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Equal measures: closing the accessibility gap
- Editors:
- SHIPLEY Tony, GILL John, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- COST
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 24p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The European Union has produced a set of Directives governing the provision of electronic communications facilities. People who have disabilities, or who are elderly and are now experiencing some loss of function, are at risk of exclusion from this new world of electronic communications unless special note is made of their needs. However, the pace of technological change is such that specific technical measures are quickly rendered obsolete, and so have no place in legislation that is intended to be of lasting value. If the primary legislation can only point to the basic fundamentals, and if the market-place is not yet ready to acknowledge a wider spectrum of functional ability amongst its customers, how can this risk of exclusion be addressed? The aim of this publication is to show how, with a degree of European co-operation, the powers devolved to national regulators can be applied to close the gap and bring in short- term measures that are consistent with the overall framework while addressing immediate problems of accessibility.
E-learning and training in Europe: a survey into the use of e-learning in training and professional development in the European Union
- Author:
- CEDEFOP: European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training
- Publisher:
- Office for the Official Publications of the European Communities
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 65p.
- Place of publication:
- Luxembourg
This report argues that e-learning has the potential to radically change education and training, open new ways of learning and increase the abilities of people to acquire new skills. It has already created markets for teaching and learning material and equipment. This survey covers a range of organistions of different size and type from all EU countries, and provides insight into the development of e-learning in Europe.
Inform '92: meeting the information needs of disabled people in Europe; International Conference Centre, Birmingham 13 and 14 October 1992
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 159p.,list of orgs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Includes papers on: acceptable language in information provision; the National Disability Information Project; telephone information helplines; MENCAP's profound intellectual and multiple disabilities section; physical and attitudinal barriers to effective information provision; employment information for people with disabilities; the accessibility of public information in different European countries; the EC's Helios programme; Kent County Council and links between disabled people in Europe; methods of disseminating information; the Deaf Women's Health Project; the Asian People with Disabilities Alliance; information and visual impairment; advocacy and the law; the use and value of information technology; and travelling and tourism for all.
Users' views on e-learning: CEDEFOP online surveys
- Author:
- CEDEFOP: European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training,
- Publisher:
- Office for the Official Publications of the European Communities
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 74p.
- Place of publication:
- Luxembourg
This survey identifies trends in e-learning at European level as expressed by users and suppliers. The survey looks at such issues as the use of email as a learning tool, the economics of e-learning. teachers and trainer's skills in relation to e-learning, e-learning as an aid to the learning process for people with learning difficulties.