CLICK HERE TO LOGIN TO THE LIVE SESSIONWith more and more learning opportunities available online, the reach of education and the scope of the learner population expands every day. More have access to education than ever before. Barriers to do with location, schedule, and finances are being removed and learners, especially adult learners, who have previously not had the opportunity to expand their education can now do so.
However, as courses move online, new barriers have the potential to be introduced and it takes careful learner experience design to ensure that this new opportunity does not fall short. From ensuring that courses are meeting web accessibility standards like the WCAG 2.1, to developing with biased free language, the diversity of learner abilities and backgrounds needs to be at the forefront of the course design.
We are a team of passionate instructional designers, content developers, multimedia specialists, and tech developers with decades of experience in online education. We have worked in the K-12 realm, as well as with post-secondary institutions, to write and/or develop nearly 250 online courses.
In this session, we will review some key areas of accessibility that must be considered in an online environment. Without an instructor present, and therefore without anyone able to observe a learner’s experience, all the tools a learner might need based on ability level or learning style must already be present. More specifically, we will look at user experience design and best practices, contrast considerations, seizure regulation alignment, and transcription needs.
