Learning Disabilities

Memory and Organization

Seating and Positioning

Agricultural Applications

Web Accessibility

Augmentative Communication

Web Accessibility and Universal Design of
Online Learning Resources
(July 1, 8:30-Noon)

Presenter: Jon Gunderson, PhD. Division of Rehabilitation, Education Services, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Course Description: Web Accessibility and Universal Design of Online Learning Reources workshop will demonstrate and discuss: (1) How people with disabilities use assistive technology to access the web and online learning resources; (2) Review current web accessibility guidelines; (3) Demonstrate accessible web design practices; and, (4) Demonstrate and discuss evaluation, repair, and transformation tools useful for Web content developers and Web users.

Dr. Jon Gunderson is the Coordinator of Assistive Communication and Information Technology Accessibility in the Division of Rehabilitation ¬ Education Services at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) and teaches a course on web accessibility for the Department of Library and Information Science at the university. He has a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Industrial Engineering with an emphasis in Human Factors and B.S. and M.S. degrees from UW-Madison in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He is currently responsible for computer and information technology accommodation issues for students at UIUC. He is chair of the W3C User Agent Accessibility Guidelines working group and has given numerous presentations and workshops on accessible web design. His current projects include extending the functions of Internet Explorer and Mozilla to support the needs of people with disabilities and tools to help people create web accessible versions of Microsoft Office documents. More information about Dr. Gunderson’s projects are available at: http://cita.rehab.uiuc.edu/

Contact Hours = 3.5 - RESNA CEUs Available: 0.35