Graham
Thank you for your interest. Unfortunately , as this is a short project, the timescale is limited and there will not be opportunities for workshops after December. However, we will be providing an opportunity to participate online through our WIKI (http://arc.tees.ac.uk/WIDE ) and possibly through an online workshop if there is enough demand.
In the meantime, if you have any great ideas for widgets and can't attend the workshops, please feel free to contact either myself ([log in to unmask]) or Voula Gkatzidou ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>).
Best wishes
Elaine
From: JISC CETIS Accessibility Mailing List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Graham Lewis [gjl]
Sent: 01 October 2010 11:41
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Design widgets to support your students
Simon,
This sounds a really interesting project and I would love to contribute. Unfortunately, this is rather short notice and there is no way I could t it into my diary. I am sure others will feel the same.
Do you have any plans to run later workshops (Jan, Feb?) ohavesome other way for people to contribute.
Graham
From: JISC CETIS Accessibility Mailing List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Simon Ball
Sent: 01 October 2010 11:23
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Subject: Design widgets to support your students
With apologies if you receive this through several channels
Hi all
I would like to invite you to participate in a workshop that forms part of the WIDE project being run by Teesside University as part of JISC's Distributed Learning Environments programme.
The WIDE project will design widgets to support disabled students - what we need from you is the ideas! You don't have to have any technical expertise whatsoever, what we need you to do is to think about the barriers your students currently face that potentially technology might be able to solve, and come to the workshop where you will be helped to turn that into a design for a widget.
All three workshops are open to anyone with good ideas about how we might better support disabled students using technology. The success of the project depends on your ideas! If you are interested please read the overview below and sign up for one of the workshops. If you have any questions please contact Voula at the WIDE project team ([log in to unmask]) rather than me!
Best wishes
Simon
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Widgets for Inclusive Distributed Environments (WIDE) Workshop
Date & Location
15th October 2010 JISC TechDis, York
22nd October 2010 Portland College, Mansfield
5th November 2010 Teesside University
Overview
The Accessibility Research Centre (ARC) at Teesside University is holding a series of one day workshops on the "design of widgets for inclusive distributed environments". The events are part of a JISC-funded Distributed Learning Environments (DLE) project to develop resources to extend the functionality and flexibility of VLEs.
These events are of interest to those directly involved with the teaching or support of disabled learners and students in FE and HE, including lecturers, tutors, learning technologists, disability coordinators etc. The workshops are an opportunity for participants to specify and produce learning designs that will be developed for you into bespoke small applications known as widgets.
About
The workshop will give participants an overview of existing accessibility widgets and prepare you for thinking about the potential of widgets for accessible e-learning. Working in small groups, you will brainstorm, discuss, design, and refine ideas for your own learning designs into a requirements specification for the widgets. At the end of the workshop, participants will be provided with a memory stick containing JISC RSC EduApps, presentation material from the workshop, a link to the Wookie server where the widgets will be hosted and some sample widgets. Post-workshop, each specification will be transformed into a widget by the ARC developers, and the participants will then evaluate the finished product online. You do not need to have any experience of widget development.
Outcomes
A suite of bespoke, accessible learning applications (widgets) based on delegates own designs that can be used with their students and learners, shared and adapted.
Agenda
10:00
Arrival, registration, tea & coffee
10:30
Introductions and outline of the day's activities
10:45
Overview of open source and freeware accessibility software (Dr Simon Ball begin_of_the_skype_highlightingend_of_the_skype_highlighting, TechDis)
11:30
Introduction to creation and use of mobile prompts (widgets for visual prompts for young adults with learning difficulties) (Matthew Harrison, Portland College)
12:15
Participants outline their proposed learning activity and placed into groups.
12:30
Lunch
13:00
Interactive hands-on session.
Working collaboratively on poster templates to create content in small groups facilitated by roving presenters
15:00
Presentation and discussion of designs (Results captured/archived digitally)
15:40
Plenary feedback: on key issues, development of widgets and evaluation plans
16:00
Close
Cost & Registration
Free with lunch included (unfortunately we cannot reimburse participants' travel expenses).
You can register at http://arc.tees.ac.uk/workshop/register.php
Contact
For more information contact Voula Gkatzidou: [log in to unmask]
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Dr Simon Ball
Senior Advisor
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