Tim,
if there's no sandwiches, I'm not going.
... ;-)
seriously though, I think you have a point, but I don't think your
approach will achieve anything. It's like howling at the developers of
IE because they were part of a team that brought us a dodgy browser.
There are many many good folk
Thanks Andrew for correcting me and you too Russ.
Was I ranting or being prejudiced against sandwiches as a metaphor for
procrastination? The latter I thought. Sorry. I don't mind being
alienated if a scape goat is required.
If there were a page of Aust uni reviews detailing errors in each
Hi Tim,
I'd say Universities are probably aware of the issues with their
sites, they just don't have a magic wand to wave to get everything
fixed. Universities have massive amounts of information to provide and
generally a minimal budget to provide it. Despite that, they are held
to very high
Tim wrote:
Who are this group, what have they done in previous forums since 2004.
I can only add that as a university student of South Australia, I
enrolled in and enjoyed Denise Wood's Accessible Interactive Media where
all sorts of accessibility was included (eg. captions on video clips
WANAU has been an invaluable leader in promoting accessibility issues in
policies within Universities for some years now. Their site used to be
self-explanatory. Haven't been involved for some time but they are very
deserving of your help - very practical pioneers on this issue.
Michael
Michael
I haven't heard of them, but I'd certainly be interested in finding out more
about them.
I work at Swinburne Uni (in Melbourne), and I'm pushing for more accessibility
within the sites I'm responsible for.
Feel free to email me off the mailing list if need be.
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Thanks,
Hi Susie,
I haven't heard of this group before but I have gone through the
website and it looks like something that's needed esp. among
Universities.
I am definitely interested in attending the Sydney event in May.
Sydney Uni are actually having a web forum this afternoon for all CMS
users
On 11/04/2007, at 9:41 AM, Susie Gardner-Brown wrote:
Web Accessibility Network for Australian Universities ...
http://www.wanau.org/site.html
They are proposing running their annual forum on Accessibility in
online teaching at UQ where I work, and we’ve been asked to help ...
:)
I
Pioneers,
Not in making their own sites accessible.
Don't make me laugh.
Tim
On 11/04/2007, at 10:02 AM, Michael Wood wrote:
WANAU has been an invaluable leader in promoting accessibility issues
in policies within Universities for some years now. Their site used to
be self-explanatory.
Hi Susie,
Web Accessibility Network for Australian Universities ...
http://www.wanau.org/site.html
They are proposing running their annual forum on Accessibility in online
teaching at UQ where I work, and we've been asked to help ... :)
I expect I will be involved anyway, but would be
What are the forums great for? Sandwiches and a chat!
What is the concrete result of the forums?
For example did Griffith Uni gain anything from the 2005 sandwich fest.
It does not appear there was any benefit to Griffith Uni students.
Thanks everyone for your responses! I'd never heard of them before - they
obviously haven't had a presence at UQ to date.
Looks like I (and my department) will be getting involved, which is great!
Cheers
susie
On 11/4/07 11:54 AM, Ben Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Susie,
Web
Hi Tim
The Web Accessibility Network for Australian Universities (WANAU) is
a volunteer group with no formal structure (that I know of), much
like Web Standards Group. It seeks to promote Web accessibility
within Australian universities.
They run a mailing list [1], forums at
Thanks Jonathan,
They don't sell anything is a good sign, Please pardon my cynical
impatience for action.
I believe that the only real magic is taking action to promote or even
legally (1992 DDA) force change.
Shame them and name them, show their validation errors and
accessibility flaws.
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