It may seem strangely ironic that a project like the Open Course Library received the People’s Choice award for “most accessible” since our finished product is not yet available. (If it’s so accessible, where is it??)
Let me explain. Accessibility and universal design principles have been a priority from the first day of this project. We are also working to share our project design and progress using social media and a wiki that describes our process.
So over the next couple months as some people may be tempted to ask, “Where are your courses, Mr. Most Accessible OCW Winner?” I’ll just tell them about how we are adding captioning to several hundred YouTube videos, trying to make our open courses a little bit more accessible. I can’t wait for our official launch at the end of October. It’s going to be great!
