36 Lock 1: Mindset
Is it important that all learners are able to access the material you want them to learn? ☐
Do you think it’s valuable that learners have the agency to learn independently? ☐
Is ensuring that all learners are included important in your classroom? ☐
Yes
Do you have the skills and knowledge to make your beliefs actionable? ☐
No is an acceptable, even expected, answer. This guide is designed to give you the skills to fulfill your intentions.
Next, let’s consider your workflow.
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“learners with disabilities do the unpaid legwork of finding their own accessible materials, and teaching educators and peers accessible digital practices.” – Provocations: Who is being accommodated? – CanDARE
“This work seeks to problematize the excess labour inaccessible content imposes on some users.” – Accessible Content (A11y Handbook)
Who impacted videos from Digital Accessibility On-demand?
Digital ≠ accessible. “Some digital texts have been saved in ways that render them completely illegible to screen reading and text-to-speech technology. Some can be read, but the heading structure is missing so the text can’t be navigated by a learner. Imagine trying to find your place in a textbook mid-way through term when you can’t visually flip to the page, and there isn’t a way to navigate by chapters”
“have to find or request an alternate version of the text, or they won’t be able to read it.” – Digitally Inaccessible Readings Take Extra Time and Extra Cognitive Load