Adaptive Content Processing for Educational Environments
Thursday 6 November Plenary Session 11:00 - 13:00
Overview
Chair:
Reinhard Ruemer - Integrated Study, Johannes Kepler University, Austria
The Institute Integriert Studieren (IS) is an Austria-wide Institute for Information Systems Supporting Print Disabled Students. The institute is involved in the Austrian wide production of teaching and learning materials for blind and visually handicapped students in primary and secondary schools. IS is also involved in teachers’ education, especially concerning IT usage in integrated education.
11.00 - 11.05
Introduction
Reinhard Ruemer - Integrated Study, Johannes Kepler University, Austria
11.05 - 11.30
Findings and issues in converting publishers’ output files into accessible versions for users with reading impairments
Cristina Mussinelli - Associazione Italiana Editori (AIE), Italy
The Associazione Italiana Editori (Italian Publishers Association) is the trade association for Italian and foreign publishers operating in Italy or who publish books, magazines and digital products in Italian.
• The idea of grouping publishers and conversion companies in order to test the conversion processes required for different kinds of content stems from the achievements of the Pro Access workshop held in Venice on January 2008 which gathered representatives of publishing industries, blind organizations and experts in conversion activities.
11.30 - 11.55
MyWay
Alberto Juhe - Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Office of Learning Technologies, Spain
The UOC Office of Learning Technologies follows a User Centered Design (UCD) approach which consists of implementing design processes in which end users influence how a design takes shape.
• MyWay is a set of tools to edit and deliver content in different formats. After three years of development, the UOC wants to open and transform the project with the objective to be helpful to the open learning community.
11.55 - 12.20
Publishing Scholarly Journals in Universal Format- Physicists Take the Lead
Emilia Persoon - Dedicon & Dorine in 't Veld - Viewplus Technologies, The Netherlands
• The American Physical Society and ViewPlus Technologies have completed a proof-of-principle research project on the feasibility of publishing American Physical Society journals in a universally accessible DAISY format. They have shown definitively that it is possible to do so at little additional cost. The results of that study will be discussed briefly, and accessible DAISY articles from Physical Review Letters will be demonstrated.
12.20 - 12.45
A wiki as a tool for designing and editing online learning materials
Orland Cardona Perez - EAPC - Public Administration School of Catalonia, Spain
• The Public Administration School of Catalonia has chosen a DokuWiki for the design and edition of training materials linked to courses of administrative background, subject to frequent regulation changes. The reasons that have driven forward this decision are described in this article as well as the advantages in the improvement of several aspects of the process of education and learning.
12.45 – 13.00
Conclusion
Reinhard Ruemer - Integrated Study, Johannes Kepler University, Austria