Disability and Access to Moving Image and Sound

The BUFVC Learning on Screen Conference this year will take
place on 7th and 8th April 2009 at the Wellcome Trust.

Peter White MBE, the BBC's Disability Correspondent, will
open the Conference, the key theme of which is Disability
and Access to Moving Image and Sound. He will also be
presenting the Learning On Screen Awards being given out
on the evening of 7th April.

Confirmed presentations and speakers include:

Audio Description for the Blind and Partially Sighted
Joan Greening, Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB)
Technologies to Assist the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Guido Gybels, Royal National Institute for the Deaf (RNID)
Better use of technology gives benefits to all learners
Sal Cooke, Head of JISC TechDis Service
e-Inclusion Project - Us5
Owen Smith and Martin Wright, BBC and London
Metropolitan University - Gamelab London
Peter and Josephine: we just want to be together
Professor Wendy Couchman, Faculty of Health and Social Care -
London South Bank University
3-D Interactive Screen Experiments
Robert J. Lucas, PiCETL - The Open University
Synote
Dr Mike Wald, University of Southampton
What do we learn watching breaking news stories? An analysis
of 24 hour news in the UK
Dr. Stephen Cushion, Cardiff University
Legal Responsibilities - SENDA and other legislation
Martin Sloan, Technology Information & Outsourcing Group -
Brodies LLP
Inclusive use of Technology
Simon Ball, Senior Advisor, JISC TechDis Service
Dyslexia Matters
Speaker TBC
In higher and further education, institutions are required to make 
reasonable adjustments in the delivery of course content and
learning materials to avoid placing a disabled person at a
substantial disadvantage. Techniques including signing, sub-titling,
audio description, voice to text translation, Braille translators, online 
accessibility standards and auditing are a commonplace and have had 
beneficial effect. However, there is vagueness in the legislation 
which can cause justifiable concern for educational service-providers 
and there is more to be done to make reasonable adjustments.

This conference will offer an opportunity to learn more and to 
discuss solutions. The Learning on Screen Conference will offer an 
opportunity for academic service providers, web developers, 
broadcasters, educationists, advisors, publishers and representatives 
of disability groups to meet to see examples of best practise, to 
learn about new techniques and to discuss the challenge of reaching 
the standards of delivery required by legislation to meet the 
expectations of users.

Please visit the Learning on Screen 2009 site for contact details and 
booking information.

Book for the conference
Full programme
For more information contact:
learningonscreen [at] bufvc [dot] ac [dot] uk
                                                                                      
Tel: 020 7393 1500

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