Increasing Skills in Accessibility through Integration in the Undergraduate Computer Science and Information Technology Curricula

通过整合本科计算机科学和信息技术课程来提高可访问性技能

• 批准号: 2235104
• 负责人: Stephanie Ludi
• 金额: $ 57.8万
• 依托单位: University of North Texas
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-05-01 至 2026-04-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2235104&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Increasing; Skills; Accessibility; through; Integration

This project aims to serve the national interest by developing resources for instructors and students to gain experience in both the technical and design aspects of developing accessible software. The World Health Organization estimates that 15% of the world’s population has some form of disability. While computing technologies such as computers, mobile devices, and the Internet have become essential for full participation in society, many of these technologies are not accessible for individuals with disabilities. Computing professionals must make design choices and take specific steps to ensure that the computing technologies they develop are accessible to all individuals. Most computing practitioners are not up to this task, and most faculty do not have the expertise to teach these skills. In many computing programs, exposure to accessibility consists of a stand-alone lecture, assignment, or project within a single course. Rather than focus on a single course, this project intends to evaluate the effectiveness of different approaches to teaching accessibility throughout an entire computing program. This three-year project plans to investigate the degree to which different instructional materials and activities across the undergraduate computing programs at the University of North Texas result in both short- and long-term skill and attitude shifts for students. Examples of the approaches to be integrated into the required, undergraduate courses include lecture material, related assignments, and projects that bring together relevant technical content and their relation to the needs of persons with disabilities. The result will be a greater number of graduates who are better trained in accessible software design. Interaction with persons with disabilities, which is a component of one of these interventions, will provide students with the opportunity to develop skills that promote inclusion during hands-on project activities. The NSF IUSE: EHR Program supports research and development projects to improve the effectiveness of STEM education for all students. Through its Engaged Student Learning track, the program supports the creation, exploration, and implementation of promising practices and tools.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该项目旨在通过为讲师和学生开发资源来获得在开发可访问软件的技术和设计方面的经验，来满足国家利益。世界卫生组织估计，世界上有15％的人口具有某种形式的残疾。尽管计算机，移动设备和互联网等计算技术对于全面参与社会至关重要，但这些技术中的许多技术对于残疾人来说是无法使用的。计算专业人员必须做出设计选择并采取特定步骤，以确保所有个人都可以访问其开发的计算技术。大多数计算实践者都无法完成这项任务，并且大多数教师都没有教授这些技能的专业知识。在许多计算程序中，对可访问性的接触包括单个课程中的独立讲座，作业或项目。该项目并没有专注于单个课程，而是要评估整个计算计划中教学可访问性的不同方法的有效性。这个为期三年的项目计划调查北德克萨斯大学大学本科计算计划中不同的教学材料和活动导致学生的短期和长期技能和态度转变。要集成到所需的本科课程中的方法的示例包括讲座材料，相关任务和项目，这些项目及其与残疾人的需求汇集了相关的技术内容及其关系。结果将是更多在无障碍软件设计中接受更好培训的毕业生。与残疾人的互动是其中一种干预措施的组成部分，它将为学生提供开发技能，以促进动手项目活动期间纳入纳入的技能。 NSF IUSE：EHR计划支持研发项目，以提高所有学生STEM教育的有效性。通过其参与的学生学习轨道，该计划支持了承诺实践和工具的创建，探索和实施。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响评估标准，被视为通过评估而被视为珍贵的支持。