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ALT text and basic accessibility

Conference Proceeding
McEwan, T., & Weerts, B. (2007)
ALT text and basic accessibility. In D. Ramduny-Ellis, & D. Rachovides (Eds.), People and computers XXI : HCI-- but not as we know it : proceedings of HCI 2007, the 21st British HCI Group Annual Conference, 1-4
Recent surveys have shown that the majority of websites are not accessible. Despite legal obligations and the importance of the internet for disabled people, most websites fai...

A conference panel - but not as we know it!

Conference Proceeding
McEwan, T., England, D., O'Neill, E., Bryan-Kinns, N., & Finlay, J. (2007)
A conference panel - but not as we know it!. In D. Ramduny-Ellis, & D. Rachovides (Eds.), People and computers XXI : HCI-- but not as we know it : proceedings of HCI 2007, the 21st British HCI Group Annual Conference, University of Lancaster, UK, 3-7 September 2007, 1-2
This panel will take the form of a public debate about whether the conference of which it forms part has a future. Academic conferences are increasingly hard to cost-justify a...

Playing the game: HCI careers in the competency era

Presentation / Conference
McEwan, T. (2009, April)
Playing the game: HCI careers in the competency era. Paper presented at HCI Educators 2009, Swindon
This paper summarises the increasing formalization of HCI-related job-roles in competency frameworks (such as the UK’s Skills Framework for the Information Age – SFIA), and th...

Digitally enabled.

Journal Article
McEwan, T. (2010)
Digitally enabled. ITNOW. 52, 8-9. doi:10.1093/itnow/bwq207. ISSN 1746-5702
Everyone has usability issues with mobile technology, so what is good practice for accessibility?

Play up, play up and play the game.

Journal Article
McEwan, T. (2008)
Play up, play up and play the game. Interfaces / the British HCI Group newsletter. , 7. ISSN 1351-119X
The rules of the game are changing – we now have rules! In many walks of life, competency frameworks are emerging to define and compare roles (meeting legal requirements such ...