Comments for learning about learning.... http://ppang.wordpress.com read, reflect, refine, apply, redefine Sun, 01 Feb 2009 05:05:00 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on WAVE to test for accessibility by ppang http://ppang.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/wave/#comment-14 ppang Sun, 01 Feb 2009 05:05:00 +0000 http://ppang.wordpress.com/?p=3#comment-14 Interesting colour contrast checker to check out! http://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/ Interesting colour contrast checker to check out!
http://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/

]]> Comment on WAVE to test for accessibility by ppang http://ppang.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/wave/#comment-13 ppang Sun, 01 Feb 2009 04:57:20 +0000 http://ppang.wordpress.com/?p=3#comment-13 Read about the initial results of WebAim's screen reader survey at http://webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey/ A few quick observations from the preliminary survey results: - there is no typical screen reader user (diverse abilities and preferences exist screen reader users) - there is a very strong favorability toward headings and - very high level of difficulty with Flash content Read about the initial results of WebAim’s screen reader survey at http://webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey/

A few quick observations from the preliminary survey results:
- there is no typical screen reader user (diverse abilities and preferences exist screen reader users)
- there is a very strong favorability toward headings and
- very high level of difficulty with Flash content

]]> Comment on WAVE to test for accessibility by ppang http://ppang.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/wave/#comment-12 ppang Sun, 01 Feb 2009 04:42:59 +0000 http://ppang.wordpress.com/?p=3#comment-12 WebAIM has has published a WCAG 2.0 Checklist. Its objective is to provide an easy-to-use, understandable checklist for evaluating or implementing WCAG 2.0. You may check it out at http://webaim.org/standards/wcag/checklist WebAIM has has published a WCAG 2.0 Checklist. Its objective is to provide an easy-to-use, understandable checklist for evaluating or implementing WCAG 2.0. You may check it out at http://webaim.org/standards/wcag/checklist

]]> Comment on WAVE to test for accessibility by ppang http://ppang.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/wave/#comment-11 ppang Thu, 01 Jan 2009 07:43:01 +0000 http://ppang.wordpress.com/?p=3#comment-11 After long 8 years in development, the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines is now finalised and has reached the recommendation status. This means that WCAG 2.0 has replaced WCAG 1.0 to be the standard document for accessibility. Refer to http://webaim.org/blog/wcag-20-finalized/ for details. After long 8 years in development, the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines is now finalised and has reached the recommendation status. This means that WCAG 2.0 has replaced WCAG 1.0 to be the standard document for accessibility.

Refer to http://webaim.org/blog/wcag-20-finalized/ for details.

]]> Comment on WAVE to test for accessibility by ppang http://ppang.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/wave/#comment-10 ppang Thu, 01 Jan 2009 07:37:11 +0000 http://ppang.wordpress.com/?p=3#comment-10 WebAIM is currently conducting a <a href="http://webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey/" rel="nofollow">survey</a> to gather information about the preferences of screen reader users. Results will be reported as aggregated summaries and will be published in approximately March 2009. Would be interesting to see how the data will impact on the development choices for those creating accessible web content! WebAIM is currently conducting a survey to gather information about the preferences of screen reader users. Results will be reported as aggregated summaries and will be published in approximately March 2009. Would be interesting to see how the data will impact on the development choices for those creating accessible web content!

]]> Comment on Measuring ROI by ppang http://ppang.wordpress.com/2008/11/02/measuring-roi/#comment-6 ppang Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:46:28 +0000 http://ppang.wordpress.com/?p=20#comment-6 There are five moments of learning needs (Conrad Gottfredson): - when learning for the first time - when wanting to learn more - when trying to remember - when things change - when something goes wrong There are five moments of learning needs (Conrad Gottfredson):
- when learning for the first time
- when wanting to learn more
- when trying to remember
- when things change
- when something goes wrong

]]> Comment on Jakob’s useit.com by ppang http://ppang.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/8/#comment-3 ppang Mon, 08 Dec 2008 05:15:02 +0000 http://ppang.wordpress.com/?p=8#comment-3 We can consider getting participants to set up their own blogs to document their thoughts and reflections as they progress through the course....even the use of other social networking tools such as Facebook. Some preliminary works to be done so that necessary standards are put in place to facilitate the grading of assignments that have been uploaded etc. We can consider getting participants to set up their own blogs to document their thoughts and reflections as they progress through the course….even the use of other social networking tools such as Facebook. Some preliminary works to be done so that necessary standards are put in place to facilitate the grading of assignments that have been uploaded etc.

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