News
- OER Accessibility Sprint
The Inclusive Design Research Centre (IDRC) at OCAD University will be hosting an OER Accessibility Sprint. Experts in the field of Open Educational Resources (OER) will gather to design and develop tools and exemplars that make practical progress in the important agenda of inclusive learning through OER.
- Lumen Learning
Lumen Learning has been selected to receive funding as part of the Next Generation Courseware Challenge, from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to build exemplary, affordable digital course materials that improve student success among low-income and disadvantaged learners.
- Preference Editing Tools
The FLOE Project is collaborating with the Global Public Inclusive Infrastructure to build tools to allow users to create personalized digital interfaces.
- Metadata Search
Schema.org, a consortium of major search engines, recently adopted accessibility metadata properties based on the IMS Global Learning Consortium's Access For All specification. These additions will make it easier for publishers and webmasters to connect learners with the most useful content that is most appropriate for their specific needs.
- Floe at HCI
The Floe team will be presenting several papers at the upcoming HCI International conference
- Panel Presentation: Accessibility in OER
The Floe team participated in a panel on emerging accessibility needs in OER at the OpenStax CNX annual conference.