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Accessibility in eLearning
Definition
The practice of designing digital learning content that can be used by all learners, including those with visual, auditory, motor, or cognitive disabilities. Accessible eLearning incorporates screen reader compatibility, captions, keyboard navigation, and other accommodations.
Where it fits in the SDI system
Turn a new process, system, role, or expectation into relevant practice, communication, job support, and evidence people can use in the work.
SDI practitioner lens
From definition to decision
Accessible eLearning is an experience architecture that lets people perceive, operate, understand, and complete the work through different technologies and modes. It improves quality when incorporated into content, interaction, media, assessment, and support from the start.
01 / Decision it should inform
Define the accessibility target, learner technologies, media alternatives, interaction patterns, test protocol, and remediation ownership before design and tool choices are fixed.
02 / What to watch for
Adding captions, an accessibility overlay, or alternate text at final QA cannot repair an experience whose navigation, timing, language, focus order, or assessment model excludes people.
Related ideas, client examples, and next steps
Carry the change from intent into day-to-day performance.
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Read practical guidance
The Digital Age and the Transformation of the Modern LearnerWe live in an age where virtually any piece of information can be found at the tips of our fingers with a swipe, search, and click. This digital accessibility is changing how our brains are wired to find, retain, and ultimately learn new information.Why Invest in Custom LearningWhen you think back to the last complex problem you were forced to deal with, how did you try and solve it? The latter approach is exactly how the SDI team engages with custom content.Why Instructional Design is Important in 2021You either got it or you don't. The best eLearning courses in the world are nothing without the right presentation.
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Turn the term into a decision
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