Training sub-committee

Accessibility Standing Group Training sub-committee

Meeting 1 - Thursday, 28th September 2024

Present: Gunela Astbrink, Alfredo Calderon, Nirmita Narasimhan, Vidhya Y

1. Welcome and apologies

2. Introduction

3. Mapping the online course structure

Course style i.e. interactive, self-paced or mixed?
Agreed that the module structure be as suggested.
Add requirement that each participant do short presentation in final module on activity they are working on
Completion Certificate to be offered
Agreed that the course be a mix of interactive and self-paced
Agreed that Universal Design for Learning is a good model
Agreed that the course be on the ISOC e-learning platform despite accessibility issues
Agreed that ISOC will need to improve the platform accessibility and navigation
Discussion on possible AI tool for translating course into other languages
Set up list of willing resource persons on stand-by to answer module questions (following GDPR process)
Course content should be reviewed every two years

4. Set criteria for the course design

5. Identify service providers

Consider universities with expertise in accessibility:
Possibilities may be:
- University of Puerto Rico
- University of Washington
- University of Wisconsin Madison
This is for discussion at next meeting

6. AOB

7. Next meeting

Aim for Wednesday 4th October at 01:00UTC - dependent on prior meeting with ISOC e-learning team