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How Are We Teaching and Dealing with Accessibility? A Survey From Switzerland

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Leandro Soares Guedes,

Monica LandoniAuthors Info & Claims

DSAI '20: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Software Development and Technologies for Enhancing Accessibility and Fighting Info-exclusion

Pages 141 - 146

https://doi.org/10.1145/3439231.3440610

Published: 09 June 2021 Publication History

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The need to better understand how to support and provide accessibility has increased dramatically in recent years, whether in industry or education. Higher education institutions have an essential role in raising awareness of how important accessibility is and, at the same time, can provide students with examples of good practice in building inclusive experiences. This work aims to assess the state of the art of accessibility in Switzerland, from teaching to administrative staff. Our findings show that the majority (77%) do not teach accessibility because it is not a core part of their courses and 21% declared to don't know enough to teach. 62,5% of who is teaching accessibility teach to evaluate web pages accessibility standards and heuristics and half of them help understanding technology barriers faced by people with disabilities. Likewise, our administrative staff respondents had four times more guidelines to deal with physical access than with technology enhancements. We also found out that with the COVID-19 outbreak, our instructors mainly used extra software and were more available online.

CCS CONCEPTS • Human-centered computing → Accessibility theory, concepts and paradigms; • Accessibility technologies; • Social and professional topics → People with disabilities.

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DSAI 2020: 9th International Conference on Software Development and Technologies for Enhancing Accessibility and Fighting Info-exclusion

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Parthasarathy PJoshi S(2024)Teaching Digital Accessibility in Computing Education: Views of Educators in IndiaProceedings of the 2024 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research - Volume 110.1145/3632620.3671122(222-232)Online publication date: 12-Aug-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3632620.3671122
Inal Y(2024)I feel for you! The effect of empathy exercises on accessibility awarenessUniversal Access in the Information Society10.1007/s10209-023-01081-zOnline publication date: 13-Jan-2024
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10209-023-01081-z
Simons RMallary KCopeland CDow MDorman EFox B(2023)Accessibility and Ability in LIS Curricula and PedagogyProceedings of the ALISE Annual Conference10.21900/j.alise.2023.1330Online publication date: 29-Sep-2023
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Simons RMallary KNikiema JDorman ECopeland C(2023)Below the Surface: Analyzing the Level of Detail and Depth of Coverage in Library and Information Science Syllabi Addressing Disability and AccessibilityProceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology10.1002/pra2.84260:1(697-701)Online publication date: 22-Oct-2023
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