How would you define ‘accessibility’?
I would define accessibility as the level to which any person (regardless of specific impairment) is able to interact with a specific object or service.
Who do you think is responsible for accessibility?
I would say that the provider of the service or the producer of the object would be ultimately responsible to ensure thier offering was accessibile. However that can probably only be achieved through a period of consultation with the stakeholders including end users.
What do you understand by accessibility in an educational context?
Accessibility in education would be removing any barriers to learning. These don't necessarily need to be physical impariment. They could be geographical, financial, social ...
What do you understand by accessibility in the context of online learning?
Accessibility in the context of online learning removes some of the barriers to traditional education such as geographical barriers, but in turn raises some different ones. In online learning accessibility would be about producing standards compliant materials and making available / increasing awareness of accessibility tools for online technologies.
Why is accessibility a concern today in your context or country?
To date it has not been too much of a concern in my context, although I anticipate it will become more of a concern in the future. I work in a secondary school which is only a few years old and still gaining reputation, however due to it's facilities and small class sizes it is increasingly attracting applications from students with impairments.
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