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Including accessibility within and beyond undergraduate computing courses

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Vicki L. Hanson,

David SloanAuthors Info & Claims

Assets '09: Proceedings of the 11th international ACM SIGACCESS conference on Computers and accessibility

Pages 155 - 162

https://doi.org/10.1145/1639642.1639670

Published: 25 October 2009 Publication History

Abstract

This paper presents a unique approach to undergraduate teaching in which accessibility topics are completely integrated throughout the curriculum, treating accessibility not as a separate topic, but rather as an integral part of design and development. Means of accomplishing this integration throughout the entire four-year curriculum are presented. We also describe how our expertise in accessible design has extended beyond the education of computer science and engineering students to include Web content authors across campus.

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Index Terms

Including accessibility within and beyond undergraduate computing courses
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Model curricula
    2. Computing profession
      1. Assistive technologies
  2. User characteristics
    1. People with disabilities

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