[Air-L] social change?

[bytetime]

Hi again,

Just found a link which has some information about writing for the web and
accessibility - thought it might be of use.

http://www.4syllables.com.au/2012/07/web-writing-versus-print/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=read-article&utm_campaign=july2012

cheers
Tracey

On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 12:06 PM, Radhika <gradhika2012 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Tracy,
>
> Thankyou!
>
> I will check your blog and look fwd to more discussion either on or off
> list.
>
> More soon.
> R
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Jul 28, 2012, at 9:40 PM, bytetime <bytetime at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi all
> >
> > As part of my work, I routinely work with web developers and go to many
> > industry related gab fests, where usability and accessibility is a key
> > issue, especially in complying with recommendations with the  Web
> > Transition Strategy , where all Australian government websites have to be
> > WCAG2 AA compliant by the end of 2012.
> >
> > I agree with Radhika's comments. The challenge of determining whether
> > written content is accessible and understandable has been a huge part of
> > the challenge of my work with livinggreener.gov.au - a site built using
> UCD
> > principles and designed to foster sustainable behaviour change. A big
> focus
> > in the conception of the project was effectively delivering the
> > sustainability message - as research revealed that the average science
> > understanding of the Australian public was around year 5, or 10 years of
> > age.
> >
> > There are many ways you can test the usability of the interface with
> > analytics and surveys, but to get to whether people understand the
> written
> > content requires a deeper inquiry into their information needs and if
> they
> > have been met. We have used detailed surveys in the past focused on the
> > written content in conjunction with usability testing and user feedback
> to
> > determine site enhancements and improvements. This has worked quite well
> > for us.
> >
> > If you are interested, here is a recent blog post about
> > Drupal<
> http://mediakult.wordpress.com/2012/07/28/how-can-government-innovate-with-drupal/
> >that
>  > touches on the challenge of content. Personally, I think there are
> > ways to many ways to deal with the usability and accessibility of an
> > interface - accessibility of content needs to be addressed quite
> > differently. Usable design attract audiences, targeted, appropriate
> content
> > will keep them there long and bring them back next time.
> >
> >
> > Tracey
> >
> > On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 8:42 AM, André Brock <andre.brock at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> via Radhika:
> >>
> >>     I find many usability surveys that test for how the interface is
> >> usable or
> >>     not - but they dont necessarily test for the effectiveness of
> content
> >> in
> >>     relation to conveying the social change and advocacy part …
> >>
> >> This describes information science in a nutshell.  Can i steal?
> >>
> >> André
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> School
> > of Music
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-- 
Dr Tracey M Benson (aka bytetime)
Adjunct Postdoctoral Fellow || The Australian National University || School
of Music
2012 Artist-in-Residence, Photoaccess
You can find *bytetime *on twitter, delicious, scribd, flickr, linkedin,
identica, slideshare and facebook. Skype me at *mediakult*

*websites:*
www.byte-time.net
www.xconnectmedia.com
www.fauxonomy.org
*blogs:*
geokult.com/ <http://geokult.wordpress.com/>
dorkbotcbr.wordpress.com/
mediakult.wordpress.com/
*wiki:*
mediakult.wetpaint.com/