Access to education; it’s no game
Chair: John Lamb, Publisher, Ability Magazine
Panellists:
Jane Seale, Senior Lecturer in Educational Innovation in Higher Education, University of Southampton
Adrian Higginbotham, Project Manager, Standards British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (BECTA)
David Colven, Technical Advisor, The ACE Centre Advisory Trust
Jonathan Hassell, Accessibility Editor, BBC Jam

Access to education and educational software and technology is a vital field for local education authorities, schools, further and higher education institutions and organisations offering staff training or e-learning. This session will look at the legal requirements on education providers and at ways of evaluating how accessible educational courses, materials and software might be. It will also look at access to innovative new education techniques, including online games.