This slide deck covers the work of the Floe Project in making OERs more accessible and inclusive.

1. Inclusive Design
and OERs
Jess Mitchell | Inclusive Design Research Centre
OCAD University | Toronto, Canada

2. Inclusive, not Universal
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Universal -- one-sizefits-all
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Inclusive -- one-sizefits-one
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(Photo: Tatyana McFadden;
Boston, London, Chicago, NYC)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Tatyana_McFadden_Paralympic_World_Cup_2009.jpg

3. What’s Cool
What’s Accessible

4. Making OERs for
everyone
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Personalize to meet
needs and preferences
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Have an impact on
barriers to adoption and
use
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We all benefit
http://www.flickr.com/photos/martyn404/5203873918/

5. Reframing disability
Mismatch between the
user and the technology
http://www.flickr.com/photos/deditos/2478477536/

6. What is accessibility?
Matching unique users
with flexible technology
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/50393252@N02/4822063888/

7. Commitment +
Perspective
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Start building
inclusivity into your
content, interfaces,
sites, and apps
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It isn’t a task, it is a
commitment

8. Inclusively Designing
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Strategies (for content
creation)
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User Interfaces (for
websites and
applications)
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Tools (content,
interface, and getting
help)

9. Creating the Match
The Inclusive Learning
Design Handbook
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http://handbook.floeproject.org

10. Strategies for Content
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Semantic elements
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Think about modes
(text, audio, images,
and video)
Text style, size,
contrast

11. Transformations
With great content
come great
possibilities...
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transform presentation
transform content
http://www.flickr.com/photos/63794459@N07/6394965487/

12. Learner Options
Users can transform
interfaces
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HTML, CSS, +
JavaScript

13. HTML 5 Video Player
Captions, Interactive
Transcripts,
Internationalization

14. Tools
Electrons! Learners can
discover new ways to
interact with content
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GPII, Cloud4All, PGA

15. Next Steps
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These are skills we
can teach
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Generating
metadata
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Rating resources +
improvement loop
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More tools
http://www.flickr.com/photos/90585146@N08/8222922317/

16. We love to collaborate
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Join our community
@FluidProject
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Code: github.com/fluidproject
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Learn from our designs:
wiki.fluidproject.org