Past Events

On May 29, 2024, ZHAW digital celebrated its fifth anniversary. The SDR was there and organized a workshop on digital accessibility. 

At the event, we talked about the digital divide and accessibility for the ZHAW Community Blog (article in German). 

The SDR organized three free online workshops in English on Tuesday morning, November 28th. The following topics were presented: 

• From 8:00 to 9:30 am: Document Accessibility
• From 9:50 to 10:50 am: Video Accessibility
• From 11:10 am to 12:10 pm: Accessible Apps

The workshops were organized by Prof. Dr. Alireza Darvishy and Oriane Pierrès. 

At the Universitiy:Future festival (26-28 April 2023), the SDR gave two presentations:

• a 30-minute talk entitled "AI Educational Technologies in Higher Education: Opportunity or Risk for Students with Disabilities?"
•  a one-hour workshop in German on the theme of accessibility of open educational resources 

The "OER Creator Workshop" took place in the fall semester of 2022. The workshop covered the creation and sharing of accessible open learning materials, also called Open Educational Resources (OER). During the workshop, participants created their own OERs, with support from experts.