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.

该项目旨在为教师和学生提供资源，以获得开发无障碍软件的技术和设计方面的经验，从而为国家利益服务。世界卫生组织估计，世界上15%的人口有某种形式的残疾。虽然计算机、移动设备和互联网等计算技术已成为充分参与社会的必要条件，但残疾人无法使用其中许多技术。计算专业人员必须做出设计选择并采取具体步骤，以确保他们开发的计算技术对所有个人都可访问。大多数计算机从业人员无法胜任这项任务，大多数教师也没有教授这些技能的专业知识。在许多计算机程序中，可访问性包括单个课程中的独立讲座、作业或项目。这个项目不是专注于单一的课程，而是打算评估在整个计算机程序中不同的教学方法的有效性。这个为期三年的项目计划调查北德克萨斯大学本科计算机课程中不同的教学材料和活动对学生短期和长期技能和态度转变的影响程度。纳入必修本科课程的方法包括课堂材料、相关作业和将相关技术内容及其与残疾人需求的关系结合在一起的项目。结果将是有更多的毕业生在无障碍软件设计方面接受了更好的培训。与残疾人的互动是这些干预措施之一的组成部分，将为学生提供机会，在实践项目活动中培养促进包容的技能。NSF IUSE: EHR计划支持研究和开发项目，以提高所有学生STEM教育的有效性。通过其参与学生学习轨道，该计划支持有前途的实践和工具的创建，探索和实施。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。