Teach Access: Enhancing Accessibility Education in Undergraduate Programs
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Join the Teach Access initiative to learn about the importance of teaching accessibility principles, industry best practices, and fostering initiatives to promote accessibility education in undergraduate programs.
Teach Access: Enhancing Accessibility Education in Undergraduate Programs
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LOGISTICS Audio is also available over a phone line Dial in number: 1-866-365-3921 Conference Code: 7247886139 Submit questions at any time during the presentation: Type directly into the Chat window on your screen Email info@PEATworks.org Tweet @PEATworks using #PEATTalks Captioning is available: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=PEAT
The Teach Access Mission To include and enhance the teaching of accessible design and development principles in undergraduate education
Industry Challenge More Than 3 Million Mobile Apps More than 1 Trillion Web Sites
5 5,000 : Accessibility Specialists Technical Positions
The Demand is Increasing • Legal Scrutiny • Corporate Policies • User Expectations
“What we have are a few people who know a lot about Accessibility What we need are a lot of people to know a little about it” Matt May, Adobe
“What did you learn about accessibility as an undergraduate?”
Missing Fundamentals • Accessibility is expected in commercial product development • Accessibility is a legal requirement • The common types of disability and assistive technology • Common barriers to digital accessibility • WCAG principles and other standards
Teach Access Objectives • Make the teaching of accessibility a curriculum requirement • Share industry best practices • Scale successful programs nationwide • Foster initiatives that promote teaching accessibility • Reward students through preferred hiring
ACTIVITIES • Faculty Bootcamps • Guest lectures • Web site and online tutorials • Github code repository • “Study Away Silicon Va11y” • Membership activities (ACM SIGCSE, SXSW, EDU, CSUN, …) http://teachaccess.org
teachingaccessibility@gmail.com teachaccess.org https://www.facebook.com/TeachAccess Contact info WWW