Literature Reviews

Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.

• Accessibility Now! Teaching Accessible Computing at the Introductory Level

  Brian J. Rosmaita (2006) — Proceedings of the 8th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '06)

  This paper advocates for teaching accessibility as a core element of introductory computer science courses rather than relegating it to advanced electives. The author describes a web design course at Hamilton College built around an "Accessibility Fi…

  • accessibility education
  • pedagogy
  • web accessibility
  • service learning
  • disability studies
  • curriculum
  • computer science education

• Teaching Accessibility to the Masses

  Greg Gay, Naza Djafarova, Leonora Zefi (2017) — Proceedings of the 14th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This paper documents the development and delivery of "Professional Web Accessibility Auditing Made Easy," a free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) created by Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University) and funded by the Government of Ont…

  • accessibility education
  • MOOC
  • web development
  • accessibility auditing
  • curriculum
  • training
  • pedagogical culture

• Preliminary Results from a Survey to Measure the Benefits of Accessibility and Universal Design Topics in Course Curricula

  Howard Kramer (2020) — SIGACCESS Accessibility and Computing

  This paper presents preliminary findings from a national survey conducted by the University of Colorado Boulder as part of the Promoting the Integration of Universal Design into University Curricula (UDUC) project. The 24-question survey was distribu…

  • accessibility education
  • universal design
  • curriculum
  • higher education
  • career benefits
  • survey
  • computer science education