawn
>
>
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> W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
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>
>
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