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Technological University Dublin

2018

Norway

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Making Accessibility Data Accessible – A Challenge, Kathrin Bögelsack, Sven Michaelis Jan 2018

Making Accessibility Data Accessible – A Challenge, Kathrin Bögelsack, Sven Michaelis

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The Norwegian mapping authority has been carrying out a project on mapping accessibility following a national standard since 2009. In the beginning, the mapping was organized and carried out by the Norwegian Mapping Authority. This resulted in the creation of a good basic dataset for many Norwegian districts and bigger district-centers and enabled us to develop a national standard. However, it also lead to that the districts often did not feel any responsibility or ownership of the dataset and therefore did not use it in the scope that was intended. As a result, the mapping responsibility was given to the …


Better Access To Academic Literature Towards A New Norwegian Model For Universally Designed Teaching Materials, Kjersti Persdatt Nenseter Jan 2018

Better Access To Academic Literature Towards A New Norwegian Model For Universally Designed Teaching Materials, Kjersti Persdatt Nenseter

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The purpose of this paper is to describe possible approaches to achieving universally designed teaching materials in higher education. In 2016 the Norwegian Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Education and Research commissioned a survey on access to academic literature from The Norwegian Library of Talking Books and Braille (NLB) and Universell. This paper will look at key points on important developments in our environment as explored in the report, and present the analysis and recommendations that follow. Finally, the paper will discuss some possible strategies to meet the changes implied in the report. Since this is a process …