TechAbility Conference 2024: Expression of interest to present
With the TechAbility conference on the horizon there is a call for presentations, to showcase excellence in Assistive Technology projects, practice, guidance or research.
Do you have something that you would like to submit? We’d love to hear from you, even if you are unsure of the details. The conference will be held in Leeds at Royal Armouries Museum, Armouries Drive, LS10 1LT on 21 November 2024. Sessions will be 40 minutes long. In previous years the majority of delegates have been from FE, HE and adult care settings.
Presentations are subject to review by a panel and you may receive follow-up questions or requests for clarifications. For all accepted presentations, the presenter will receive one free delegate place at the conference.
Submit your proposals before 26 April 18:00. You will be informed by 3 May 2024 if your presentation has been selected for the conference.
JISC Digifest 2024: Summary
JISC’s showcase digital teaching, learning and research event, Digifest, took place on 12-13 March 2024 at the International Conference Centre (ICC) Birmingham, and online.
TechAbility created a space collaboratively with JISC as part of the community hub where educational professionals could come and have a taster of different assistive technologies or talk with experts.
There was a heavy focus on Artificial Intelligence as you might imagine and the key takeaway was that with such a fast pace of advancement it would be prudent for organisations to decide on the key principles for the adoption of the technologies.
After speaking to the TechAbility Champions it was agreed that there should be an event to help support Karten centres and Natspec Colleges to create this set of principles, to help guide them to adopt the technology and support people with disabilities to make use of AI while remaining safe. We will email out further details, but feel free to express interest in this to neil.harrodbeck@natspec.org.uk in the meantime.
Android Mobile App Cards – New and updated!
This has been a popular resource among Assistive Technology professionals and so we are pleased to announce that our Android Mobile App cards have been updated, with new apps and clearer labelling.
It lists useful Apps for those with disabilities (or those supporting people with disabilities) and shows the app name, logo, QR code to the Play Store link and a brief description. It can be used as a digital resource, but also works really well to print, cut out and laminate to display or share with others.
If you would like to recommend an app to be listed in this resource then please let us know, you can email neil.harrodbeck@natspec.org.uk and the app will be reviewed before being added.
Watch this space for an Apple equivalent as we will be sure to share it as soon as it is complete.
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