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Diversifying Accessibility Education: Presenting and Evaluating an Interdisciplinary Accessibility Training Program

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Adrian D. C. Chan,

Chantal M. J. Trudel,

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Koli Calling '21: Proceedings of the 21st Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research

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https://doi.org/10.1145/3488042.3490021

Published: 18 November 2021 Publication History

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There is a growing emphasis to educate STEM students about accessibility, so that they can become accessibility advocates. We introduce a community-based accessibility training program that brings together graduate students in STEM and related fields, called the Research and Education in Accessibility, Design, and Innovation (READi). Going beyond academic degree training, this program includes five training components: (1) a graduate course on accessibility and inclusive design, (2) an Action Team Project (ATP), (3) a Retreat, (4) Workshops, and (5) a Symposium. As our initial program assessment, we analyzed 22 students’ written program reflection and found three themes that highlight what students learned about accessibility and professional skills (Theme 1: Learning Outcomes), what students planned on doing after the training (Theme 2: Future Endeavors), and how students want the program to improve (Theme 3: Program Improvement). We advance accessibility education by introducing an innovative training that embraces collaboration among local community, faculty, and multidisciplinary cohorts of graduate students.

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Koli Calling '21: Proceedings of the 21st Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research

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DOI:10.1145/3488042

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Kang JChan ATrudel CVukovic BGirouard A(2023)A Longitudinal Evaluation of the Impact of a Graduate Student Accessibility Training on Student Learning OutcomesProceedings of the 25th Western Canadian Conference on Computing Education10.1145/3593342.3593346(1-6)Online publication date: 4-May-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3593342.3593346
Wiesemüller PMateen SDengel AVoß-Nakkour S(2023)Access to Escape - An Immersive Game-Based Learning Experience for Accessibility Education in Virtual RealityImmersive Learning Research Network10.1007/978-3-031-47328-9_21(273-288)Online publication date: 31-Oct-2023
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