Accessibility now!: teaching accessible computing at the introductory level

As ASSETS attendees, we are clearly interested in promoting accessibility in computing. One way to do this is to teach courses on the topic. Most such courses are aimed at upper-level students. But why wait? It’s possible to teach accessibility immediately at the introductory level, thereby affecting a greater number of students. I offer a description of a course in computer science that accomplishes this. Categories and Subject Descriptors K.4.2 [Computers and Society]: Social Issues—assistive technologies for persons with disabilities; H.5.4 [Information Interfaces and Presentation]: Hypertext/Hypermedia— user issues; K.3.2 [Computers and Education]: Computer and Information Science Education—computer science education, curriculum General Terms Human Factors Keywords accessibility, pedagogy, service learning, visually impaired computer users

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: ASSETS
• Authors: Brian J. Rosmaita
• Keywords: ASSETS 2006, Computer, Education—computer Science Education, Factors Keywords Accessibility