Continuing Education

Accessibility in Digital Society

Tampere University

Extent

1-5 ECTS

Application period

Continuous application

Fees

193,55-483,87 € + VAT 24 % (Price incl. VAT 240 € - 600 €)

Faculty or school

Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences

Language of instruction

Finnish

Organising unit

Tree – Continuing Education

Mode of study

Online studies

Study level

Other studies

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Accessibility in digital society is a unique entity on a Finnish and global scale. The study module deals with accessibility from several different perspectives and comprehensively deals with the role of both people and technology in accessibility. Topics covered include artificial intelligence, audio description, games and entertainment.

This Accessibility in Digital Society study module has been created with a wide range of needs and target groups in mind. From the whole, it is possible to choose the courses that benefit the most yourself, your own organization or reference group from among several options.

The courses are structured in such a way that extensive prior knowledge of the topics is not required. You can find the target groups and publication dates of each course in the course's presentations. Courses are available in both Finnish and English.

Introduction to Accessibility MOOC is a free and open course with content useful for everyone. Other courses are subject to a fee.

Completion of studies

The program consists of several independently conducted online courses. You can choose the accessibility topics that suit you from the online courses and register for them by selecting them from the registration form. You can complete the courses in the order that suits you.

Courses are online-courses in the DigiCampus environment. After registration, you will receive instructions for activating the student ID and instructions for joining the course. There are more detailed instructions for completing the course in the online environment.

Teaching

The study module is led by TACCU – Tampere Accessibility Unit, which is a multidisciplinary unit conducting accessibility-related research and education at the Tampere Universities.

Fees

Fees are determined by the credits (ECTS) of each course.

A course of 1 ECTS is free.
A course of 2 ECTS costs 193,55 € excl. VAT (240 € incl. VAT).
A course of 3 ECTS costs 290,32 € excl. VAT (360 € incl. VAT).
A course of 4 ECTS costs 387,10 € € excl. VAT (480 € incl. VAT).
A course of 5 ECTS costs 483,87 € € excl. VAT (600 € incl. VAT).

Introduction to Accessibility MOOC, 1 ECTS

Accessible Culture, 5 ECTS

This course consists of four minimodules which focus on games, audio description, entertainment, and speech-to-text translation.

After completing this course, you will have an overview of accessible culture and know how to make culture more accessible.

Target group

The course is aimed especially for those working in the culture or media field.

Teaching

The course is available in English. The course will be offered also in Finnish later.

Accessible Language, 5 ECTS

This course consists of five minimodules which focus on easy language, picture communication, subtitling, speech, and audio to text, and machine translation.

After this course you will have the overall understanding of how language can be made more accessible.

Target group

This course is targeted especially to people who work as translators or content producers.

Teaching

The course is available in English. The course will be offered also in Finnish later.

Trends in Accessibility, 4 ECTS

This course consists of four minimodules which focus on AI, haptics, spoken interfaces, and trends in accessibility.

After completing this course, you will know what is happening right now in the accessibility research and accessibility field overall.

Target group

This course is targeted especially to people who work in technical industry or with user interfaces.

Teaching

The course is available in English. The course will be offered also in Finnish later.

Web Accessibility, 3 ECTS

This course consists of three minimodules which focus on technical and understandable web accessibility and user experience.

After completing this course, you will have better understanding of what to consider in accessible web design.

Target group

This course is targeted especially at people who are experienced web designers and want to expand their knowledge to accessibility.

Teaching

The course is available in English. The course will be offered also in Finnish later.

Accessible Teaching, 3 ECTS

Web Content Accessibility and Design, 5 ECTS

This course consists of five minimodules which focus on technical and content web accessibility, HTML, and site structure.

After completing this course, you will have the basic skills to analyze the accessibility of a website design and create and modify new accessible structures to websites.

Target group

This course is targeted especially to people who aren’t very familiar with HTML or website design overall.

Teaching

The course will be available later in English and also in Finnish.

Accessible Visual Information, 2 ECTS

This course consists of thee minimodules which focus on information visualization, translating visuals to text, and picture communication.

After this course, you will have basic skills to produce accessible visual information and convert visual information into text form.

Target group

This course is targeted especially to people who make visual information and data visualization.

Teaching

The course will be available later in English and also in Finnish.

Accessible Media, 4 ECTS

This course consists of four minimodules which focus on social media, language, television, and audio description.

After completing this course, you will have the basic skills to translate e.g. visuals to text and produce more accessible media content.

Target group

This course is targeted especially to people who work in the media.

Teaching

The course will be available later in English and also in Finnish.

Accessibility in AR, VR and games, 2 ECTS

This course consists of two minimodules which focus on games and current AR (augmented reality) and VR (virtual reality) technologies.

After completing this course, you will be capable of taking accessibility more into account in AR, VR and game environments.

Target group

This course is targeted especially to people who work in media or technology field.

Teaching

The course will be available later in English and also in Finnish.

Interacting and working with people with disabilities, 5 ECTS

Cancellation terms

Courses with fee

Application for the training becomes binding after the last application date.

For cancellation made after the end of the application period, 50% of the participation fee will be charged. If the cancellation takes place 1-14 days before the start of the training, the entire price of the training will be charged.

In the event of an obstacle, the place of training can be handed over to a colleague. In trainings with separate selection criteria, a place cannot be handed over to another.

You may cancel your application or edit the information on the application form via the links at the end of the confirmation email until the last application date. In case of cancelling after the last application date please contact the training contact person in writing or by e-mail.