mercredi 11 juin 2025

11:00 - 14:45

UniDistance Suisse & online, Schinerstrasse 18, 3900 Brig

UniDistance Suisse's Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility (EDIA) working group was recently set up to enable our institution to find the most appropriate responses to important transversal issues in higher education. The first event initiated by this EDIA group will focus on a key aspect to be taken into account in distance learning: accessibility. This event is supported by EDUDL+.

The event consists of a conference and a workshop, led by Dr. Anton Bolfing, who will share his extensive expertise on the subject.

Program

11:00 - 12:15	Conference Accessibility in Higher Education Anton Bolfing will share with us his more than 10 years of experience in E-Accessibility, attempting to answer questions such as What does digital accessibility mean for a university? Who is affected? Who benefits? Who is responsible? The most important characteristics of accessible content and systems based on five easy-to-remember aspects of digital accessibility.
12:20 - 13:10	Lunch Lunch will be entirely vegetarian.
13:15 - 14:45	Workshop Example of creating an accessible document We take action together and generate an accessible PDF document from Word. Participants not only learn about a valuable process, but also internalize the basic concepts of digital accessibility in a sustainable way.

The conference and workshop will be given in English only.

Anton Bolfing

Born in the foothills of the alps. Studied psychology, neurophysiology and philosophy at the University of Zurich, specializing in visual perception. Switched to the topic of digital accessibility with 10 years of experience at the Access for All Foundation. Responsible for the accessibility of learning materials at ETH Zurich for about 4 years.