[Athen] ANNOUNCEMENT: 2 Day Universal Design Workshop on May 21st and 22nd at University of Illinois

[Jon Gunderson]

I would appreciate it if you could pass on this workshop information to people you think would benefit from this workshop.   This includes web developers and people interested in a more technical understanding of web accessibility.

Overview of Workshop

Learn how to design universally accessible web resources to comply with Section 508 [1] and W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines [2] for people with disabilities.  This is a hands on workshop and participants will build accessible web pages using web standards techniques.

Dates: May 21st & 22nd, 2008

Location: University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign

Instructor: Jon Gunderson, Ph.D.

Cost: $345 ($245 for employees of the State of Illinois and Higher Education Institutions in Illinois)

More information and registration at:

http://courses.cita.uiuc.edu/2day/


References
[1] Section 508 Information Technology Accessibility Standards
http://www.access-board.gov/508.htm

[2] W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG 


Jon Gunderson, Ph.D.
Coordinator Information Technology Accessibility
Disability Resources and Educational Services

Rehabilitation Education Center
Room 86
1207 S. Oak Street
Champaign, Illinois 61821

Voice: (217) 244-5870

WWW: http://www.cita.uiuc.edu/
WWW: https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/jongund/www/