This Episode: How To Make e-learning Effective AND Accessible- with Susi Miller
Lucinda is joined by special guest Susi Miller from eLaHub about the critical topic of accessibility in e-learning. Susi discusses the importance of making digital learning content accessible to individuals with various disabilities and access needs, as well as the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and how these standards apply to e-learning, highlighting common pitfalls and best practices for creating inclusive learning experiences.
Key Takeaways
- Accessibility goes beyond traditional views of disability, encompassing various access needs, including visual, auditory, motor, and cognitive impairments. It’s essential to consider all types of disabilities when creating digital content.
- The WCAG guidelines serve as a benchmark for making digital content accessible. Organisations often aim to meet WCAG AA level, which includes 56 standards. The latest version, WCAG 2.2, introduced nine new standards to improve accessibility.
- Creating inclusive learning experiences benefits all learners, not just those with disabilities. Using clear language, providing alternatives to common interactions (like drag-and-drop), and ensuring content is engaging for everyone enhances the overall learning experience.
- Conducting audits and providing training on accessibility empowers organisations to create their own accessible content. This approach focuses on practical remediation and understanding the specific authoring tools used in creating learning materials.
Best Moments
“Accessibility is very often what people mean when they’re talking about how do we make our content accessible to these particular standards.”
“If you’re just looking at those accessibility standards, what you’re not doing is looking at the learner experience.”
“It’s very easy for someone to say yes to being WCAG compliant, but you need to look deeper.”
“The misconception that accessible content is not as good as non-accessible content is something we still have in our industry.”
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About The Guest, Susi Miller
ASusi Miller is an expert in accessible learning design and the founder of eLaHub. With extensive experience, she leads a team dedicated to making learning content inclusive for people with disabilities. Susi created the “Designing Accessible Learning Content” programme, which covers all 86 standards of the latest Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.2). Her dedication to improving accessibility in learning has made her a recognised thought leader, helping organisations create truly inclusive learning environments.
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Designing Accessible Learning Content self-access, online Programme information- find it here
Designing Accessible Learning Content Book information- find it here
About The Host
Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles. Lucinda, for over 10 years as CEO of Actus Software has worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. Certainly, it was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up’ together.
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