AccessComputing was Active at SIGCSE

The Association for Computing Machinery’s annual Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE) conference was held in Baltimore at the end of February. AccessComputing was particularly active this year, hosting the following:

• Inclusive Teaching workshop (Slides)
• Teaching Accessibility workshop (Slides)
• A panel discussion of students with disabilities. Check out: 12 Easy and Important Tricks to Make Your Teaching More Accessible from our student panelist Samsara Counts
• Who Teaches Accessibility?: A Survey of U.S. Computing Faculty (Paper) — Kristen Shinohara (Rochester Institute of Technology), Saba Kawas, Amy J. Ko, Richard Ladner
• A Birds of a Feather discussion on Access to Computing Education for Students with Disabilities

Several AccessComputing and AccessCSforAll partners presented papers at the conference as well:

• A Cross-Case Analysis of Instructional Strategies to Support Participation of K-8 Students with Disabilities in CS for All — Maya Israel (University of Illinois)
• Enhanced Robotics!: Improving Building and Programming Learning Experiences for Students with Visual Impairments — Stephanie Ludi (University of North Texas)
• Teaching Inclusive Thinking to Undergraduate Students in Computing Programs — Stephanie Ludi (University of North Texas)

For a longer recap, check out AccessComputing co-PI Amy J. Ko’s SIGCSE 2018 Trip Report.