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Universal Design and Assistive Technology

Universal Design and Assistive Technology. Partnership with DIT. Promoting examples of best practice iPhone Windows 7 Breeding success through experience Promoting market share to industry Reducing Cost USP: Real world experience; user testing.

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Universal Design and Assistive Technology

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  1. Universal Design and Assistive Technology Partnership with DIT

  2. Promoting examples of best practice iPhone Windows 7 Breeding success through experience Promoting market share to industry Reducing Cost USP: Real world experience; user testing Mainstreaming Assistive Technology within UD

  3. AT in education

  4. DITLevel 6 Certificate in ATUndergraduate modules: engineering, computer scienceMasters in Computer Science (AT)Ph.D

  5. Accredited AT Course

  6. Product Design • Standing Power Wheelchair • Communication Device

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  9. E learning

  10. Generating AT Research Proposals in partnership with AT users Product Design Computer Science Engineering Social Science Other possibilities….based on local resources/capacity/ strengths: eg: Architecture

  11. Critical Elements in Process: from User Needs Identification to Product Realization 11

  12. Universal Design: Guiding Principle Four way partnership Equal role played by end users, designers, industry and service providers: key to the progression from original conceptualisation to delivering practical solutions. Key components in AT research

  13. 4 way partnership approach Educators (& Students Learning with Communities) Service Providers Voluntary sector Health/Education Corporate Social Responsibility AT Industry Building long term sustainability

  14. Brainstorming Identifying gaps/opportunities Seeking solutions in mainstream Forging alliances to create new solutions Partnership (cont’d)

  15. Greater exploitation of transferable credit system: Level 6, Masters, Ph.D…. Promote portability of modules across courses/across institutes of learning Increase flexibility for learners: Shorter modules More flexible time frames Greater exploitation of e learning Next steps: Education

  16. User consultation central Flexibility in course provision Embedding UD across schools Students Learning With Communities Keeping abreast of emerging technologies Understanding market forces Forging partnerships Summary

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