[bcab] Re: online study help

Hi,

I'm quite supprized that they have not made efforts to ensure that
their online training matterial is accessible, asdies anything else
their not doing this shows a quite wild disregard for the current
legal statis in the UK as regards provision of education.

I work fairly extensively with online educational matterials, as part
of an European project, and also within the company I work for. There
really isn't a simple answer without seeing the specific platforms and
technologies they are using; SCORM packages are often inaccessible;
but if designed well they can be made accessible; the same is true of
Flash content which is also used pretty widely.

Personally I'd suggest you oughta contact the disability support
service at the University, and maybe try to get to go along and
actually have a go on some of their training matterials to see waht
they're doing with it and how easy and accessible it all looks...

Of course if they're interested in making it accessible I guess they
could find a few people on this E-mail list who might be interested in
'helping' them.., Providing they're willing to pay of course.... /:

Mark

2008/9/30  <tim.pennick@xxxxxx>:
> Hi Terry,
>
> In my experience, on line learning tends to be easier where the material is
> in the form of documents/books rather than some of the more complicated
> training delivery platforms.  Its difficult to give more detailed advice as
> on-line learning is a broad subject, and the only real way to find out how
> accessible it will be, is to try to get some sort of taster or demo in
> advance of actuall paying for the course.
>
> Regards,
>
> Tim
>
> ________________________________
> From: bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Terry Clasper
> Sent: 29 September 2008 12:41
> To: bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bcab] online study help
>
> All.
>
> I'm seriously looking into undertaking an MBA in Business
> Administration/Management.
>
> I'm excited by the course offered by the university of Liverpool, however
> initial enquiries seem to suggest that there 100% online learning facility
> has not been tried and tested for accessibility.
>
> I'm interested to know what experiences people may have of online learning,
> how accessible systems have proven to be, and what other issues for example
> regarding accessing of text books have people had to deal with.
>
> If people would prefer to write to me directly rather than via the list
> that's fine,
>
> Terry.clasper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Thanks for any information and feedback.
>
>
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