The BUFVC’s Learning on Screen Conference 2009 (7 – 8 April) will this year have as its main theme Disability and Access to Moving Image and Sound. The conference and awards are hosted by BBC’s Disability Affairs Correspondent, Peter White MBE.
In higher and further education, institutions are required to make reasonable adjustments in the delivery of course content and learning materials to avoid placing a disabled person at a substantial disadvantage. Techniques including signing, sub-titling, audio description, voice to text translation, Braille translators, online accessibility standards and auditing are a commonplace and have had beneficial effect. However, there is vagueness in the legislation which can cause justifiable concern for educational service-providers and there is more to be done to make reasonable adjustments.
This conference will offer an opportunity to learn more and to discuss solutions. The Learning on Screen Conference will offer an opportunity for academic service providers, web developers, broadcasters, educationists, advisors, publishers and representatives of disability groups to meet to see examples of best practise, to learn about new techniques and to discuss the challenge of reaching the standards of delivery required by legislation to meet the expectations of users.
Please visit the Learning on Screen 2009 site for contact details and booking information: http://www.bufvc.ac.uk/learningonscreen/
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