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From: Paul R. Bohman
Date: Wed, Feb 23 2011 7:24PM
Subject: College courses in accessibility?
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I am starting to compile a list of college-level courses that focus on web
accessibility, which is turning out to be a rather difficult task, either
because there are so few or because they are well hidden. I realize there
are a lot of courses about web design which touch on the topic briefly. What
I'm interested in, though, is courses in which accessibility is one of the
main topics, and in which students are expected to reach some level of
mastery of accessibility topics and techniques.

Do you know of any courses that focus on accessibility? Please let me add to
my list below!

*University: *George Mason University
*Program:* Instructional Technology Program (MS)
*Course title:* EDIT 526 Web Accessibility and Design
*Credit Hours:* 3
*Required?* Yes, part of the core curriculum
*Instructor:* Paul Bohman
http://it.gse.gmu.edu/courses/526/

*University:* The Open University (UK)
*Program:* Online and Distance Education (MA)
*Course Title: *H810 Accessible online learning: supporting disabled
students
*Credits:* 30 (part of a 180 credit master program)
*Required?* No, optional
*Instructor:* Not listed
http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/course/h810.htm

*University:* University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
*Program:* Computer Science
*Course Title: *CS498/LIS490: Designing Universally Accessible Web 2.0
Applications
*Credits:*
*Required?* No; special topic
*Instructor:* Jon Gunderson
http://web20semester.cita.illinois.edu/index.php

The following course is not a college course, but offers continuing
education credits:

*Organization:* International Webmasters Association
*Course Title:* Introduction to Designing Accessible Websites
*CEUs:* 4
*Instructor:* Gretchen Lowerison
http://iwa-hwg.eclasses.org/courseD210/


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Paul Bohman

From: Zdenek, Sean
Date: Wed, Feb 23 2011 8:27PM
Subject: Re: College courses in accessibility?
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I've taught a graduate course in Web Accessibility and Disability studies for the last 3 or 4 years. It's heavy on disability theory but also integrates practical instruction in accessibility.

*University: *Texas Tech University
*Program:* Technical Communication and Rhetoric
*Course title:* ENGL 5386: Accessible Rhetoric: Web Accessibility & Disability Studies
*Credit Hours:* 3
*Required?* No, special topic
*Instructor:* Sean Zdenek
http://seanzdenek.com/?page_id=2554

Please publicize your list again when it's complete. I'd like to share it with my program admins. I couldn't find any other Web accessibility or disability studies courses in my fields (Tech Comm, Rhetoric, Composition/Writing) the last time I went searching.

Thanks,

Sean

From: Gunderson, Jon R
Date: Thu, Feb 24 2011 9:18AM
Subject: Re: College courses in accessibility?
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I also teach an online not for credit course on Designing Accessible Web Forms through the World Order of Webmasters (WOW).

http://formsonline.cita.illinois.edu/


http://www.webprotraining.org/AccessibleForms.html

Jon



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Subject: [WebAIM] College courses in accessibility?

I am starting to compile a list of college-level courses that focus on web accessibility, which is turning out to be a rather difficult task, either because there are so few or because they are well hidden. I realize there are a lot of courses about web design which touch on the topic briefly. What I'm interested in, though, is courses in which accessibility is one of the main topics, and in which students are expected to reach some level of mastery of accessibility topics and techniques.

Do you know of any courses that focus on accessibility? Please let me add to my list below!

*University: *George Mason University
*Program:* Instructional Technology Program (MS) *Course title:* EDIT 526 Web Accessibility and Design *Credit Hours:* 3
*Required?* Yes, part of the core curriculum
*Instructor:* Paul Bohman
http://it.gse.gmu.edu/courses/526/

*University:* The Open University (UK)
*Program:* Online and Distance Education (MA) *Course Title: *H810 Accessible online learning: supporting disabled students
*Credits:* 30 (part of a 180 credit master program)
*Required?* No, optional
*Instructor:* Not listed
http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/course/h810.htm

*University:* University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
*Program:* Computer Science
*Course Title: *CS498/LIS490: Designing Universally Accessible Web 2.0 Applications
*Credits:*
*Required?* No; special topic
*Instructor:* Jon Gunderson
http://web20semester.cita.illinois.edu/index.php

The following course is not a college course, but offers continuing education credits:

*Organization:* International Webmasters Association *Course Title:* Introduction to Designing Accessible Websites
*CEUs:* 4
*Instructor:* Gretchen Lowerison
http://iwa-hwg.eclasses.org/courseD210/


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Paul Bohman

From: Heather Parker
Date: Thu, Feb 24 2011 9:00PM
Subject: Re: College courses in accessibility?
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I noticed the book, Web Accessibility, was the text book for the last online course in the list. I checked it out from the library, but it is so large like most computer books are that I was thinking of just buying a copy.

Is there a better book? I just wondered as it is sort of old for a computer related book.

The full title, author and link to Amazon are below.

Web Accessibility: Web Standards and Regulatory Compliance by Richard Rutter
Permalink: http://amzn.com/1590596382

Heather Parker
Electronic Resource Coordinator
Alliant International University

From: Paul R. Bohman
Date: Thu, Feb 24 2011 11:51PM
Subject: Re: College courses in accessibility?
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Here are a few additions to my list (in addition to the ones others
mentioned in response to my initial email). If you know of any more courses
or degree programs, please let me know.

*Program: *MSc in Digital Inclusion
*University:* Middlesex University, London, UK
http://www.mdx.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/computing_and_it/digital_inclusion_msc.aspx
Courses (modules) include:

- Accessible Web Design (30 Credits) - Compulsory
- Design for All Regulation, Legislation and Standardisation (30 Credits)
- Compulsory
- Digital Inclusion Thesis (60 Credits) - Compulsory
- Fundamentals of Digital Inclusion (30 Credits) - Compulsory
- Inclusive Design and User Expericence (30 Credits) - Compulsory

*Program: *Postgraduate certificate: Academic expert on accessible web
design
*University:* Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
http://www.bfwd.at/curriculum.html
Courses include:

- HTML, CSS and XML
- Document preparation
- Web Programming
- Internet, Web Technology and Security
- Foundations of assistive technology
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
- Legal Basis
- Techniques for the implementation of accessibility guidelines
- Evaluation and repair tools
- Foundations of SoftwareAccessibility
- Access multimedia content on the Web
- Authoring tools and user agents
- Usability Engineering
- User Interaction Design
- Web applications in practice
- Internship Project "Accessible Web Design"

*Program:* Department of Interactive Media and Learning (IML)
*University:* UmeƄ University, Sweden
*Course Title: *6IT008 Webdesign, Usability and Accessibility
*Credits:* 15.0 ECTS
*Required?*
*Instructor:* Not listed
http://www.umu.se/english/education/courses-and-programmes/course?code=6IT008


On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 7:24 PM, Paul R. Bohman < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:

> I am starting to compile a list of college-level courses that focus on web
> accessibility, which is turning out to be a rather difficult task, either
> because there are so few or because they are well hidden. I realize there
> are a lot of courses about web design which touch on the topic briefly. What
> I'm interested in, though, is courses in which accessibility is one of the
> main topics, and in which students are expected to reach some level of
> mastery of accessibility topics and techniques.
>
> Do you know of any courses that focus on accessibility? Please let me add
> to my list below!
>
> *University: *George Mason University
> *Program:* Instructional Technology Program (MS)
> *Course title:* EDIT 526 Web Accessibility and Design
> *Credit Hours:* 3
> *Required?* Yes, part of the core curriculum
> *Instructor:* Paul Bohman
> http://it.gse.gmu.edu/courses/526/
>
> *University:* The Open University (UK)
> *Program:* Online and Distance Education (MA)
> *Course Title: *H810 Accessible online learning: supporting disabled
> students
> *Credits:* 30 (part of a 180 credit master program)
> *Required?* No, optional
> *Instructor:* Not listed
> http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/course/h810.htm
>
> *University:* University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
> *Program:* Computer Science
> *Course Title: *CS498/LIS490: Designing Universally Accessible Web 2.0
> Applications
> *Credits:*
> *Required?* No; special topic
> *Instructor:* Jon Gunderson
> http://web20semester.cita.illinois.edu/index.php
>
> The following course is not a college course, but offers continuing
> education credits:
>
> *Organization:* International Webmasters Association
> *Course Title:* Introduction to Designing Accessible Websites
> *CEUs:* 4
> *Instructor:* Gretchen Lowerison
> http://iwa-hwg.eclasses.org/courseD210/
>
>
> --
> Paul Bohman
>



--
Paul Bohman

From: Paul R. Bohman
Date: Thu, Feb 24 2011 11:57PM
Subject: Re: College courses in accessibility?
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The book "Web Accessibility: Web Standards and Regulatory Compliance" is a
solid resource, and most of it is still as good as it was when it was
written. Where I think it will fall short now is in advanced AJAX
accessibility, ARIA, accessible web application development, and of course
the latest news in the legal arena. As an in-depth introductory book to
accessibility, though, I think it is still a good one. There are others too.
Maybe someone else on this list has a different, preferred book.

On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 8:59 PM, Heather Parker < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:

>
> Is there a better book? I just wondered as it is sort of old for a
> computer related book.
>
> Web Accessibility: Web Standards and Regulatory Compliance by Richard
> Rutter
> Permalink: http://amzn.com/1590596382
>
>

--
Paul Bohman

From: Joshue O Connor
Date: Fri, Feb 25 2011 7:36AM
Subject: Re: College courses in accessibility?
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On 25/02/2011 06:45, Paul R. Bohman wrote:
> Here are a few additions to my list (in addition to the ones others
> mentioned in response to my initial email). If you know of any more courses
> or degree programs, please let me know.

There is also the Msc in Assistive Technology & Universal Design (of
which I am a graduate) based in DIT, Dublin, Ireland. This has a module
on Accessible Web Dev.[1]

Cheers

Josh

[1]
http://www.dit.ie/study/postgraduate/programmes/dt202mscincomputingassistivetechnology/

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From: Caleb Tang
Date: Fri, Feb 25 2011 8:21AM
Subject: Re: College courses in accessibility?
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City University of London
http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/pgcourses/hcs/hcs2.html

There is an Inclusive Design module, and they have some assistive
technologies in their lab too.


On 25 February 2011 14:34, Joshue O Connor < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:

> On 25/02/2011 06:45, Paul R. Bohman wrote:
> > Here are a few additions to my list (in addition to the ones others
> > mentioned in response to my initial email). If you know of any more
> courses
> > or degree programs, please let me know.
>
> There is also the Msc in Assistive Technology & Universal Design (of
> which I am a graduate) based in DIT, Dublin, Ireland. This has a module
> on Accessible Web Dev.[1]
>
> Cheers
>
> Josh
>
> [1]
>
> http://www.dit.ie/study/postgraduate/programmes/dt202mscincomputingassistivetechnology/
>
> NCBI: Celebrating 80 Years
>
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From: Morin, Gary (NIH/OD) [E]
Date: Fri, Feb 25 2011 12:27PM
Subject: Re: College courses in accessibility?
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I'm in the midst of reading Norman Coombs Making Online Teaching Accessible: Inclusive Course Design for Students with Disabilities (http://www.amazon.com/Making-Online-Teaching-Accessible-Disabilities/dp/0470499044) Jossey-Bass; 1 edition (October 12, 2010) and HIGHLY recommend it.

Constantly finding bits and pieces to share with colleagues involved in various aspects of accessible technology - online education, video files, documents and slideshows, etc.

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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] College courses in accessibility?

I noticed the book, Web Accessibility, was the text book for the last online course in the list. I checked it out from the library, but it is so large like most computer books are that I was thinking of just buying a copy.

Is there a better book? I just wondered as it is sort of old for a computer related book.

The full title, author and link to Amazon are below.

Web Accessibility: Web Standards and Regulatory Compliance by Richard Rutter
Permalink: http://amzn.com/1590596382

Heather Parker
Electronic Resource Coordinator
Alliant International University

From: Shawn Henry
Date: Mon, Feb 28 2011 11:33PM
Subject: Re: College courses in accessibility?
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> On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 8:59 PM, Heather Parker< = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
>> Is there a better book?

An annotated list of books related to accessibility is at: http://uiAccess.com/books.html

On 2/23/2011 8:24 PM, Paul R. Bohman wrote:
> Do you know of any courses that focus on accessibility?

A partial list of courses that use "Just Ask: Integrating Accessibility Throughout Design" is at: http://uiAccess.com/JustAsk/courses.html
(although some of these are general usability and not accessibility specific).

I look forward to seeing your list of courses, Paul!

Best,
~Shawn



On 2/25/2011 12:54 AM, Paul R. Bohman wrote:
> The book "Web Accessibility: Web Standards and Regulatory Compliance" is a
> solid resource, and most of it is still as good as it was when it was
> written. Where I think it will fall short now is in advanced AJAX
> accessibility, ARIA, accessible web application development, and of course
> the latest news in the legal arena. As an in-depth introductory book to
> accessibility, though, I think it is still a good one. There are others too.
> Maybe someone else on this list has a different, preferred book.
>
> On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 8:59 PM, Heather Parker< = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
>
>>
>> Is there a better book? I just wondered as it is sort of old for a
>> computer related book.
>>
>> Web Accessibility: Web Standards and Regulatory Compliance by Richard
>> Rutter
>> Permalink: http://amzn.com/1590596382


...


On 2/23/2011 8:24 PM, Paul R. Bohman wrote:
> I am starting to compile a list of college-level courses that focus on web
> accessibility, which is turning out to be a rather difficult task, either
> because there are so few or because they are well hidden. I realize there
> are a lot of courses about web design which touch on the topic briefly. What
> I'm interested in, though, is courses in which accessibility is one of the
> main topics, and in which students are expected to reach some level of
> mastery of accessibility topics and techniques.
>
> Do you know of any courses that focus on accessibility? Please let me add to
> my list below!