Online events aren’t automatically accessible
With lectures moving online long-term, online accessibility benefits need building on
As a child, I was excited to think that I would be alive in the impossibly futuristic year of 2020. It would be a world of virtual reality, holograms and Star Trek-style replicators, where there’d never be any need to leave the house. What bliss.
Since then, I’ve increased my appreciation for the outdoors and been mildly disappointed by how long it takes to develop sci-fi technologies. Yet I was accidentally right about one thing: 2020 is the year of virtualisation. Despite the challenges brought by the pandemic, scientists continue to share their research through virtual conferences, PhDs are being awarded through virtual vivas, and the business of education continues in a variety of virtual classrooms.