Integrating Usability and Accessibility in Information Assurance Education

信息科学和系统(33)这个项目建立并支持一个全国性的教师社区，将可用性和可访问性整合到信息保障(IA)教育中。它涉及以下主要活动：(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)开发一个在线门户网站，教师和社区成员可以通过该门户网站获取教育材料，相互交流，并分享知识和经验；(3)通过会议和研讨会传播教育材料和在线门户网站；(4)在伙伴机构发展一支能够教授可用性、可访问性和IA课程并进行相关领域研究的教师团队；以及(5)发展研究导师计划，包括社区学院和初级教员。项目结构确保了不同技能和背景的教职员工在一个整合的团队中工作，并从合作中互惠互利。在线门户网站独特的分发方式使全国范围内的大量教师能够访问授课材料，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.