- From: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2015 09:18:20 -0600
- To: Sarah Horton <shorton@paciellogroup.com>
- Cc: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
Hi Sarah, Welcome! It is a great pleasure to have you with us. Back in July we discussed a "Digital Instructional Materials TF and Extension": https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-gl/2015JulSep/0025.html After that the WCAG WG new charter was expanded to include digital learning materials. It states: "Develop normative WCAG 2.0 extensions and support materials to address special topic areas as needed without changing the meaning of conformance to WCAG 2.0 on its own: Define criteria for specific user groups and industry verticals that have identified needs for accessibility guidance, including but not limited to...digital learning materials..." http://www.w3.org/2015/09/wcag-charter Kindest Regards, Laura On 11/17/15, Sarah Horton <shorton@paciellogroup.com> wrote: > Hello, all. Just a quick note of introduction. > > I’m Sarah Horton and I work at The Paciello Group as the UX Strategy Lead. > I’ve been working at TPG for about two and a half years. Before that I > worked over 20 years in higher education in the US, in interface design, > instructional technology, and web strategy. I’ve been involved with > accessibility since the early 2000s. I spent some time on the Education and > Outreach Working Group, but otherwise have not been that involved in W3C > activities. > > My colleague, Dave Sloan, and I launched the Accessible Online Learning > Community Group: > > https://www.w3.org/community/accesslearn/ > > We are just starting out, with an initial focus on exploring how W3C > technologies support online learning activities. > > I joined the WCAG Working Group because the guidelines are so influential as > a specification for building accessible digital products. We use the > guidelines extensively in audit and evaluation activities. I want to bring > that practitioner perspective to the ongoing work of developing the > guidelines. I also want to explore how the guidelines might better support > online learning. > > I look forward to working with you all! > > Best, > Sarah > > Sarah Horton > UX Strategy Lead > The Paciello Group > 603 252-6052 mobile > > > -- Laura L. Carlson
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