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• Masterplanning the digital campus to support learners with disabilities

  David Sloan, Sarah Horton, Billy Gregory · 2016 · Proceedings of the 13th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This position paper from accessibility consultants at The Paciello Group argues that educational organizations delivering online learning need a strategic, holistic approach to digital accessibility rather than the reactive, remediation-based practices that are common in the…

  e-learning accessibility · organizational accessibility · accessibility policy · higher education · inclusive teaching

• Accessibility barriers to online education for young adults with intellectual disabilities

  Erin Buehler, William Easley, Amy Poole, Amy Hurst · 2016 · Proceedings of the 13th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This paper presents an emic ethnographic account of the accessibility barriers that young adults with intellectual disabilities (ID) encounter when using online education tools in a postsecondary environment. The authors—researchers and educators in an inclusive postsecondary…

  intellectual disability · cognitive accessibility · e-learning accessibility · higher education · file management

• Evaluating the Mobile Web Accessibility of Electronic Text for Print Impaired People in Higher Education

  Neil Rogers, Mike Wald, E. A. Draffan · 2016 · Proceedings of the 13th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This paper from the University of Southampton presents an Accessibility Evaluation Framework for assessing how well mobile devices support electronic text (eText) reading for people with print impairments in higher education. Print disabilities are broadly defined following…

  print disabilities · mobile accessibility · education accessibility · dyslexia · visual impairment

• Best Practices for Teaching Accessibility in University Classrooms: Cultivating Awareness, Understanding, and Appreciation for Diverse Users

  Cynthia Putnam, Maria Dahman, Emma Rose, Jinghui Cheng, Glenn Bradford · 2016 · ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing

  This qualitative study investigates how accessibility is taught in US university computing programs, drawing on interviews with 18 professors from top institutions and content analysis of syllabi and course materials. Framed by "authentic learning" pedagogy and the 21st Century…

  accessibility education · pedagogy · computing education · curriculum development · inclusive design

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