OIVA. Electronic tool to endorse the evaluation of accessibility. Reetta-Kaisa Kuusiluoma Riikka Tupala

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1 OIVA Electronic tool to endorse the evaluation of accessibility Reetta-Kaisa Kuusiluoma Riikka Tupala

2 Satakunta University of Applied Sciences (SAMK) SAMK is the leading institution of higher education in Satakunta region in the west coast of Finland Six faculties: Welfare, Health, Service Business, Logistics and Maritime Technology, Energy and Construction, Information Technology Campuses: 5 Cities and towns: Pori, Rauma, Huittinen and Kankaanpää Staff members: approx. 450 Degree Programmes: 25 in Finnish, 5 in English Total number of students: approx Degrees awarded yearly: Degrees awarded totally: over Conducts applied research and development and participates in the development of the region and working life. Research group of accessibility

Huittinen and Kankaanpää Staff members: approx. 450 Degree Programmes: 25 in Finnish, 5 in English Total number of students: approx.

3 Research and development of accessibility in SAMK More than 10 projects since 2008 Funding: The Regional Counsil of Satakunta / The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment / The European Social Fund (ESF) The Ministry of Education and Culture Prizztech Sporting facilities, home environment, leisure time activities, web pages, tourism, services

Development, Transport and the Environment / The European Social Fund (ESF) The Ministry of Education

4 Accessibility assessment Different operators working among equal participation have developed a methods to assess accessibility within various environments such as built environment, sporting facilities, cultural services, home environment, sensory environment. By taking into consideration the accessibility criteria specifically for sporting facilities, equal participation and inclusion in society becomes more feasible. The assessment and reporting are extensive and exact but also time-consuming and arduous. For example comprehensive assessment method to public built environment (ESKEH) developed by The Finnish Association of People with Physical Disabilities (FPD) includes thousands of questions, with hundreds of pages of paper in all

By taking into consideration the accessibility criteria specifically for sporting facilities, equal participation and inclusion in society becomes more feasible.

5 Accessibility assessment -tool OIVA Electronic assessment and reporting tool OIVA to speed up and simplify the assessment and reporting process. Originally developed for SAMK and the educated accessibility assessors (ESKEH-forms) At present it includes assessment documents for six different purposes of use Built environment Sporting facilities Sensory environment Home-environment

Originally developed for SAMK and the educated accessibility assessors (ESKEH-forms) At present

6 Created for web-based functionality Functions on all general smartphones, tablets and computers. OIVA assessment and reporting tool clarifies and facilitates the assessment work and provides a convenient tool to ease workload. It includes all the documents required, replacing the excessive prints and papers. Based on the questions and answers, this tool also creates a written summary for the final report.

8 How to use OIVA? Contact or for a username and a password Go to In future the service is open for all without any login or registration

fi for a username and a password Go to www.kaikille.

9 User experiences More than 200 persons have piloted OIVA-tool. According to the feedback the usability of the tool is good. OIVA-tool was described easy-to-use, relatively fast, interesting and clear. OIVA-tool does not directly solve accessibility issues, but provides information on what should be taken into consideration and proposals for action. The tool speeds up the assessing work and makes it possible to evaluate more environments in less time without hindering the quality of the assessment.

OIVA-tool does not directly solve accessibility issues, but provides information on what should be taken into consideration

10 Any comments or questions?

11 References Hannukainen, H Tilojen esteettömyyskartoitus aistit huomioiden. Tarkistuslista avuksesi. Satakunnan ammattikorkeakoulu. Karinharju, K., Tupala, R., Kuusiluoma, R-K., Jaakkola-Hesso, S., Tommila, H., Törne, M. & Vuorsola, S Liikuntapaikkojen esteettömyyskartoitus päätöksenteon tueksi. LIEKAhankkeen loppuraportti. Satakunnan ammattikorkeakoulu. Sarja B, Raportit 7/2014 Laitinen, M Web-pohjainen esteettömyyskartoitustyökalu. Satakunnan ammattikorkeakoulu. Ruskovaara, A., Invalidiliitto ry, ESKEH-projekti. (ed.) Rakennetun ympäristön esteettömyyskartoitus. Opas kartoituksen tilaajalle ja toteuttajalle. Invalidiliiton julkaisuja O.38. ISBN Saari A., Kilpelä, N., & Parviainen, J Liikuntatilojen esteettömyyskartoituslomake. Suomen Vammaisurheilu ja -liikunta VAU ry.

Sarja B, Raportit 7/2014 Laitinen, M. 2014. Web-pohjainen esteettömyyskartoitustyökalu. Satakunnan ammattikorkeakoulu. Ruskovaara, A., Invalidiliitto ry, ESKEH-projekti. (ed.) 2009.

INTERNATIONAL WEEK 11-15.4.2011 From Access to Success. Programme

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