The document discusses the BIENE-Wettbewerb contest in Germany which aims to identify and honor the most accessible websites. It began in 2003 to promote accessible web design for people with disabilities. Websites are evaluated based on criteria for accessibility and usability by an advisory board and jury. The contest methodology involves application categories, a three-step evaluation process, and input from disability organizations. In 2007, the criteria were adjusted based on a study examining how people with disabilities can benefit from new Web 2.0 technologies.
next generation technologies to build sustainable communities of practiceGeorge Roberts
The document discusses using next generation technologies to build sustainable communities of practice. It describes the Emerge project which used Web 2.0 technologies and appreciative inquiry to foster positive change among individuals. Realizing benefits requires recognizing that communities are multi-modal and not defined by any single platform. Sustainable community practice involves negotiating control between individuals and institutions.
The document proposes using integrated media like virtual worlds and social media to communicate and collaborate with target audiences. It highlights how Moderne Communications has experience using Second Life for clients to conduct informational conferences, product promotions, and career recruitment in a more engaging and memorable way than traditional media alone. Examples of projects for Ontario government and Adobe Systems are described. Metrics and accessibility considerations for virtual solutions are also outlined.
This document provides an overview and summary of the Web 2.0 environment and social networks. It discusses key concepts like what constitutes Web 2.0, characteristics of Web 2.0 like user-generated content, and examples of Web 2.0 companies. The document also summarizes virtual communities and types of social networks, major social network companies like Facebook and Twitter, and business uses of social networks. Finally, it explores future developments like Web 3.0 and potential applications.
The document discusses accessibility in the virtual workplace and outlines opportunities and challenges. It notes that accessibility is a civil right and that 48.9 million Americans have disabilities. International surveys found most government and business websites inaccessible. The document outlines moral, legal and compliance issues and strategies for overcoming barriers through universal design, guidelines like WCAG 2.0, tools for evaluation, outreach, and inclusive policies.
The document discusses accessibility in the virtual workplace and opportunities and challenges presented. It notes that around 20% of people globally experience barriers to internet access due to disabilities. Compliance with accessibility standards can help overcome barriers and create job opportunities. Guidelines like WCAG provide principles for making digital content perceivable, operable, understandable and robust for people with disabilities. Following these guidelines can help businesses tap into untapped markets and support human rights.
How Society for Science & the Public digitize their accreditation systemEbizon
Ebizon helped the Society for Science & the Public digitize their accreditation system for science competitions by developing a badge system. This allows achievements to be shared online through digital badges. It also helps keep past participants engaged and shows progression between competition levels. Ebizon implemented single sign-on with the Society's Blackbaud NetCommunity site to create user accounts and issue badges. Over 2000 badges were awarded to the first competition's winners, volunteers, and judges through the new digitized accreditation system.
The Digital Literacy 2.0 project aims to teach socially disadvantaged adults essential web 2.0 skills through a two-step training campaign. It involves training staff at libraries and social organizations in 7 European countries to become ICT trainers. These trainers will then teach web 2.0 skills like social networking, collaboration and e-citizenship to disadvantaged adults using a modular curriculum. The curriculum covers topics like setting up social media accounts, online banking and petitions. The project hopes this will help participants better organize their daily lives and engage more in society through easy-to-use web applications.
This document provides an overview of e-commerce and discusses key trends. It covers the evolution of e-commerce from its beginnings in the 1990s to present day, highlighting major milestones like the dot-com crash and rise of social media. The document also examines characteristics of e-commerce like ubiquity and personalization. Types of e-commerce like B2C, B2B, and mobile are defined. Future predictions include the continued growth of integrated online and offline companies and potential increased regulation.
next generation technologies to build sustainable communities of practiceGeorge Roberts
The document discusses using next generation technologies to build sustainable communities of practice. It describes the Emerge project which used Web 2.0 technologies and appreciative inquiry to foster positive change among individuals. Realizing benefits requires recognizing that communities are multi-modal and not defined by any single platform. Sustainable community practice involves negotiating control between individuals and institutions.
The document proposes using integrated media like virtual worlds and social media to communicate and collaborate with target audiences. It highlights how Moderne Communications has experience using Second Life for clients to conduct informational conferences, product promotions, and career recruitment in a more engaging and memorable way than traditional media alone. Examples of projects for Ontario government and Adobe Systems are described. Metrics and accessibility considerations for virtual solutions are also outlined.
This document provides an overview and summary of the Web 2.0 environment and social networks. It discusses key concepts like what constitutes Web 2.0, characteristics of Web 2.0 like user-generated content, and examples of Web 2.0 companies. The document also summarizes virtual communities and types of social networks, major social network companies like Facebook and Twitter, and business uses of social networks. Finally, it explores future developments like Web 3.0 and potential applications.
The document discusses accessibility in the virtual workplace and outlines opportunities and challenges. It notes that accessibility is a civil right and that 48.9 million Americans have disabilities. International surveys found most government and business websites inaccessible. The document outlines moral, legal and compliance issues and strategies for overcoming barriers through universal design, guidelines like WCAG 2.0, tools for evaluation, outreach, and inclusive policies.
The document discusses accessibility in the virtual workplace and opportunities and challenges presented. It notes that around 20% of people globally experience barriers to internet access due to disabilities. Compliance with accessibility standards can help overcome barriers and create job opportunities. Guidelines like WCAG provide principles for making digital content perceivable, operable, understandable and robust for people with disabilities. Following these guidelines can help businesses tap into untapped markets and support human rights.
How Society for Science & the Public digitize their accreditation systemEbizon
Ebizon helped the Society for Science & the Public digitize their accreditation system for science competitions by developing a badge system. This allows achievements to be shared online through digital badges. It also helps keep past participants engaged and shows progression between competition levels. Ebizon implemented single sign-on with the Society's Blackbaud NetCommunity site to create user accounts and issue badges. Over 2000 badges were awarded to the first competition's winners, volunteers, and judges through the new digitized accreditation system.
The Digital Literacy 2.0 project aims to teach socially disadvantaged adults essential web 2.0 skills through a two-step training campaign. It involves training staff at libraries and social organizations in 7 European countries to become ICT trainers. These trainers will then teach web 2.0 skills like social networking, collaboration and e-citizenship to disadvantaged adults using a modular curriculum. The curriculum covers topics like setting up social media accounts, online banking and petitions. The project hopes this will help participants better organize their daily lives and engage more in society through easy-to-use web applications.
This document provides an overview of e-commerce and discusses key trends. It covers the evolution of e-commerce from its beginnings in the 1990s to present day, highlighting major milestones like the dot-com crash and rise of social media. The document also examines characteristics of e-commerce like ubiquity and personalization. Types of e-commerce like B2C, B2B, and mobile are defined. Future predictions include the continued growth of integrated online and offline companies and potential increased regulation.
Cornell University faced challenges in managing its vast library of digital images and connecting with its large alumni network. It implemented NetXposure's Digital Asset Management solution with an ecommerce module to create a centralized, searchable online image library. This allowed the Cornell community to search for and purchase images, generating revenue. The solution helped promote Cornell, connect with alumni, and make previously unused assets accessible, winning Cornell a CASE award for excellence.
The document discusses the Continental Automated Buildings Association's (CABA) Internet Home Alliance Research Council (IHA-RC). IHA-RC conducts collaborative research projects and pilots to develop and test home and commercial solutions. Member companies from different industries work together on projects to address industry needs. IHA-RC provides reports on research findings to support members' business decisions. Current projects include studies on digital solutions for senior housing and media advertising.
Professional Virtual Community Solution - iON Cloud ERPChirantan Ghosh
Advances in Internet technology have stimulated the rise of social communities. These communities have emerged as new organizational arrangements aimed at promoting knowledge development, value creation and social welfare...
Compare & contrast the nuances of varied online platforms-CS_ICT11/12-ICTPT-I...Amber Espiritu
5th Slide video showing source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDkxsNmKDGk&t=5s
Feel free to change some content, but please be mindful about acknowledging the source .
IWMW 2000: Town and Gown Finding Common Ground on the WebIWMW
Slides for the plenary talk on "Town and Gown Finding Common Ground on the Web" presented at the IWMW 2000 event held at the University of Bath on 6-8 September 2000.
See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2000/sessions .html#rowlatt
The rise of the empowered consumer:
- Consumers have more choice due to technology and can filter out irrelevant messages.
- They constantly demand more and express dissatisfaction quickly.
- Marketers are challenged to embrace this consumer empowerment through honest and relevant messaging across devices, transparency, and bringing digital strategies to scale.
The document discusses trends in technology that will impact community colleges, including increased digitization, networking, and participation. It argues that institutions must (1) engage students with participatory web tools, (2) expand eLearning opportunities to educate more students, and (3) leverage open educational resources to reduce costs and connect globally. Community colleges that embrace these changes, share resources openly, and reinvent pedagogy will be well positioned for the future of networked, collaborative learning.
The Lethbridge Community Network presented its “ Urban Wi-Fi Initiative “ to City Council on Monday.
Building upon LCN’s success in providing community access to information since 2004, the
URBAN Wi-Fi INITIATIVE
comprises three key phases directed towards ease of access to information in Lethbridge.
1. Develop a network of free, public, Wi-Fi hotspots in the city, covering major gathering areas (bus transfer points, public parks, cultural centers) and recreation areas (sports venues, arenas etc.)
2. Building a hi-tech transit station (stop) downtown equipped with solar power for LED displays of schedules, local events and advertising, climate controlled, and USB charging ports.
3. Enabling Wi-Fi access on public transportation vehicles throughout the city.
Please show your support by contacting your favorite Councilor and by voting on the www.LethbridgeHerald.com ‘s survey “Should the City support the proposal for Free Wi-Fi throughout the city?
Vote and pass this along to everyone you know ! Thanks and happy summer.
For more information, or to receive LCN’s Urban Wi-Fi Initiative presentation please contact me directly.
CO e-Service: the Italian eGovernment revolution for the Compulsory Communica...ePractice.eu
The CO e-Service is an innovative Italian e-government system that centralizes and standardizes reporting of employment status data. It allows real-time sharing of information between public and private employers and agencies that manage employment services. The system simplifies administrative processes, increases efficiency and transparency, and helps combat undeclared work. Since launching in January 2008, over 10 million notifications have been processed from 380,000 registered users, demonstrating its success in streamlining reporting obligations.
Creating a regional agency to foster eInclusion: the case of South Yorkshire,...ePractice.eu
Author: Bridgette Wessels
The focus within regions in Europe, in line with the Riga Ministerial Declaration (2006), is to foster eInclusion by providing access for all, building e-skills and e-literacy, providing broadband infrastructures and inclusive eGovernment. Regional partnerships are emerging as agents in creating innovative use of information and communication technology (ICT) for eInclusion in relation to local needs, contexts and aspirations.
Contextualising Public (e)Participation in the Governance of the European UnionePractice.eu
Authors: Simon Smith, Effie Dalakiouridou.
This paper contextualises the benefits and challenges of participation and eParticipation in the EU in two respects: historically and theoretically.
Good practice exchange from a Web 2.0 point of viewePractice.eu
Authors: Ramon Sangüesa and Roc Fages
In this paper we summarize our findings, explore three significant initiatives and try to identify future trends in the interconnection of good practice exchange and 2.0 potentialities.
The document discusses how universities can better utilize Web 2.0 technologies like social networking, self-publishing and collaboration platforms to improve teaching, research, and administration. It suggests moving beyond traditional virtual learning environments to a more personalized learning environment that connects users to university resources in a way that suits each individual user. Participants are asked to collaborate in discussing how their university's learning development department could exploit Web 2.0 tools to enhance communication and collaboration.
eGovernment measurement for policy makersePractice.eu
Author: Jeremy Millard.
The eGovernment policy focus has moved over the last five years from being mainly concerned with efficiency to being concerned both with efficiency and effectiveness. This paper examines the current and future development of eGovernment policy making, and the critical role that measurement and impact analysis has in it.
The document discusses the Colleagues Connect project, which aims to better connect disability support workers through an online interface. The project receives funding from the Collaborative Internet Innovation Fund and involves partnerships between Melbourne City Mission and the Australian Quadriplegic Association. The interface utilizes established web tools like Yammer, Skype and Vimeo to provide opportunities for learning, supervision, and information sharing among support workers. The project objectives are to benefit workers, organizations, and the people with disabilities they support.
The newsletter provides updates on the VERITAS project, including information about pilots testing with beneficiaries and designers, upcoming events, and recently released deliverables. It discusses a workshop and special thematic session held at the 13th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs on virtual user models. It also announces the release of two new videos from the project and a discussion paper on standardization of virtual user models produced by the Virtual User Modelling and Simulations cluster.
Usability Engineering in eParticipationePractice.eu
Authors: Scherer Sabrina, Evika Karamagioli, manuela titorencu, Johanna Schepers, Maria A. Wimmer, Vasilis Koulolias.
The project VoicE establishes an Internet platform with the objective to promote the dialogue between citizens from Baden Württemberg, Germany and Valencia, Spain and policy makers from the European Parliament, the Assembly of Regions as well as from other EU institutions and regional assemblies.
Social Networking Sites and Equal Opportunity: The Impact of AccessibilityUltan O'Broin
Paper from 22nd Bled eConference
on eEnablement Facilitating an Open, Effective and Representative eSociety
June 14 - 17, 2009; Bled, Slovenia
Note that accessibility enablement in sites mentioned has been improved greatly since 2009, but you might like to refer to the references and use the paper's methodology.
1) The newsletter provides updates on several initiatives from the careNET project, including a map of digital competences for care workers and recipients, an upcoming conference on ICT and eSkills for social care, and the launch of pilots testing the careNET learning resources in Spain and France.
2) The conference will be held in Brussels in February 2014 and will include keynote speakers, presentations on the careNET project and related initiatives, and networking opportunities for practitioners, organizations, and researchers.
3) The pilots implemented the careNET learning architecture and resources through tablet-based trainings for 120 care workers and recipients in Spain and France. Trainees learned using a virtual learning environment and "Learning Relay Centers
Empowering citizens to turn them into co-creatorsof demand-driven public services. CO-CREATION methodology, supporting platform and tools. Ecosystem of co-created artefacts. Open Government enablling
Presentation 1: Web 2.0 - Leading Applications in Government
Presenters:
Eric Bristow - Senior Manager, Deloitte Consulting
Doug Shoupp – Principal, Deloitte Consulting
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in China and Baidu together launched a Big Data Joint Laboratory to pioneer new methods and frameworks for using big data to support development goals. The inaugural product of the Joint lab is an e-waste recycling smartphone application called “Baidu Recycle“, aiming at streamlining the recycling process of e-wastes. Users can take a photo of their electronic waste and get the name, category and estimated scrap price for the item. Users in certain cities can even arrange an e-waste pick-up.
Cornell University faced challenges in managing its vast library of digital images and connecting with its large alumni network. It implemented NetXposure's Digital Asset Management solution with an ecommerce module to create a centralized, searchable online image library. This allowed the Cornell community to search for and purchase images, generating revenue. The solution helped promote Cornell, connect with alumni, and make previously unused assets accessible, winning Cornell a CASE award for excellence.
The document discusses the Continental Automated Buildings Association's (CABA) Internet Home Alliance Research Council (IHA-RC). IHA-RC conducts collaborative research projects and pilots to develop and test home and commercial solutions. Member companies from different industries work together on projects to address industry needs. IHA-RC provides reports on research findings to support members' business decisions. Current projects include studies on digital solutions for senior housing and media advertising.
Professional Virtual Community Solution - iON Cloud ERPChirantan Ghosh
Advances in Internet technology have stimulated the rise of social communities. These communities have emerged as new organizational arrangements aimed at promoting knowledge development, value creation and social welfare...
Compare & contrast the nuances of varied online platforms-CS_ICT11/12-ICTPT-I...Amber Espiritu
5th Slide video showing source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDkxsNmKDGk&t=5s
Feel free to change some content, but please be mindful about acknowledging the source .
IWMW 2000: Town and Gown Finding Common Ground on the WebIWMW
Slides for the plenary talk on "Town and Gown Finding Common Ground on the Web" presented at the IWMW 2000 event held at the University of Bath on 6-8 September 2000.
See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2000/sessions .html#rowlatt
The rise of the empowered consumer:
- Consumers have more choice due to technology and can filter out irrelevant messages.
- They constantly demand more and express dissatisfaction quickly.
- Marketers are challenged to embrace this consumer empowerment through honest and relevant messaging across devices, transparency, and bringing digital strategies to scale.
The document discusses trends in technology that will impact community colleges, including increased digitization, networking, and participation. It argues that institutions must (1) engage students with participatory web tools, (2) expand eLearning opportunities to educate more students, and (3) leverage open educational resources to reduce costs and connect globally. Community colleges that embrace these changes, share resources openly, and reinvent pedagogy will be well positioned for the future of networked, collaborative learning.
The Lethbridge Community Network presented its “ Urban Wi-Fi Initiative “ to City Council on Monday.
Building upon LCN’s success in providing community access to information since 2004, the
URBAN Wi-Fi INITIATIVE
comprises three key phases directed towards ease of access to information in Lethbridge.
1. Develop a network of free, public, Wi-Fi hotspots in the city, covering major gathering areas (bus transfer points, public parks, cultural centers) and recreation areas (sports venues, arenas etc.)
2. Building a hi-tech transit station (stop) downtown equipped with solar power for LED displays of schedules, local events and advertising, climate controlled, and USB charging ports.
3. Enabling Wi-Fi access on public transportation vehicles throughout the city.
Please show your support by contacting your favorite Councilor and by voting on the www.LethbridgeHerald.com ‘s survey “Should the City support the proposal for Free Wi-Fi throughout the city?
Vote and pass this along to everyone you know ! Thanks and happy summer.
For more information, or to receive LCN’s Urban Wi-Fi Initiative presentation please contact me directly.
CO e-Service: the Italian eGovernment revolution for the Compulsory Communica...ePractice.eu
The CO e-Service is an innovative Italian e-government system that centralizes and standardizes reporting of employment status data. It allows real-time sharing of information between public and private employers and agencies that manage employment services. The system simplifies administrative processes, increases efficiency and transparency, and helps combat undeclared work. Since launching in January 2008, over 10 million notifications have been processed from 380,000 registered users, demonstrating its success in streamlining reporting obligations.
Creating a regional agency to foster eInclusion: the case of South Yorkshire,...ePractice.eu
Author: Bridgette Wessels
The focus within regions in Europe, in line with the Riga Ministerial Declaration (2006), is to foster eInclusion by providing access for all, building e-skills and e-literacy, providing broadband infrastructures and inclusive eGovernment. Regional partnerships are emerging as agents in creating innovative use of information and communication technology (ICT) for eInclusion in relation to local needs, contexts and aspirations.
Contextualising Public (e)Participation in the Governance of the European UnionePractice.eu
Authors: Simon Smith, Effie Dalakiouridou.
This paper contextualises the benefits and challenges of participation and eParticipation in the EU in two respects: historically and theoretically.
Good practice exchange from a Web 2.0 point of viewePractice.eu
Authors: Ramon Sangüesa and Roc Fages
In this paper we summarize our findings, explore three significant initiatives and try to identify future trends in the interconnection of good practice exchange and 2.0 potentialities.
The document discusses how universities can better utilize Web 2.0 technologies like social networking, self-publishing and collaboration platforms to improve teaching, research, and administration. It suggests moving beyond traditional virtual learning environments to a more personalized learning environment that connects users to university resources in a way that suits each individual user. Participants are asked to collaborate in discussing how their university's learning development department could exploit Web 2.0 tools to enhance communication and collaboration.
eGovernment measurement for policy makersePractice.eu
Author: Jeremy Millard.
The eGovernment policy focus has moved over the last five years from being mainly concerned with efficiency to being concerned both with efficiency and effectiveness. This paper examines the current and future development of eGovernment policy making, and the critical role that measurement and impact analysis has in it.
The document discusses the Colleagues Connect project, which aims to better connect disability support workers through an online interface. The project receives funding from the Collaborative Internet Innovation Fund and involves partnerships between Melbourne City Mission and the Australian Quadriplegic Association. The interface utilizes established web tools like Yammer, Skype and Vimeo to provide opportunities for learning, supervision, and information sharing among support workers. The project objectives are to benefit workers, organizations, and the people with disabilities they support.
The newsletter provides updates on the VERITAS project, including information about pilots testing with beneficiaries and designers, upcoming events, and recently released deliverables. It discusses a workshop and special thematic session held at the 13th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs on virtual user models. It also announces the release of two new videos from the project and a discussion paper on standardization of virtual user models produced by the Virtual User Modelling and Simulations cluster.
Usability Engineering in eParticipationePractice.eu
Authors: Scherer Sabrina, Evika Karamagioli, manuela titorencu, Johanna Schepers, Maria A. Wimmer, Vasilis Koulolias.
The project VoicE establishes an Internet platform with the objective to promote the dialogue between citizens from Baden Württemberg, Germany and Valencia, Spain and policy makers from the European Parliament, the Assembly of Regions as well as from other EU institutions and regional assemblies.
Social Networking Sites and Equal Opportunity: The Impact of AccessibilityUltan O'Broin
Paper from 22nd Bled eConference
on eEnablement Facilitating an Open, Effective and Representative eSociety
June 14 - 17, 2009; Bled, Slovenia
Note that accessibility enablement in sites mentioned has been improved greatly since 2009, but you might like to refer to the references and use the paper's methodology.
1) The newsletter provides updates on several initiatives from the careNET project, including a map of digital competences for care workers and recipients, an upcoming conference on ICT and eSkills for social care, and the launch of pilots testing the careNET learning resources in Spain and France.
2) The conference will be held in Brussels in February 2014 and will include keynote speakers, presentations on the careNET project and related initiatives, and networking opportunities for practitioners, organizations, and researchers.
3) The pilots implemented the careNET learning architecture and resources through tablet-based trainings for 120 care workers and recipients in Spain and France. Trainees learned using a virtual learning environment and "Learning Relay Centers
Empowering citizens to turn them into co-creatorsof demand-driven public services. CO-CREATION methodology, supporting platform and tools. Ecosystem of co-created artefacts. Open Government enablling
Presentation 1: Web 2.0 - Leading Applications in Government
Presenters:
Eric Bristow - Senior Manager, Deloitte Consulting
Doug Shoupp – Principal, Deloitte Consulting
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in China and Baidu together launched a Big Data Joint Laboratory to pioneer new methods and frameworks for using big data to support development goals. The inaugural product of the Joint lab is an e-waste recycling smartphone application called “Baidu Recycle“, aiming at streamlining the recycling process of e-wastes. Users can take a photo of their electronic waste and get the name, category and estimated scrap price for the item. Users in certain cities can even arrange an e-waste pick-up.
eGos Services: an excellent example of users' need based centricity for design and provide even closer public and private services to citizens and costumers..
The document discusses the evolution of the web and tourism industry from Web 1.0 to 2.0. Web 1.0 referred to static, proprietary websites while Web 2.0 enables user participation through features like blogs, social networks, reviews, and user-generated content. This has transformed how companies operate and how tourists plan and provide feedback on trips through social media interactions. Tourism has similarly evolved from standardized offline offerings to individualized online experiences through Travel 2.0 applications and services.
"Badel Web Application"-An online portal for donation and exchangeable resourcesraheemunnisabegum
Badel is a web application available via the internet. To help King Khalid university students in Saudi Arabia to exchange their collectibles or ownership with their university friends. It is a special auctions system while student shows their ownership details and pictures in order to exchange with other university friend’s ownership, also he /she can lend it or donate to another friend. Badel provides a way to save money and resources.
- The ELLIOT project aims to develop an experiential platform for users and citizens to co-create and experiment with Internet of Things (IoT) applications and services using a living lab approach.
- The platform will implement Knowledge-Social-Business (KSB) experience models to explore socially-enabled IoT technologies and their impact.
- Three living labs will test the platform in logistics, well-being, and environmental sectors to validate the models and co-creation techniques.
From 11 to 13 February, 2020 I was at the kick-off meetings for the Digital Transformation Centers (DTC) project at the ITU in Geneva, Switzerland. The primary function of DTCs are to deliver digital skills training to enhance digital literacy and foster uptake of digital tools among those at the bottom of the social pyramid and to improve livelihoods, and thus, bridge the third level of digital divide. Also, DTCs aim to improve the capacity of policymakers to design and implement digital skills programmes, and further conduct them to ensure scalability and self-sustainability in digital skills capacity development.
This is my presentation on digital skills scaling.
An in-progress concept to stimulate growth of public services, fueled by new government infrastructure.
Infrastructure yields employment & improved communications.
- In general, emerging technologies & infrastructure (horizontals) spur innovation of new services, fueling growth & employment.
- In Web 2.0 mash-ups, niche services (verticals) use existing infrastructure and experts’ content to create valuable user experiences.
Norway has a unique potential for democratic innovation. The combination of a social democracy and an enterprise search center (FAST) is only found here. Since search is a key enabler for online services, Norway’s government can facilitate a new infrastructure on which innovation of specialized services can take place.
VERTIGO: Find, Enjoy and Share Media Trails across Physical and Social Contex...Digibiz'09 Conference
The VERTIGO concept proposes a context-aware media platform that allows users to find, enjoy, and share "media trails" across different physical and social contexts. It aims to bridge the gap between traditional linear media consumption and more interactive online experiences. The platform would provide a unified dashboard for managing media across living room, desktop, and mobile contexts using visualization, personalization, and awareness of a user's social networks and location. Key challenges include developing the platform architecture and technology to support this vision of converged and social media experiences.
The document summarizes the Links-up Learning 2.0 project, which aims to understand how Web 2.0 technologies can support inclusive lifelong learning. It describes the project's work packages including reviewing literature, conducting case studies of 24 learning initiatives using Web 2.0, developing an innovation laboratory, running validation experiments in 6 countries, and disseminating results. The validation experiments tested tools like podcasting, online communities, and multimedia CVs with diverse groups including older adults, unemployed individuals, and disadvantaged youth to achieve outcomes such as new skills and increased inclusion. Preliminary findings suggest Web 2.0 shows potential but challenges include sustainability, over-reliance on champions, and a need for new research methods to understand social impacts
Trust between inhabitants in a neighbourhood is not something that is naturally anymore.
People in the neighbourhood know each other less, move more often, have different
backgrounds and spend more time in places other then the neighbourhood...
This document discusses open data initiatives in several major European cities. It provides examples of open data projects in Hamburg, Trier, Boston, Berlin and Helsinki that focus on transparency, citizen participation, and economic development. The document outlines common strategies employed, including having a clear focus area, standards for data quality and formats, and tools for collaboration. Key barriers mentioned include inter-organizational challenges and resistance to change. The conclusion states that open data is a key part of creating smart cities.
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ePractice workshop on Open Source Software, 7 April 2011 - Matteo MelideoePractice.eu
The document discusses Qualipso Competence Centres, which aim to boost innovation and growth by fostering Free/Libre Open Source Software. The centres will form a federated network of organizations from industry, academia, and the public sector. They will provide expertise and services related to FLOSS, such as legal consultancy, interoperability testing, quality measurement, and business model advice. The centres will operate according to a shared framework defined in the Qualipso Network Agreement.
ePractice workshop on Open Source Software, 7 April 2011 - Daniel ColettiePractice.eu
The document discusses the growing success of open source software in the Argentinian federal government. It notes that the 2001 economic crisis proved that open source software is reliable, cheaper, and can help avoid costly software upgrades. The government is increasingly adopting open source strategies, either following Brazil's model of prioritizing domestic open source software or simply using open source solutions while remaining neutral. Several agencies such as the national tax administration, highway administration, and social security agency have implemented open source software successfully.
ePractice workshop on Open Source Software, 7 April 2011 - Flavia MarzanoePractice.eu
The document discusses key issues for cloud computing including data protection, interoperability, standardization, accessibility, and openness. The European Commissioner Neelie Kroes stated these were core objectives of her digital agenda policies. Additionally, the document calls for portability of data, code and applications between cloud providers to avoid vendor lock-in, as well as adoption of existing standards and open interfaces. It provides principles of an open cloud from an open cloud manifesto focusing on addressing challenges through collaboration and standards while promoting innovation.
ePractice workshop on Open Source Software, 7 April 2011 - Christina Gallar...ePractice.eu
The document summarizes the Osepa project, which aims to create synergies around open source software (OSS) adoption among public administrations in Europe. The project brings together partners from various countries and experience levels to share perspectives on technical, policy and other barriers to OSS adoption. Expected results include surveys of OSS usage, procurement guidelines, conferences, and recommendations to support a European strategy for public sector use of open source.
ePractice workshop on Open Source Software, 7 April 2011 - Thomas BiskupePractice.eu
The OpenSAGA project aims to provide a development platform for e-government applications that are compliant with the SAGA standard. The technical approach uses an executable web application model, graphical modeling, and the Eclipse IDE. The communal approach involves public sector partners, scientific councils, sponsors, and integration partners. After one year, there was a lack of knowledge about SAGA, lack of community and trust in open source for the public sector. Missing links include open source strategy, marketing, and lobbying in the public sector. Lessons learned are that a commercially viable open source approach exists with tangible benefits for the public sector.
ePractice workshop on Open Source Software, 7 April 2011 - Mikael Torp & Oll...ePractice.eu
A three year cross border project between universities in Sweden and Finland funded the development of a digital communication system between parents and daycares called Parents' Meeting. The system allows for 24/7 communication about daily activities and plans. It has been implemented in over 300 daycares and schools in Sweden and Finland. The project also developed two e-systems for the municipality of Korsholm using open source software to reduce costs compared to expensive proprietary systems. Going forward, the project aims to commercialize Parents' Meeting, strengthen the open source community around it, and help other municipalities implement similar systems.
ePractice workshop on Open Source Software, 7 April 2011 - Davide Dalle Carbo...ePractice.eu
The document discusses open source software and its role in cross-border environments. It describes a tool called Spago4Q that measures and monitors quality in ICT products, processes, and services. Spago4Q uses open standards and models to define service level agreements and key performance indicators. It provides dashboards and reports to ensure transparency and help public administrations purchase quality services.
ePractice workshop on Open Source Software, 7 April 2011 - Philippe LaurentePractice.eu
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Methodologies to identify best practice in barrier-free web design
1. Methodologies to identify best practice in barrier-free web
design
Results from Germany’s BIENE-Wettbewerb with a
special focus on accessible e-services amongst the
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winners of the competition
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The BIENE-Wettbewerb, the best-known accessibility Information
contest in Germany, started in 2003, the European Year Management (ifib)
of People with Disabilities. Organised by the German Ulrike Peter
social organisation Aktion Mensch (German Association Institut for
for the Care of the Disabled) and the Stiftung Digitale Information
Chancen (Digital Opportunities Foundation), the BIENE- Management (ifib)
Award is meant to honour the best barrier-free web sites Jutta Croll
in German language and to present them as excellent Digital
best practice examples. BIENE emphasizes the a
Opportunities
objectives of promoting communication, joint action and Foundation
productive cooperation. Therefore, a unique study was Iris Cornelssen
carried out by the promoters of the contest during 2007
Aktion Mensch
in order to ensure that the evaluation procedure
measures the accessibility of Web 2.0 tools as well as
classical websites. From the study it became very clear
that people with disabilities may especially benefit from Keywords
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to be ensured that quality standards are matched. accessibility, Web 2.0,
awards
The BIENE competition aims at improving the quality of
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disabilities to take part in the information society. Only
those websites that match the criteria for accessibility User-generated
content influences the
and also fit the expectations of the users as well as of way services are perceived
the initiators of the competition will be awarded a prize. as well as the design of the
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underlying the evaluation of contributions to the are involved in the
competition and shows how best practice examples of producing and publishing of
content, the more the
accessible web sites can be identified with a special
Internet and the e-services
focus on the identification of accessible e-services. available might become
adjusted to the
users' needs.
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In this context, the acronym BIENE (in German originally meaning the insect
“bee”) stands for “Barrierefreies Internet eröffnet neue Einsichten” (“barrier-
free Internet reveals new insights“).
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2. 1 The BIENE awards for German language websites
The BIENE-Wettbewerb 1 is a contest with the aim to honour accessible websites as best practice. The
contest started in 2003, and this year it will be run for the fifth time. Until now about 1,000 websites from
public and private organisations and also from GPOs have applied for getting one of the highly treasured
awards. The main structure and the approach of the contest have been proven of value and so, over the
years, there have been made little changes in the operational structure. This article has two aims:
Firstly, it describes the methodology of the kernel of the contest consisting of three steps, which have
been changed only marginally over the last few years.
Secondly, this article shows the new development that started last year with a “(research semester)
sabbatical”. In 2007, the BIENE contest was postponed until the catalogue of evaluation criteria was
adjusted to recent developments of the World Wide Web. Instead of the contest, a study was carried
out in 2007. The main issue of the study – and the initiators – was the current evolution towards Web
2.0 and the question how people with disabilities can benefit from these new ways of communication.
The results of the research semester will have a strong impact on the course of the BIENE-Wettbewerb.
1.1 The team of implementation
The initiators of the competition, Aktion Mensch (German Association for the Care of the Disabled) and
Stiftung Digitale Chancen (Digital Opportunities Foundation) pursued three aims of equivalent
importance:
1. Increase the number of barrier-free Internet sites and accordingly increase usability and
usefulness of the World Wide Web for people with disabilities.
2. Create public consciousness for the topic of barrier-free communication and information
technology.
3. Exemplify a collection of best-practice examples.
Since its founding as Aktion Sorgenkind in the year 1964, Aktion Mensch has been one of the most
successful social welfare organisations in Germany. It is oriented to the idea of humanitarian rights and
solidarity, striving for equal opportunities in society and campaigning for every person’s right to self-
determination and to be an accepted member of society.
These goals are pursued with two essential points of emphasis: firstly, the promotion of projects and
initiatives for disabled rights, disability aid and self-help, as well as child and youth welfare projects.
Secondly, through comprehensive clarification measures, which are intended to create an open and
positive social climate by providing the interested public with an insight into the significance of social
work.
The Stiftung Digitale Chancen (Digital Opportunities Foundation, www.digitale-chancen.de) was founded
in January 2002 by the company AOL Germany and the University of Bremen as a follow-up to the
project network “Digital Opportunities“. The goal of the Stiftung Digitale Chancen is to make people
interested in the Internet and to support them with their steps into the digital world. The Federal Ministry
of Economics and Technology and the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and
Youth have taken on the patronage. The foundation has set up an information system to provide
instruments for overcoming the Digital Divide in Germany, in accordance with the demands of the
“Barrierefreie Informationstechnik Verordnung - BITV” (Barrier-free Information Technology Regulation)
as part of the general Federal Equal Opportunities Legislation in Germany ([5],[16]).
1
Announcement and further information are available on the website www.biene-award.de.
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3. The Institut für Informationsmanagement Bremen (Institute for Information Management Bremen GmbH,
ifib, www.ifib.de), partnered with the University of Bremen, offers well-founded interdisciplinary expertise
in the sectors of education (Educational Technologies) and public administration (eGovernment). In the
field of eGovernment a focus has been set on accessibility several years ago, and the team is well
known in Germany. Within the BIENE-Wettbewerb, the ifib works on behalf of Aktion Mensch and
Stiftung Digitale Chancen.
1.2 Professional advisory board, jury, and representatives of end-users
A professional advisory board supervises the selection of competitive comparison criteria for submitted
contest contributions and the corresponding evaluation process. The board consists of about 25
representatives of organisations of handicapped people in Germany and other experts in the field of web
accessibility. The board agrees upon a tentative rank ordered proposal list for award assignments. For
the irrevocable final selection of prize winners, this list is presented to a jury consisting of important
representatives from private and public media, education, media design agencies and commercial
Internet providers.
1.3 Competition categories
As contents, size, target user groups and design requirements vary in different application domains, and
the evaluation procedure varies accordingly, the BIENE-Wettbewerb for best barrier-free web sites in the
German language was announced for different categories of web services, ranging from eCommerce,
eGovernment (federal, state and community services), e-service, culture and society, science and
research, to media (print and broadcast media). Over the years it turned out that these content-based
categories were no longer adequate to differentiate between the various types of web applications.
Therefore, from the year 2006 on the categories for the BIENE-Wettbewerb are defined as follows:
− Information and communication websites
− Research and service websites
− Shopping and transaction websites
Special prizes have been dedicated to exceptional and innovative solutions addressing the needs of
single user groups, e.g., web sites for children, web sites for deaf people who use sign language and
web sites for people with learning disabilities.
Since 2005 the initiators of the competition have been calling for an additional junior award for
accessible websites created by students or web designers in apprenticeship.
1.4 Participation prerequisites
Contributions to the competition have to be in the German language and publicly available on the World
Wide Web at the time of submission. It is requested that contest submissions, besides pure information
transfer, provide some support for elementary interaction with targeted end-users, e.g., e-mail inquiries
for requesting additional content-related services.
Applicants to the contest have to fill in an application form and additionally give a short description of the
basic concepts and instruments underlying the development of their barrier-free website.
Since 2006 users themselves are invited to propose their preferred accessible websites for the
evaluation and awarding procedure.
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4. 2 Evaluation procedure
The evaluation process was initially developed by the Institut für Informationsmanagement Bremen. The
process has been continuously adjusted to new Internet technologies and new ways of interaction (Web
2.0) during the previous years.
During the whole process the above-mentioned professional advisory board accompanies the ifib team.
This very constructive co-operation helps to overcome lots of problems and questions that come up
during the contests. Especially because representatives of concerned end-user groups have been
requested to actively participate in the advisory board, the acceptance of the BIENE competition in the
public has been growing notably year by year.
For the first four competitions about 1,000 contributions have been submitted.
376
323
230
170
2003 2004 2005 2006
Figure 1. Contributions to the BIENE competition since 2003
According to the overall evaluation procedure, first of all the websites are reviewed regarding the ethical
appropriateness of their content. Thus websites with content that does not apply to general ethical
values, i. e. racism, defamation or violation of human dignity are sorted out from the contest. In a next
step contributions are evaluated by a so-called exclusion-test: Websites failing to fulfil the basic
requirements of accessibility are sorted out from the competition. Subsequently the remaining
contributions which pass with good results have to undergo a so-called fine-test. Usually these are less
than half of all websites taking part in the competition. Out of this fine-test up to 30 of the best
contributions are identified under additional consideration of their different complexity, and qualified for
final practice tests with concerned end-users with different disabilities.
Out of these practice tests, the advisory board nominates the short-list candidates to the jury. It is their
task to check the candidates on the quality of content. They also have an eye on attractive web design.
Finally, the jury gives the BIENE award to up to three candidates in each category. These go for gold,
silver and bronze, but the jury doesn’t have to decide for a winner in each category. Their decision
depends on the quality, and not always all prizes have been given away.
2.1 Legal frameworks
The evaluation of award contributions takes into account the regulatory demands of the “Barrierefreie
Informationstechnik Verordnung - BITV” (Barrier-free Information Technology regulation). As part of the
Federal Equal Opportunities Legislation in Germany this ordinance was issued in 2002. It is based on
section 11(1) sentence 2 of the German Federal Act on Equal Opportunities for Disabled Persons of April
27 2002. ([5], [14], [16]).
The BITV stipulates technical standards for accessible information technologies based on WCAG 1.0
(Web Content Accessibility Guideline 1.0) ([17]). It refers exclusively to public Internet offers of the
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5. administration and other agencies of the federal authorities and state administrations as far as they
execute federal law.
The objective of accessible information and communication technology has been laid down by law in
many European countries as a consequence of the decision of the European Commission dated 25
September 2001. From late in 2001 on, all member states and the European institutions take the WCAG
1.0 into consideration for all public tenders.
The BITV is now in a review process and a revised version is announced for the end of 2008.
2.2 Ergonomic framework
During the first three years of the contest, the five principles of accessibility from WCAG 2.0 Working
Draft (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) served as a basic structure within the contest ([17]). These
principles were verified by the results of a survey amongst 180 associations out of the community of the
disabled in Germany: They were asked to estimate the importance of respective ergonomic principles
for the special needs of the reference groups of disabled people represented by each of them on a scale
of 1 to 5. Based on this survey, it should be determined whether the criteria of the five general
ergonomic principles should be weighted differently. However, the result of the inquiry revealed no
significant variance but a more or less even distribution. Thus five equally important basic ergonomic
principles for improved accessibility served as a conceptual framework for the overall evaluation
procedure:
Perceptibility
All website information and functions must be presented in such a way that they can be perceived by
each user regardless of certain impairments or handicaps, e.g., pictures for blind and sounds for
hearing-impaired end-users have to be supplemented by circumscribing texts (Alt-Text). Individually
adjustable font sizes and colour, as well as contrast, facilitate perception for visually impaired persons.
Operability
All elements that are required to access website contents, e.g. buttons, menu bars and input fields must
be controllable by each user. End-users with certain motor impairments may have problems to
adequately operate and position a computer mouse. They might be dependent on navigating websites
completely by (special) keyboards. Moreover, websites should allow for individually different utilization
speeds without time restrictions that may invoke automatic discontinuance of usage processes.
Orientation
To navigate efficiently within large websites, end users should be able to orient themselves quickly and
simply. A prerequisite for that is a strict separation of content and function (e.g., navigation tools), as well
as a meaningful and consistent user interface design which satisfies users’ expectations derived from
previous experiences.
Understandability
Textual information and textual descriptions should be short and simple. This is not only of advantage
for end-users with a learning disability, but also for deaf people who frequently have to communicate
textual information by sign language. Intelligible graphic elements can add meaning to written
information.
Robustness
Quite often disabled end-users use alternative browsers and special needs access technologies, e.g.,
enlargement software, screen reader software or speech recognition. In this respect, websites have to
be compatible with current and future special needs technologies and alternative browsers.
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6. These principles were very valuable to support the main issues of accessibility and to structure the
checkpoints. Nevertheless, after the first competition in 2003 it was decided to simplify the structure of
the contest by adding two more principles from the year 2004 on: The relevance of the content and
design were important issues within the competition. By lifting them up onto the status of a principle
their weight is made more visible.
The additional principles are defined as follows:
Relevance of the content and inclusion
The content of websites should be appealing and usable to all people irrespective of the disability. This
is the aim to the Digital Inclusion. This means that, if websites focus special target-groups, they
nevertheless should address all people who are interested in the topic of the website. The aspect of
inclusion also means that websites that offer an additional only-text-version as accessible alternative are
not worth of the award. This doesn’t mean websites with alternative services or content-pools that can
be configured individually.
Design
Attractive design is a characteristic of accessibility as it supports users in reaching their objectives by
consistency and transparency. This is the reason why the contest considers aspects of aesthetics and
software-ergonomics.
2.3 Checkpoint operationalisation
The above mentioned principles need to be operationalised so that the single checkpoints can be easily
tested in a well-defined way. On an upper layer the principles are split in about 80 criteria. Each of these
criteria is operationalised into one up to 14 checkpoints.
The following table shows a pullout of the inspection catalogue.
Criterion: Every part of the site can also be reached in a logical order by exclusively using the keyboard.
− Checkpoint 1: Check in the browser if all functions can be reached with the tab.
− Checkpoint 2: Assess, if there is a logical tab order through links, form controls, and objects.
Criterion: Several navigation mechanisms are available.
− Checkpoint 1: Check in the browser, if navigation bars are provided
− Checkpoint 2: Check in the browser, if a sitemap is provided. (This step is not applicable with low
complexity).
Table 1. Examples from the lists of criteria with testing steps
2.3.1 Subjective evaluation
Although trying hard to operationalise the checkpoints for objective testing, the results of the fine-tests
show that the competition contributions are of such a wide range and variety that in many cases the
evaluation experts have to decide subjectively. This is necessary for questions concerning the adequacy
of a function or the means of realization (e.g. should there be a sitemap or a glossary on the page or
not).
Within the revisions of the last years many of these questions have been erased from the checkpoint-
catalogue, especially those with a stronger usability-background. Other checkpoints have been reduced
in their weight, so that their influence has become less strong.
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7. But above all there is a strong focus on these checkpoints during the evaluation training so that the
team gets a collective idea of the range of validation.
2.3.2 Weighing
When the evaluation process was originally defined, the ifib methodology development team explicitly
did not weigh differently certain testing areas or criteria. This decision was the result of the above
mentioned survey amongst 180 associations out of the community of the disabled in Germany and
organisations of handicapped people. As already mentioned, the results of this survey revealed that the
planned testing areas of perceptibility, operability, orientation, understandability and robustness had
almost the same relevance.
A further reason lies in the concept of accessibility itself: Each single barrier may prevent a handicapped
person from reaching his or her individual goal on a website with equal relevance.
Nevertheless, certain test results and the need of ranking the contributions showed that one cannot
abandon weighing. For example, it seemed difficult to compare a checkpoint concerning the
accessibility of navigation mechanisms to a checkpoint concerning the accessibility of mechanisms to
data protection.
As a consequence a weighing system was introduced in the BIENE contest in 2004 and it is continually
in use with only slight changes since then: The weight of the single checkpoints was primarily developed
on the basis of the priorities of the adequate checkpoints of the BITV, resp. WCAG 1.0.
So with the help of this weighing system the best contributions are identified. But as the BIENE-
Wettbewerb not only wants to identify the best of all submissions but also to find best practices in
general, these best of all contributions are checked again on those checkpoints where they did not get
the full score. This is done without regard of the initial weight of these checkpoints. In each case, the
meaning of this defect is balanced within this single contribution. So, it is possible that one of two
websites with the same number of scores falls back dramatically because within this website the
checkpoint with a low weight affects the accessibility for at least one target group severely.
2.3.3 Exclusion criteria
In the first years the exclusion procedure was based on an overall of approx. 15 checkpoints (the
checkpoints themselves and their number change from contest to contest.) They had to serve as a first
rough filter to identify contributions with serious shortcomings. As this exclusion procedure was very
strict, nearly none of the contributions fulfilled all the criteria of the exclusion-test. Thus the evaluation
team decided in agreement with the advisory board to accept contributions for the fine-test in spite of
minor defects.
Already in 2006 and now again in 2008 the exclusion-test is designed in a way that it is able to draw the
line more easily: This is mainly reached by a strong reduction of checkpoints with the concentration on
the basic requirements of accessibility.
2.3.4 Fine test rank-order criteria
As a result of the exclusion test, about 120 to 140 competition contributions are identified for the fine
testing. The fine-test consists of about 80 criteria with more than 150 checkpoints.
While the criteria for the exclusion test are based on the common accessibility guidelines, the fine-test
criteria cover a broader spectrum ([14], [21]). They have additionally been derived from international
standards concerning software ergonomics (DIN/ EN/ ISO 9241-10/11 ([4]) and ISO TS 16071 ([7])),
from guidelines dealing with data protection, eGovernment ([18]) and eCommerce. As the criteria about
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8. understandability and easy language are defined only roughly in the common accessibility guidelines, the
guidelines for dyslexia and for use of easy language were added (“Plain German”) ([19], [20]).
In the first years of the contests, aspects of usability had a fairly strong influence. In accordance with the
professional advisory board this weight has been slightly reduced.
2.4 Evaluation methodologies
Methodologically the overall evaluation procedure combines different forms of expert validation. It
comprises classical guideline oriented approaches, based on the exclusion and rank order criteria
described above ([2], [3], [9], [10]). The validation is accomplished partly with the help of software tools
for validation, e.g. of correct HTML-code of the website sources or sufficient contrasts within the design,
and repair tools are used for accessibility checking. As part of the expert reviews it has also to be
checked whether competitive website contributions are compatible with widely used assistive
technologies ([1], [13], [15]).
To guarantee reliability of the results, each test is done twice by different experts ([2], [3]).
The websites that have past the expert reviews with good results are checked by people with different
disabilities.
2.4.1 Guideline-oriented expert evaluation
The exclusion-test serves as a first rough filter to identify contributions with serious shortcomings
concerning accessibility. It consists of a couple of checkpoints on which all websites are tested by
experts.
In the exclusion test, only two pages, which have been selected as being representative for the
submitted website, are validated by experts. Usually this is the homepage and a page that offers
complex interaction functionality, e.g. a form or a questionnaire.
Those contributions that have excellent results within the exclusion test undergo the fine testing:
For each for these websites two different task-oriented scenarios are defined to make sufficiently sure
that the broadest possible view of the whole site is considered. During scenario-based task
accomplishment, all of the 150 checkpoints that are applicable, are checked and re-checked by a
second expert. A single test-run takes 4 to 6 hours depending on the complexity of the site. This means
that a complete test for a single site takes up to 12 hours.
2.4.2 Test environment and software tools for accessibility checking
The basic test environment for both the exclusion test and the fine test consists of PCs with the
operating system and the standard-browser most common within each year of contest.
Carrying out the exclusion-test requires some technical preconditions; amongst them the application of
software supported validation and repair tools for accessibility checking. In this context, the self-
developed BIENE tool is used among other to, for example, confirm proper use of ALT-text, frame and
table-tags for improved perceptibility. Additionally conventional public domain accessibility checkers like
Vischeck and Adobe plug-in were applied in 2003 and 2004. Now, the AIS-Toolbar is used as a check-
tool within the contest.
2.4.3 Assistive technologies compatibility check
With several checkpoints the robustness of a website is tested, i.e. it has to be checked whether
websites are compatible with current and future special needs technologies (e.g. enlargement software,
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9. screen reader software or speech recognition) and alternative special needs browsers. So the
robustness is tested by defining that a certain checkpoint has to be analysed with a special needs
technology which is used as a testing tool.
Thus the basic test environment in the first year of contest was extended by auxiliary special needs
technology including Webformator 1.31, IBM HPR and JAWS 4.5 and a variety of different browsers
(Opera, Lynx, Firefox). The Webformator which is an assistive tool that is widely spread in Germany is for
example used to examine whether sites which contain frames or tables can be converted into a
linearised read sequence representing a logically meaningful arrangement of frame – or table based
contents, i.e. to what degree logical linear read sequences support perceptibility. Now, in 2008, only the
Webformator as assistive tool is used within the fine-test, as we have come to the conclusion that the
software tools have been improved. Very often they also behave very similar so that they do not have to
be checked individually.
2.4.4 Participative end user evaluation
About 30 contributions with the best results in the fine tests go into participative end user evaluation.
The Internet competence of involved end users varies from beginners to experts every year. The tests
are done with about 25 persons who have different kinds of disabilities; several suffer more than one
impairment. The tests are carried out at the working places or homes of the test persons and take about
3 hours. They are always guided by two persons.
The user tests rely on scenario based task accomplishment. Users are asked to first fulfil a task
described step-by-step, and secondly a more global task not described in detail.
One of the test guides records statements and impressions during task completion and documents
whether the tasks were successfully concluded or discontinued. The second test guide may ask
questions concerning the steps the user chooses and gives answers to the user, if she or he needs
information.
Figure 2. Test person working with Braille.
One evident result of the practice tests is that accessibility cannot be reduced to technical issues. This is
just the first step: All test persons regardless of their disabilities strand on sites with an inadequate
structure or with too much complexity. Furthermore it becomes very obvious that also the degree of
Internet competence is a crucial aspect of whether a task can be completed or not.
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10. Figure 3. Test person using her feed for navigation.
3 Research semester - Study on Web 2.0
Because of the fast changing technologies and ways of operating with the Internet, especially with
regard to the new options, that are usually summarised under the term Web 2.0, a basic study was
carried out in 2007. The aim of this study was to find out the benefits people with handicaps gain
through the new features and the new ways of communication. This is the first study of this kind ever.
The study consists of three parts: In a first step, experts were inquired regarding their knowledge of user
behaviour and communication habits of people with disabilities. In a second step, interviews with groups
of people with disabilities were carried out. The groups were asked about the most often visited
websites, about their online habits and about what stimulates them to access a website even if it is not
completely accessible to them.
Based on the results of the first two steps, an accessible online questionnaire was developed
addressing end users with disabilities. The questionnaire was open to the public for five weeks in
January/February 2008. While the first two steps were carried out as qualitative research with 10 experts
inquired and 57 people taking part in the group interviews, the third step was done as quantitative
research, and about 600 respondents answered the questionnaire.
Parallel to these activities, Internet websites with typical Web-2.0 features such as YouTube, Wikipedia
or Flickr were reviewed and evaluated as regards their accessibility and crucial points of access for
people with disabilities This was done with strong cooperation of software developers, web-designers
and accessibility-experts.
The aim of the combination of qualitative studies and the technical reviews is that the interviews with
disabled drew the attention to those applications which are used by people with disabilities – or which
they would like to use, and are not able to due to inaccessibility. Thus the barriers were detected and
also the strategies used by the disabled to overcome them. Once the barriers were identified, the
catalogue of criteria for the BIENE-Wettbewerb was developed further to ensure that the evaluation
procedure measures the accessibility of Web 2.0 appliances as well as classical websites.
4 How to identify best practice in e-services
Since the beginning of the BIENE-Wettbewerb it was the intention of the initiators to identify best
practice in the provision of accessible e-services. Notwithstanding the broad variety of websites that
were sent in to the evaluation process, the focus was on websites providing for interaction between the
service provider and the end user in order to facilitate processes of communication and interaction.
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11. Several websites of this type have been awarded the BIENE prize in the last four competitions.
4.1 Awarded e-services websites (selection)
Since the year 2003 several websites that can be counted as e-services have been awarded the prize in
the competition. The following table shows some examples:
Year Awarded e-service website Description
2003 Versorgungsamt Heidelberg This public website offers information concerning social security. In
2003 it was a best practice especially with view on the navigation
concept and the overall accuracy.
Bremische Bürgerschaft The website of the state government of Bremen offered not only
information but also a database driven accessible search on public
documents of the local government.
Polizei NRW The website of the police in North Rhine-Westphalia provided
information in German sign language videos in high quality.
2004 Postbank Onlinebanking The online-banking service of the German Postbank was one of the
first banks in Germany that offered transaction services in a highly
accessible manner.
Integrationsfachdienst The public website that focuses on people with disabilities offered in
Hamburg 2004 best practices for solutions of accessible graphic content.
Existenzgründer-Portal des The website, driven by the German ministry of economy and labour
Bundesministeriums für offered an innovative, attractive and at the same time accessible
Wirtschaft und Arbeit service that could be used from founders of a new business.
2005 Landesportal Baden- The website of the state government of Baden-Württemberg
Württemberg provided services and rich information for residents and tourists and
convinced especially by the high transparency and the navigation
concept.
Nahverkehr Paderborn The website of a local public transportation service offered a time-
table information that could be used without difficulties by people
with different disabilities.
Infoportal zu Altersvorsorge The website of a public insurance company convinced with its many
und Rente der Regionalträger services with a high level of interactivity.
der Deutschen
Rentenversicherung und der
Deutschen
Rentenversicherung
Knappschaft-Bahn-See
2006 help.gov.at The website of the Austrian government provided eGovernment
services for residents and is not only well known as a winner of the
BIENE-Award.
Barmer Ersatzkasse The website of one of the major german health insurance services
offered several highly interactive service.
Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr The website of a regional public transportation service offered as a
best practice a time table information for the whole region.
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12. Straelen am Niederrhein The website of the city of Straelen in North Rhine Westphalia
showed a deep understanding of accessible design.
Die Gesundheitskarte The governmental website with information about the new health
insurance service card was an information service with a strong
focus on design and accessibility.
Bundesrat The governmental website of the German Bundesrat offered not only
rich information for diverse target groups but also transaction
services made with care.
Table 2. Awarded e-service websites since 2003
Now, one and a half year after the last evaluation in the framework of the competition has been carried
out, it seems no longer worth to mention the URLs of the awarded websites. All of them have
undergone more or less relevant changes, most of them have added a lot of more content as well as
functionality. Considering the fact that the Internet is a very fast developing medium, certifying the
accessibility of websites seems like the attempt to hit a moving target.
Nevertheless we can assume that websites providing e-services have developed as fast as the rest of
the Internet. When in 2003 with Versorgungsamt Heidelberg a website was awarded a prize that was
first and foremost providing information about the services of the Versorgungsamt, in 2006 most of the
winners in this category were websites that provide interaction between the supplier of the service and
the user and which provide transaction procedures like ticketing.
4.2 Interdependencies between legislation and accessible e-services
As described in chapter 2.1, in Germany a legislative framework for accessibility is in force. In addition to
the federal law, almost all states have developed their own legislative framework applicable especially to
public bodies. The contributions to the competition as a whole show that the more clearly the legal
framework is defined in one of the German federal states, the more contributions to the competition
featuring a reasonable grade of accessibility were sent in from organisations based in the region in
question. The legal framework is not binding for private companies, but provides for procedures of
negotiations with organisations of the disabled. Notwithstanding these procedures, one can assume
that since 2003 a lot of companies have undertaken reasonable efforts to provide for accessible e-
services, as the examples of Deutsche Postbank (award in 2004) and Barmer Health Insurance (award
in 2006) show.
4.3 e-services in the era of Web 2.0
With the so-called Web 2.0, Internet has changed to something that might have been the first idea of
the World Wide Web, an instrument for collaborative work and bi-directional interaction and
communication. This means that with Web 2.0 a new opportunity for more inclusive e-services is
coming along.
From the study mentioned before, it became very clear that especially people with disabilities may
benefit from the opportunities Web 2.0 provides. User-generated content influences the way services
are perceived as well as the design of the services. The more users are involved in the producing and
publishing of content, the more the Internet and the e-services available might become adjusted to the
users' needs. Nevertheless it has to be ensured that quality standards are matched. The BIENE
competition aims at improving the quality of websites in general and thus enable people with disabilities
to take part in the information society. Only those websites that match the criteria for accessibility and
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13. also fit the expectations of the users as well as of the initiators of the competition will be awarded a
prize.
5 Conclusion
More than 1,000 websites were evaluated regarding their accessibility by the BIENE team within the
previous four competitions. From the experiences gained in the evaluation one can see clearly that
people with disabilities can benefit extremely from services provided online. These services help them to
gain more autonomy as well as a more independent life. Nevertheless, only about 50 websites have
been awarded for outstanding results in four competitions, which is only a small number. Therefore, one
can assume that the accessible area of the Internet providing benefits for disabled people is still rather
small.
Are the efforts for the contest worth to be undertaken? The answer is easily answered. Since the BIENE-
Wettbewerb started in the year 2003 the topic of accessibility of websites has gained a maximum of
attention it otherwise would not have had. Furthermore, in public procurement it has become quite usual
to demand accessibility for websites according to the BIENE criteria.
First of all it is the mission of the BIENE to disseminate its message and help all users benefit from
accessibility. Therefore, the success of the contest can not only be counted on the growth of the
number of accessible websites but also on the growth of awareness about accessibility and the growth
of knowledge about how to achieve it.
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