Re: Survey for mapping digital accessibility skills

Excellent points Chaals. The survey is already launched, so I doubt its
questions will change. When the researchers later analyze the data, I would
encourage them to distinguish between the smaller group of *accessibility
professionals* and the much larger group of *people who create digital
content for websites*. Most people who "work on websites" are putting
content into content management systems. The survey questions appear aimed
more at the former group, even though a stated aim of the project is to
improve the accessibility skills of the latter group.

From the IMPACT project website:

 "In a decision of the European Ombudsman (Strategic Survey OI / June 2017
6/2017 / EA) on how the European Commission ensures that people with
disabilities can access its websites from December 2018, there is a need
for Mandatory accessibility training for *all staff working on websites*.
Hence the creation of the IMPACT project."

The recent We4Authors project is also relevant to this goal.

Cheers,

Mitchell Evan
+1 (510) 375-6104
mtchllvn@gmail.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitchellrevan/

On Mon, Feb 24, 2020, 7:05 AM Charles 'chaals' (McCathie) Nevile <
chaals@yandex.ru> wrote:

> Hello Armony,
>
> your survey collects information about people but you have no privacy
> policy, no statement of what you are going to do with the information and
> how you manage privacy of responders.
>
> Given that self-selecting surveys are wildly unreliable representations
> of
> anything, it would be encouraging to have some more detail about the
> methodology used to assess the feedback received.
>
> It would also be helpful to address the relationship between this
> project,
> the IAAP certification scheme that has been running for a few years now,
> individual offerings from recognised Universities, and a variety of other
> training initiatives that have been around over the last couple of decades.
>
> cheers
>
> Chaals
>
> On Mon, 24 Feb 2020 08:34:54 +0100, Armony ALTINIER <armony@koena.net>
> wrote:
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > My name is Armony, I am the founder of Koena, a company specialized in
> > Web accessibility in France.
> >
> > We work with European partners on a project that aims to create a skill
> > card and open source resources to expand Web >Accessibility. This
> > project's name is IMPACT for Inclusive Method Based on the Perception
> of
> > Accessibility and Compliance >Testing.
> >
> > Partners are Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain), ECQA GmbH
> > (Austria),Dublin City University (Ireland), Normandie Université
> > (France).
> >
> > Everything will be based on the WCAG, as the new European standard is
> > itself WCAG based.
> >
> > You will find more info on the Website: https://impact-access.eu/
> >
> > During the first step of the project, we are collecting info about
> > existing skills around the World. We will create a map then.
> >
> > The survey is online until March, 1st.
> >
> > Here is the link of the survey (Google Form) in English:
> > https://docs.google.com/forms/d/
> >e/1FAIpQLSdM828s5Tt_NlwhpPlC401qTy0M3NuVJLCQZmQmEGmaVwM7vg/viewform
> >
> > It would be nice if you could take 10 minutes to answer to the survey
> > and share it.
> >
> > The survey is also available in:
> > - French:
> >
> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe7r7KUMiUAOna2SsRb3a1Xw6LLrARCapUQIf5iPZb---yGew/viewform
> > - German:
> >
> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeIp-NCnieP1ODV2l6LU5hRP-HH2FwwKuYmM4ScpqBMboXejg/viewform
> > - Spanish:
> >
> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc4guALIQXWbyjfYpc3UkhA3tCcx6vsmF7tQXfumrJIzjdFdQ/viewform
> > - Catalan:
> >
> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfzvv3TqB546rtVDboT6PIQ59LMdtRkLSapnuNRTcZKx1CSsw/viewform
> >
> > Thank you by advance,
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Armony
> > --Armony ALTINIER
> >
> > Fondatrice/CEO de Koena, l'accessibilité numérique au service de
> > l'inclusion
> >
> > Standard : +33 (0)9 72 63 21 28
> > Mob. : +33 (0)6 68 89 77 51
> >
> > Site : koena.net
> > Vidéos : koena.tv
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> > Twitter : @koenaFR
>
>
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