Serious Play, Serious Problems: issues with eBook applications

Baird, C; Henninger, M

Serious Play, Serious Problems: issues with eBook applications

Baird, C Henninger, M

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Publisher:: UTS ePress
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2011, 3 (2), pp. 1 - 17
Issue Date:: 2011-01

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dc.contributor.author	Baird, C	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Henninger, M https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8366-3867	en_US
dc.date.issued	2011-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2011, 3 (2), pp. 1 - 17	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1837-5391	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/18973
dc.description.abstract	This paper is an investigation into the accessibility of emerging interactive, multi-touch narratives, which are designed and developed to be used on Apples iPad device. Universal access to technology culturally, physically, mentally and socially is vital to the ethical and moral sustainability of society. The importance of this is particularly vital to the development of a childs development of basic literacy, numeracy and reading skills, as technology becomes a predominant mode in their lives. Narratives designed and developed for the iPad device offer a multimodal, interactive environment of text, image, sound, animation and touch; yet they render the accessibility tools and functions, embedded within the iPad for users with disabilities, useless. Whilst some narratives counter this in a variety of ways in their design, there are still major areas where the concept of universal access for all is neglected, leaving a significant portion of users in the dark	en_US
dc.publisher	UTS ePress	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal	en_US
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dc.title	Serious Play, Serious Problems: issues with eBook applications	en_US
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Abstract:

This paper is an investigation into the accessibility of emerging interactive, multi-touch narratives, which are designed and developed to be used on Apples iPad device. Universal access to technology culturally, physically, mentally and socially is vital to the ethical and moral sustainability of society. The importance of this is particularly vital to the development of a childs development of basic literacy, numeracy and reading skills, as technology becomes a predominant mode in their lives. Narratives designed and developed for the iPad device offer a multimodal, interactive environment of text, image, sound, animation and touch; yet they render the accessibility tools and functions, embedded within the iPad for users with disabilities, useless. Whilst some narratives counter this in a variety of ways in their design, there are still major areas where the concept of universal access for all is neglected, leaving a significant portion of users in the dark

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