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Teaching Accessibility to the Masses

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Greg Gay,

Naza Djafarova,

Leonora ZefiAuthors Info & Claims

W4A '17: Proceedings of the 14th International Web for All Conference

Article No.: 15, Pages 1 - 8

https://doi.org/10.1145/3058555.3058563

Published: 02 April 2017 Publication History

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Web developers are a key element in creating an accessible web, but few have received formal training on inclusive web design. In this paper, we discuss the challenges of teaching web accessibility online, and the process of creating a public Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) aimed at teaching web accessibility auditing practices to web developers. The outcomes from the Professional Web Accessibility Auditing Made Easy [10] course delivered to two cohorts is presented. The lessons learned from the experience are added to the discussion around the pedagogical culture and the need to better integrate accessibility education into computer science curriculum.

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Teaching Accessibility to the Masses
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Accessibility
2. Social and professional topics
  1. Computing / technology policy
    1. Network access control
      1. Universal access
  2. Professional topics
    1. Management of computing and information systems
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        Computer and information systems training
      2. System management
        Technology audits

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