Accessible Learning Labs: Accessibility Education Through Experiential Learning
Accessibility is a key aspect in ensuring the development of inclusive software. Unfortunately, research demonstrates that a large portion of software today is not created in an accessible manner. Problematically, students do not understand how to create accessible software and do not understand the importance of creating accessible software. To fill the gap in accessibility education, we have created a comprehensive collection of labs to benefit accessibility education. These labs are collectively referred to as Accessible Learning Labs (ALL) and have the primary objectives of educating participants on how to properly create accessible software, as well as illustrating the need to create inclusive and accessible software. In addition, the activities enable students to experience the implications of inaccessible software and make repairs based on their experience to make the software accessible. This artifact will benefit many members of the software engineering community, ranging from beginning-level students to experienced practitioners who want to ensure that they are properly creating accessible and inclusive software. Complete project material is publicly available on the project website: https://all.rit.edu
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