A while back I ranted about Google's CAPTCHA human detection implementation, and how it is practically impossible sometimes to sign up for a Google Account. But the moment of truth arrived when I listened to the accessibility recording of the CAPTCHA. In case you forgot, I can summarize it with one word -- psychotropic. (Usual disclaimers against drug use apply. Seriously, kids, don't do drugs.)
So, this experience made me start thinking. I've done my fair share of web development. So, it's not like I was completely unfamiliar with accessibility issues. I know that images need to have alternate text, I know that it's good practice to put a "Skip to the Content" link at the top of the page to skip over navigational links, etc., etc. However, I didn't really begin to understand what it was all about until finally having an experience on the web were I was prevented from doing something I wanted to do because my senses were unable to decode the information being presented to me.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Quest 2 - For Real Now
Up to this point in the course we've done a lot of talking. We've had great discussions about the history of the open education movement, usage rights, sustainability models, reusability, remixability--even hippies!--and just about everything in between. But now it's time to get to work! No more talking! This is going to be fun.
So, looking ahead to Quest 6, we in our guilds will need to collaborate to create a course entirely out of open educational resources. Because we have so little time left, we decided as a class that we would devote everything we do in the remaining quests to work toward our goals for Quest 6.
The course that we as a class originally (more on that later) decided to build is 10th grade social studies--World Civilizations. We will attempt to build this course entirely from OERs that meet the Utah State K-12 Core Curriclum Standards for World Civilizations.
So I decided that for Quest 2 I would just jump into the pool and do my best to find as many OERs as possible that could help us meet the objectives and standards set out in the Utah K-12 Core. This actually turned out to be the first time I've ever made a real attempt to collect a large number of OERs from multiple repositories for a single purpose. Everything that follows here is a description of my first purposeful experience looking for OERs.
If at any point you feel like cutting to the chase, click on this link or just scroll to the end.
So, looking ahead to Quest 6, we in our guilds will need to collaborate to create a course entirely out of open educational resources. Because we have so little time left, we decided as a class that we would devote everything we do in the remaining quests to work toward our goals for Quest 6.
The course that we as a class originally (more on that later) decided to build is 10th grade social studies--World Civilizations. We will attempt to build this course entirely from OERs that meet the Utah State K-12 Core Curriclum Standards for World Civilizations.
So I decided that for Quest 2 I would just jump into the pool and do my best to find as many OERs as possible that could help us meet the objectives and standards set out in the Utah K-12 Core. This actually turned out to be the first time I've ever made a real attempt to collect a large number of OERs from multiple repositories for a single purpose. Everything that follows here is a description of my first purposeful experience looking for OERs.
If at any point you feel like cutting to the chase, click on this link or just scroll to the end.
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