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Multimedia Training Packages by EUAIN
Introduction
EUAIN Overview
EUAIN Training Materials
Background and structure of the Training Materials
Curricula
Modules
Resources
AIP in Electronic Publishing
ProAccess
Next Steps.....
11th Elpub Conference, Vienna>07Introduction
DEDICON international projects department have worked in the area of making information accessible to visually impaired end users on a European Scale for over 10 years.
They have participated in European Commission projects which address accessibility in the areas of public libraries, the publishing industry, mathematics, music, graphics, imaging and eLearning.
For the past 3 years they have been co-ordinating the EUAIN project which seeks to bring the stakeholders of accessible information processing together in order to improve accessibility in publishing workflows.
The presentation presents the major output from the EUAIN network; The EUAIN Training Materials.
EUAIN Project Overview
To bring together all the players in the information provision and e-publishing chain in order to achieve the critical mass significantly to enhance the provision of accessible information at a European level.
To create a self-sustaining network which can offer the necessary expertise, shared knowledge, technological tools and distribution platforms to all those involved in the provision of accessible information and in particular to provide a collaborative platform for content creators to find information, tools, advice and solutions
To raise awareness and stimulate the adoption at local, regional, national and european levels of the emerging formats and standards for the provision of accessible information and to find ways of ensuring that technological protection measures do not inadvertently impede legitimate access to information by people with print impairments
To stimulate and support the adoption of new distribution channels and appropriate business solutions in order to help achieve faster, prompter and less expensive production and distribution of accessible information
EUAIN Objectives
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EUAIN Training Materials
Objectives to establish a training and learning framework that is
responsive to industry needs and concernsto create training and learning materials that address
the key issues for accessible information processing to encourage and stimulate the uptake of the learning
and training materials and to encourage liaison with parallel training and distance learning activities
OutcomesEstablishment of an online training and learning centreCreation of Sectoral training packages on Accessible
Information ProcessingForthcoming: Multimedia training materials for use in
Learning environmentsForthcoming: Exhaustive best practice publication on
accessible information processing
Objectives and Outcomes
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EUAIN Training materials
In order to build up a knowledge base on which to base the EUAIN training materials on a wiki was set up.
Interactively created by representatives of stakeholders in Accessible Information processing and the consortium
Expected to have a lifespan beyond that of the project.
Available at http://wiki.euain.org
Building up a knowledge base
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EUAIN Training Centre
Information in the topics of:Distribution: protecting and distributing
accessible content.Standards: relevant standardsGuidelines: detailed guides for accessible
information processingCase Studies: real-life examplesSoftware: available open source and
commercial softwareEmerging Issues: areas for ongoing
collaboration and activity
Inside the knowledge base
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EUAIN Training materialsStructure of the Training Materials
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The knowledge in the wiki was built into specific areas of the training materials where, the following elements could be used:
Example Curricula, which could be expanded and augmented depending on the needs of specific situations.
Modules, which presented all the materials on specific topics of Accessible Information Processing.
Resources, which can be used as background materials and extended reading for both the modules and the curricula.
This structure is similar to that used in the WAI training resources.
EUAIN Training materialsStructure of the Training Materials
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By Building up this body of Modular structured data, the EUAIN materials can provide:
Practical examples of good practice.
Illustrated explanations of good process management for accessible information production.
Detailed explanations of approaches, technologies and tools.
Detailed explanations and examples of benefits and weaknesses of different formats.
Step by step, modular instructions for producing accessible information in different formats.
EUAIN Training materialsStructure of the Training Materials
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In order to provide the required knowledge to support the decision making chain within industry, the EUAIN materials are aimed at three levels of complexity:
Level 1: Descriptive: Should teach actors to think about the issues and finding the solutions for their situation. There will only be simple explanations, and not detailed or over-technical.
Level 2 : Decision making: Should teach actors how to make the right decisions to implement accessible information processing. There will only be relatively simple explanations, and not detailed or over-technical. These descriptions will link directly to level 3 detailed information.
Level 3 Training packages: At this level, the detailed and more technical information is provided. This level essentially provides the answers to detailed questions and applications.
EUAIN Training materialsStructure of the Training Materials
11th Elpub Conference, Vienna>07
In order to provide the required knowledge to support the decision making chain within industry, the EUAIN materials are aimed at three levels of complexity:
Level 1: Descriptive: Should teach actors to think about the issues and finding the solutions for their situation. There will only be simple explanations, and not detailed or over-technical.
Level 2 : Decision making: Should teach actors how to make the right decisions to implement accessible information processing. There will only be relatively simple explanations, and not detailed or over-technical. These descriptions will link directly to level 3 detailed information.
Level 3 Training packages: At this level, the detailed and more technical information is provided. This level essentially provides the answers to detailed questions and applications.
EUAIN Training materialsStructure of the Training Materials
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The example curricula currently available are:
General introduction to Accessible Information Processing(General Audience, 40 Mins)
Accessible Information Processing Lecture(University Students, 120 Mins)
Workshop on AIP design and markup Context(Content creators and designers, 180 Mins)
Conference Workshop on AIP technologies(Technical Conference, 90 mins)
In-House Training Day on Accessible Information Processing(Developers and quality assurance testers, 6 hours)
Accessible Information Processing Overview for Senior Management(Senior Management, 10 mins)
EUAIN Training materialsStructure of the Training Materials
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Each module contains Objectives, Resources, and Learning Outcomes. The modules currently available are:
Module 1 – Why Accessible Information Processing is important.
Module 2 – Description of Accessible formats with examples of practical use
Module 3 – Business case and the Market for Accessibility
Module 4 – Implementing Accessible Information Processing
Module 5 – Evaluating and incorporating Accessible Information Processing.
Module 6 – Accessible Content and Accessible Authoring Tools
Module 7 – Promoting Accessible Information Processing
EUAIN Training materialsStructure of the Training Materials
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Many resources are made available in both the wiki and the training materials. These consist of:
Descriptions of Formats used in Accessible Information Processing.
Process Descriptions of various conversions of these formats
A list of relevant standards for Accessible Information Processing
Collected guidelines on Accessible Information Processing
A collection of Case studies and scenarios presented in terms of Formats, conversions and standards used.
AIP in Electronic PublishingStructure of the Training Materials
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In the field of electronic publishing, we are positioned at a better starting point in incorporating accessibility, as the source material is digitised.
Electronic publishing now incorporates Content and Knowledge management systems which are ideal for accessibility as presentation is more adaptable and separated from content.
The EUAIN training materials are useful for working out which formats and procedures can be used in order to integrate accessibility within exisiting personalised systems
EUAIN offers demonstration software of a multimodal content conversion system for electronic publishing at http://demonstrator.euain.org
ProAccess 11th Elpub Conference, Vienna>07
DEDICON recently started the ProAccess project.
The project builds on the work of EUAIN and brings together the ORMEE network and the EUAIN Network in order that the area of DRM and Accessibility in eLearning materials produced by publihsers accross Europe
The project will run for 18 months and look at building descriptions of generic processes in the publishing industry, guidelines for incorporating accessibility and disseminate this accross the networks involved in the project.
More Info is available at http://www.euain.org/proaccess or from [email protected]
EUAIN
ProAccess provides a very good opportunity to evaluate the work of EUAIN and to ensure that it integrates with other developments in the publishing industry.
The work by the EUAIN consortium is ongoing, and in the near future there will be:
A full set of Multimedia training materialsA book entitled “Best practice in Accessible Information
Processing”The First International Accessible Content Processing
Conference, in Brussels on the 19th and 20th of September 2007
As part of the project work we are in teh process of establishing the EUAIN network as a legal entity.
The EUAIN Network also intend to submit a proposal for an Integrated project to Call 2 within Challenge 7.2 in FP7 that will provide practical implementations of the frameworks described in EUAIN.
Next steps.....
Pro.Access Workshop Amsterdam >07