Exploration of holistic and institutional approaches will challenge practitioners to reconceptualise their understanding of 'best practice' in relation to accessibility and e-learning and offer directions for future practice and development.

Jane K. Seale is Senior Lecturer in Educational Innovation in Higher Education at Southampton University. Her research interests include accessibility and assistive technologies and she has published and presented widely in these areas. Jane's recent work includes The Development of Accessibility Practices in E-learning: An exploration of communities of practice (Learning Technology Journal, 2004).

1. Disability, Technology and e-Learning: Challenging Conceptions 2. An Exploration of the Potential of Automatic Speech Recognition to Assist and Enable Receptive Communication 3. Making the Technology Work: Three Case Studies of Dyslexic Writers in Higher Education 4. Using Multimedia to Enhance the Accessibility of the Learning Environment for Disabled Students - Reflections from the Skills for Access Project 5. A Model for the Identification of Challenges to Blended Learning 6. Holistic Approaches to e-Learning Accessibility 7. The Development of Accessibility Indicators for Distance Learning Programs 8. Making Online Learning Accessible to Disabled Students: An Institutional Case Study 9. Accessibility and Adaptability of Learning Objects: Responding to Metadata, Learning Patterns and Profiles of Needs and Preferences