Second Life and avatars

An interesting article in the New Scientist: http://www.newscientist.com/blog/technology/2007/05/avatar-other-you.html

Accessibility SIG meeting, 4 June 2007

(Taken from the CETIS website) In conjunction with TechDis, this meeting took the form of a discussion meeting, where both the TechDis and CETIS services tried to ascertain the community's views on accessibility and e-learning, areas where the community felt more (funded) work needed to be done, and how the community felt the SIG should move forward. The meeting therefore had the following aims:

• to find out where there are gaps in accessibility requirements;
• to ascertain in what areas future (funded) work is required;
• to discover in what projects the community should be involved;
• a chance for the community to say what they felt TechDis and the SIG should be doing;
• to discuss whether areas such as UID (Universal Instructional Design), inclusion, and/or personalisation should be part of TechDis' and/or the SIG's remit;
• to understand why the IMS Accessibility Specifications (now ISO Standards) aren't being implemented;
• to address support issues surrounding Brian Kelly and Lawrie Phipp's paper on Holistic Accessibility (what practical steps could be taken to implement this approach).

The outputs of the three main discussion themes can be found via the links below:

Discussion Session 1: Funding and Future Work - Presentation, Discussion Questions and Feedback

Discussion Session 2: TechDis' and the Accessibility SIG's Remit - Presentation, Discussion Questions and Feedback

Discussion Session 3: Specifications, Standards and the Holistic Approach - Presentation, Discussion Questions and Feedback