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According to the website Terms of Service; Didn’t Read it is “I have read and agreed to the terms”. A lot of the terms and conditions we agree to are long and complex and many people don’t or can’t read them. How many of us really know what Facebook does with our data, or [...]
Continue reading: What’s the biggest lie on the web?Back in the dark days of winter JISC TechDis proposed to ICCHP (The International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs: www.icchp.org) that we chair a Special Thematic Session at their forthcoming July 2012 conference in Linz, Austria. Linz is a charming city on the Danube, associated with philosopher [...]
Continue reading: Wittgenstein, Bruckner, Evelyn Glennie…..and JISC TechDise-Safety is a subject that receives a lot of media attention, particularly with regards to social networking and online bullying (for example, the BBC’s recent Panorama programme on cyberbullying, available on iPlayer until February 2013). There are also concerns about the security of financial transactions online. A Continue reading: e-Safety – can we safeguard vulnerable adults?
This is the first in a series of posts entitled Technology Horizons, looking at new and emerging technologies that we think could have an impact on accessibility in education over the next few years. If you are interested in reading more, JISC’s TechWatch service produces a number of Continue reading: Technology Horizons
Early in July I was introduced to Radio Marmalade – introduced on Radio Marmalade would be more truthful. My interviewer was a very able and eloquent Steph who was hosting a live show at a disability awareness event in Reading Civic Centre. I tried not to stumble over my words too much and Steph [...]
Continue reading: Radio MarmaladeLast week I went along to the Trafford Centre in Manchester for a Fashion Show staged by both specialist and mainstream FE colleges in the North West. It was in the central area of the Trafford centre used by Gok Wan. Jenny and Jonathan from JISC Techdis came along to take some video and still [...]
Continue reading: Collabor8 Fashion Show – Trafford Centre, ManchesterAnother Guest blog post, this time from Rohan Slaughter, head of Technology at Beaumont College. He spent the first couple of weeks in May in transit including a visit to the YAI conference in New York. It is great that the work being done in Independent Specialist Colleges is being recognised [...]
Continue reading: New York, New York (and a few other places)Fix the Web makes it easy for disabled users to report inaccessible websites they come across. A team of volunteers approaches website owners to advise on making improvements. By piggy backing on JISC TechDis investment in an open source accessibility toolbar project, Fix the Web has made it easier for people to report inaccessible sites.
Continue reading: “Fix the Web” harnesses community power (and JISC TechDis code)
