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OIVA –
Electronic tool to endorse the
evaluation of accessibility
Reetta-Kaisa Kuusiluoma
Riikka Tupala
Satakunnan ammattikorkeakoulu | Satakunta University of Applied Sciences
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. 6 300
Degrees awarded yearly: 900-1 000
Degrees awarded totally: over 14 500
• Conducts applied research and development and participates in the
development of the region and working life.
– Research group of accessibility
Satakunnan ammattikorkeakoulu | Satakunta University of Applied Sciences
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
Satakunnan ammattikorkeakoulu | Satakunta University of Applied Sciences
Accessibility assessment
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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.
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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
Satakunnan ammattikorkeakoulu | Satakunta University of Applied Sciences
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
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Built environment
Sporting facilities
Sensory environment
Home-environment
Satakunnan ammattikorkeakoulu | Satakunta University of Applied Sciences
• 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.
Satakunnan ammattikorkeakoulu | Satakunta University of Applied Sciences
www.kaikille.fi/kartoitus
Satakunnan ammattikorkeakoulu | Satakunta University of Applied Sciences
How to use OIVA?
• Contact riikka.tupala@samk.fi or reettakaisa.kuusiluoma@samk.fi for a username and
a password
• Go to www.kaikille.fi/kartoitus
• In future the service is open for all without any
login or registration
Satakunnan ammattikorkeakoulu | Satakunta University of Applied Sciences
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.
Satakunnan ammattikorkeakoulu | Satakunta University of Applied Sciences
Any comments
or questions?
reetta-kaisa.kuusiluoma@samk.fi
riikka.tupala@samk.fi
www.samk.fi
www.kaikille.fi
www.facebook.com/SAMKesteettomyys
Satakunnan ammattikorkeakoulu | Satakunta University of Applied Sciences
References
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Hannukainen, H. 2014. Tilojen esteettömyyskartoitus aistit huomioiden. Tarkistuslista avuksesi.
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Karinharju, K., Tupala, R., Kuusiluoma, R-K., Jaakkola-Hesso, S., Tommila, H., Törne, M. &
Vuorsola, S. 2014. Liikuntapaikkojen esteettömyyskartoitus päätöksenteon tueksi. LIEKAhankkeen loppuraportti. Satakunnan ammattikorkeakoulu. Sarja B, Raportit 7/2014
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Laitinen, M. 2014. Web-pohjainen esteettömyyskartoitustyökalu. Satakunnan
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Ruskovaara, A., Invalidiliitto ry, ESKEH-projekti. (ed.) 2009. Rakennetun ympäristön
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