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IMPORTANT CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT
www.accessibility-conference.co.uk
Accessibility and Inclusion
Using technology to assess and support learning for all
Thursday 19th March 2009, Novotel St Pancras/Shaw Theatre London
Technology in the classroom and the training room is now a reality. But just how accessible and inclusive is that technology and in the critical area of assessment of skills and knowledge of learners is it meeting their needs?
Government, educational organisations and Awarding Bodies are all striving for greater use of ICT systems for learning, assessment and increasingly qualifications.
Many organisations are facing the challenge of ensuring that education, assessment and training is accessible to as wide a range of learners as possible.
The issues faced in widening participation, whether from language, culture and migration issues, or from disability and disadvantage, or from obligations under the Disability Discrimination Act, are widely seen as difficult to address. Designing appropriate tools for assessing skills and knowledge, using the technology to the benefit of all learners and organisations, and hence providing a successful learning programme is critical to broadening access.
Those issues form the core of an important one day conference to be held in London in March 2009. With an extensive programme of speakers from the voluntary and non-profit sector, from the private sector and from education, this one day event will examine the challenges of access to high quality assessment and qualifications and, as a consequence, improve the overall learning experience.
This one-day event is part of the longer two day 2009 e-Assessment Question conference and exhibition and will be given over to this special standalone event that focuses on these issues. More details on the full two-day event can be found at www.e-assessment-question.co.uk.
www.accessibility-conference.co.uk
Accessibility and Inclusion
Using technology to assess and support learning for all
Thursday 19th March 2009, Novotel St Pancras/Shaw Theatre London
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