The document summarizes a workshop about creating widgets to support inclusive learning called Widgets for Inclusive Distributed Environments (WIDE). The workshop aims to have participants create learning designs, turn them into widgets using Apache Wookie, and evaluate them. Widgets are defined as small, self-contained applications that can provide tools, services, mini-applications or fully collaborative applications to support learners. The agenda outlines sessions on accessibility software, mobile prompts widgets, designing learning activities, and hands-on work to create widgets.

1. Widgets for Inclusive Distributed Environments (WIDE): Workshop

2. Dr Elaine Pearson (Director, ARC) Dr Voula Gkatzidou (Project Manager) Dr Steve Green Franck Perrin (Technical manager) Chris Bailey (Accessibility advisor) George Papadopoulos (ARC Researcher) Miltos Papadopoulos (ARC Researcher) Dr Simon Ball (Senior Advisor, TechDis) Matt Harrison (Assessment and Access Centre Manager, Portland College) Your facilitators today

3. WIDE JISC funded – July – December 2010 Aims: Create learning designs (you) Turn them into widgets (us) Evaluate them (you) Share them with the community and adapt them (all of us)

4. Widgets definition Tools e.g. clocks, event countdowns, auction-tickers, visual prompts Services e.g. contextualised spell checker Mini - applications (interactive) e.g. paint programme, learning object Fully-collaborative applications e.g. chats, quizzes, and games Apache Wookie ( http:// incubator.apache.org/wookie ): Java server application to upload and deploy widgets Based on the W3C Widgets specification Compatible with many VLEs

5. What is a widget? A small self-contained application that works on the web or a mobile device. Examples: a widget that would utilise Stickykeys to support learners with motor difficulties in completing web forms a widget for creating high contrast view/themes or activating voice recognition Widgets, Apps, Gadgets – all the same but... Our Wookie Widgets are W3C standard so run on any browser

6. Agenda 10:30 Introductions and outline of the day’s activities 10:45 Overview of open source and freeware accessibility software (Dr Simon Ball) 11:30 Introduction to creation and use of mobile prompts (widgets for visual prompts for young adults with learning difficulties) (Matthew Harrison) 12:15 Participants outline their proposed learning activity . 12:30 Lunch 13:00 Interactive hands-on session . 14:45 Coffee/Tea break 15:00 Presentation and discussion of designs (Results captured/archived digitally) 15:40 Plenary feedback: 16:00 Close

7. Widgets for Inclusive Distributed Environments (WIDE): http://arc.tees.ac.uk/WIDE