A holistic and pragmatic approach to teaching web accessibility in an undergraduate web design course

Wang, Ye Diana

doi:10.1145/2380552.2380568

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“…The inclusion of accessibility in a university curriculum within web development courses was first suggested by the IT2008 Model Curriculum published by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) [12]. A study reported that web designers with competence in solving accessibility problems are more employable [13]. Moreover, with the growing number of worldwide standards regarding accessible technologies, the demand has increased for skills in accessible technology development [13].…”

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Accessibility in Web Development Courses: A Case Study

Ferati

Vogel

2020

Informatics

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Web accessibility is becoming a relevant topic with an increased number of people with disabilities and the elderly using the web. Numerous legislations are being passed that require the web to be universally accessible to all people, regardless of their abilities and age. Despite this trend, university curricula still teach traditional web development without addressing accessibility as a topic. To investigate this matter closely, we studied the syllabi of web development courses at one university to evaluate whether the topic of accessibility was taught there. Additionally, we conducted a survey with nineteen students who were enrolled in a web development course, and we interviewed three lecturers from the same university. Our findings suggest that the topic of accessibility is not covered in web development courses, although both students and lecturers think that it should. This generates lack of competence in accessibility. The findings also confirm the finding of previous studies that, among web developers, there is a low familiarity with accessibility guidelines and policies. An interesting finding we uncovered was that gender affects the motivation to learn about accessibility. Females were driven by personal reasons, which we attribute to females having an increased sense of empathy. Finally, our participants were divided in their opinions whether accessibility contributes to usability.

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confidence: 99%

Accessibility in Web Development Courses: A Case Study

Ferati

Vogel

2020

Informatics

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“…It is hard for someone that is new to a place to find what he needs. Many people rely on GPS applications to get to a certain place they already know that exists [14]. However, with this application they will be able to get a better experience from their travel by knowing which places are available and what are those places about.…”

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A Hybrid Framework HWF-PR in Software Engineering: MySpot-PR an Application

Cruz¹,

Alvear²,

Montañez³

2019

Proceedings of the 17th LACCEI International Multi-Conference for Engineering, Education, and Technology: “Industry, Innovation

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In software engineering there are many models to develop a completely functional application. Many of them have been sufficiently reported in the current literature, which include traditional, agile methodologies and some hybrids. The main objective of this work is to implement the Hybrid Work Framework HWF-PR in a specific case study, with the participation of two development groups, one control group using the extreme programming XP and, another experimental group using HWF-PR, in order to establish differences that allow to determine the benefits of the framework. The groups are composed of students of the computer engineering program of the UAGM of Puerto Rico. The foundation of this method is to apply the Shewhart principle, agile methods, agile practices and usability. Developing software through this methodology would represent a saving of time and effort. The flexibility to make corrections at any time can represent the improvement of ideas and the development of a better product.

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“…However this method places a focus on understanding accessibility issues rather than guidance on methods that can be used to solve them [38]. A key issue in the teaching of accessibility is in a perceived lack of techniques that can be used [59] and it is a common challenge to hire developers that have the accessibility knowledge and experience that is needed to build inclusive products and services [29].…”

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Developing Accessible Services

Crabb

Heron

Jones³

et al. 2019

Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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When creating digital artefacts, it is important to ensure that the product being made is accessible to as much of the population as is possible. Many guidelines and supporting tools exist to assist reaching this goal. However, little is known about developers' understanding of accessible practice and the methods that are used to implement this. We present findings from an accessibility design workshop that was carried out with a mixture of 197 developers and digital technology students. We discuss perceptions of accessibility, techniques that are used when designing accessible products, and what areas of accessibility development participants believed were important. We show that there are gaps in the knowledge needed to develop accessible products despite the effort to promote accessible design. Our participants are themselves aware of where these gaps are and have suggested a number of areas where tools, techniques and guidance would improve their practice. CCS CONCEPTS • Human-centered computing → Empirical studies in accessibility; User studies; Accessibility systems and tools; User centered design.

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A holistic and pragmatic approach to teaching web accessibility in an undergraduate web design course

Cited by 31 publications

References 7 publications

Accessibility in Web Development Courses: A Case Study

Accessibility in Web Development Courses: A Case Study

A Hybrid Framework HWF-PR in Software Engineering: MySpot-PR an Application

Developing Accessible Services

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