Slides for a design workshop on inclusive open educational resources at the 2011 Open Video Conference

1. What is accessibility?

2. Rethinking Disability

3. Rethinking Disability

4. Rethinking Disability
A mismatch between the
user
and the
user interface

5. Accessibility is...
the ability of the system
to accommodate the needs of the user

6. who is the
typical,
average
learner?

7. one size fits all?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/satyricom/4991427606/sizes/l/in/photostream/

8. Inclusive OER Design Exercise
who?
when? where?
how?
what?

9. who?
imagine a student
their needs, tastes, learning style, interests

10. personas
a persona is a user archetype used to help guide the
design of features, navigation, interactions, and more.

11. when? where?
context and environment
when does our student learn, and where? at home, late at
night? in the computer lab? in a classroom? online?

12. how?
technologies & teaching
methods
independent or collaborative learning? using a laptop or
mobile phone or a textbook?

13. what?
the learning experience
what’s the subject matter? how can it be designed to best
suit our learner? what forms of media, teaching
techniques, etc. will we use?