Accessibility first!: a new approach to web design

This paper proposes an accessibility first pedogogy for web design, in which the course is organized around the requirement of implementing web pages accessible to visually impaired computer users. This approach and its advantages are discussed in detail. Categories and Subject Descriptors K.3.2 [Computers and Education]: Computer and Information Science Education—computer science education, curriculum; K.4.2 [Computers and Society]: Social Issues—assistive technologies for persons with disabilities; I.7.2 [Document and Text Processing]: Document Preparation—markup languages General Terms Human Factors Keywords accessibility, CSS, HTML, pedagogy, visually impaired computer users, XHTML, XML

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: SIGCSE
• Authors: Brian J. Rosmaita
• Keywords: Accessibility first Pedogogy, Computer, Education, SIGCSE 2006, Visually Impaired