Integrating Usability and Accessibility in Information Assurance Education

信息科学与系统（33）该项目建立并支持一个全国性的教师社区，以整合信息保障（IA）教育中的可用性和可访问性。它包括以下主要活动：(1)开发一套学习和教学材料，使教师能够有效地将可用性和可访问性概念和策略整合到IA课程中；(2)开发在线门户网站，使教师和社区成员能够访问教育材料，相互交流，分享知识和经验；(3)通过会议和研讨会传播教育材料和在线门户；(4)在合作院校建立教师团队，教授可用性、可访问性和IA课程，并开展相关领域的研究；(5)发展研究指导计划，包括社区学院和初级教师。项目结构确保具有不同技能水平和背景的教师在一个整合的团队中工作，并从合作中相互受益。在线门户网站的独特分发方法使全国范围内的大量教师能够访问讲座材料并改进他们的IA课程。

Information Science and Systems (33)This project builds and supports a national community of faculty members to integrate usability and accessibility in Information Assurance (IA) education. It involves the following key activities: (1) Development of a set of learning and teaching materials that allow instructors to effectively integrate usability and accessibility concepts and strategies in IA courses; (2) Development of an online web portal through which faculty and community members can access the educational materials, communicate with each other, and share knowledge and experiences; (3) Dissemination of the educational materials and the online portal through conferences and seminars; (4) Development of a faculty team at the partner institution who can teach usability, accessibility, and IA courses and conduct research in the related fields; and (5) Development of a research mentorship program, including community college and junior faculty. The project structure ensures that faculty with different level of skills and background work in an integrated team and benefit mutually from the collaboration. The unique distribution method of the online web portal enables a large body of faculty nationwide to access the lecture materials and improve their IA courses.