W4A 2014 Camp Report
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W4A Camp: format
UnconferenceUnconference
Informal settings
Topics suggested by participants
Light moderation
Collaborative discussion
Final brief report
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W4A Camp: goal
Collectively explore
some important issue
Bring home
feedback
collaborations
others opinions
what was already done
what else could be done
Enjoy nice company
and informal discussions
with well-behaved people
UnconferenceUnconference
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Participants
● Amaia Aizupurua
● Chris Bailey
● Yevgen Borodin
● Justin Brown
● Luis Carrico
● Chet Cooper
● Vivienne Conway
● Pradipta De
● Sai Gollapudi
● Simon Harper
● Shawn Henry
● Robert Huffaker
● Sun Kim
● Lia MartinoRyan
● Eduardo Perez
● David Sloan
● Markel Vigo
● Karl Wiegand
● Giorgio Brajnik
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Emotional barriers
Elderly
“digital immigrants”
need to learn new languages
need to adapt to new values
need to embrace a new culture
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Emotional barriers
LACK OF CONFIDENCE
Fear of breaking things
Prone to quit early
COPING WITH CONFUSION
Help material should be distinguishable from content
Help material could be more direct, more passionate
Content more neutral
RESEARCH INVOLVEMENT
Tend not to follow instructions
Prone to quit early
University is intimidating
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Accessibility or inclusion?
● Passionate debate
Socio-political impairments
Cultural impairments
Economic impairments
W4A:
Addressing information barriers
● “Universal Design”
● “Inclusive Design”
● “Universal Usability”
● “Accessibility”
Situational impairments
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Accessibility and disability
WHO says: “disability”
is an umbrella term that covers:
“Accessibility”
● should it deal exclusively with
people with disabilities?
Person Health conditions
Activity limitations
Participation restrictions
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EPUB 3.0
● PDF might not be enough
● sometimes one needs to complement it with HTML
● Text Customization might help
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Tagging human abilities
● Using tags to describe abilities
● <DistinguishesColors> ...
● <FullMovement>...
● <HearingRange minDB=”5” maxDB=”10”>...
● Coupled with transcoding
● not clear how end users would customize this
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W4A Camp 2015 Edition
● suggest your topic(s)
● come forward and illustrate it
● be ready to get constructive feedback
● it'll be fun