Wednesday, June 3, 2020

When and How to Teach Accessibility

From the ACM Special Interest group on Computer Science Education SIGCSE

I am pleased to announce that we will bring our SIGCSE 2020 panel
together online on Tuesday, June 16, at 9-10 am Pacific Time, noon-1
Eastern Time.  It will be live, with time for questions and answers.
Registration is required and free. Info below.

What and How to Teach Accessibility

Join us for this interactive panel (originally scheduled to occur at  SIGCSE 2020) that will provide practical advice on what and how to teach  accessibility in a variety of settings.

In this context, teaching  accessibility means teaching about computer technologies that people
with various disabilities can use and be productive with. At the  undergraduate level it could mean teaching about how to design and build accessible web sites and applications. At the graduate level it could be
teaching about building applications that can help people with disabilities with specific tasks.

An entire course could focus on accessibility or it could be just part of an existing course. It is also
important to learn about the diversity of consumers of technologies:  what their abilities are and what access infrastructures they use every day. All the panelists have extensive experience in teaching  accessibility. They will provide the audience of the panel deep insights into what they might do to teach accessibility in their own courses.

Moderator: Richard Ladner, University of Washington
Panelists:

  * Anat Caspi, University of Washington
  * Leah Findlater, University of Washington
  * Paula Gabbert, Furman University
  * Amy J. Ko, University of Washington
  * Daniel E. Krutz, Rochester Institute of Technology


Tuesday, June 16, 2020
9 am - 10 am Pacific/12 pm - 1 pm Eastern

Via Zoom
Register Now
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The panel will be captioned. Request other accommodations by emailing
Brianna Blaser >.


Richard E. Ladner
Professor Emeritus
Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering
University of Washington

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