Lets Face the Music and Learn
http://fm.schmoller.net/2006/10/lets_face_the_m.htmlExtract:Let's face the music and learn.Podcasting for people with visual impairment. Guest Contribution by John Rudkin.
John Rudkin is eCommunity Manager for Blackpool Council.
In 2003, Blackpool Council embarked on an information and learning project partnering the local Society for the Blind.
Funded by the UK Adult Education Advisory body NIACE, and supported by Apple UK, the BBC and Ultralab.
It was the start of a long and (for the community) fruitful relationship.
Everyone has heard of Podcasting over the last 12 months or so I'd
guess?
Do you know about streamed media and content sharing - but
what we started predated Podcasting (so prevalent in its mention at the 2006 ALT conference),
which was what we needed to ultimately make it tick.
Still, NIACE saw
the potential and supported this rather visionary project idea; Audio
broadcasting to mp3 players.
During those early experiments we were
inspired to look around at other mediums, and we hit on streaming, and
a year later (when we found a funder in the Lancashire
Digital
Development Agency) blueIRIS was born.
Launched on the 18th of October
2005, blueIRIS marked the start of a whole new chapter in the
development of the Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Society for the Blind and
its Talking Services, and the beginning of a brand new approach to
delivering information and learning content.
