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Raising the Expertise of Web Designers Through Training – The Experience of BFWD – Accessible Web Design (Barrierefreies Webdesign) in Austria

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Over the last years a well elaborated body of knowledge in “Web Accessibility” has become available. Awareness and in accordance legal directives today ask for application of this knowledge. The BFWD post graduate course, a comprehensive university course on accessible web design, is a pro active reaction to this an increasing demand.

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References

  1. “Barrierefreies Webdesign” project homepage May 13 (2005), online available at http://www.bfwd.at

  2. European Social Fund (ESF) May 13 (2005), online available at http://www.esf.at

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  10. Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) May 13 (2005), online available at http://www.w3.org/WAI

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  15. Assistive Technologies project homepage January 23 (2006), online available at http://www.assistec.at

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  1. Institute Integriert Studieren, University of Linz, Altenberger Str. 69, 4040, Linz, Austria

    Klaus Miesenberger & Daniela Ortner

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  1. Klaus Miesenberger
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  1. Institut Integriert Studieren, Johannes Kepler Universität, Altenbergerstraße 69, 4040, Linz, Austria

    Klaus Miesenberger

  2. Studienzentrum fuer Sehgeschaedigte, Universitaet Karlsruhe (TH), Germany

    Joachim Klaus

  3. fortec - Research Group on Rehabilitation Technology, Institute integrated study, Vienna Univ. of Technology, Favoritenstr. 11/029, A 1040, Vienna, Austria

    Wolfgang L. Zagler

  4. The Universal Math Access Lab, University of San Francisco, 281 Masonic San Francisco, 94117, CA, USA

    Arthur I. Karshmer

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Miesenberger, K., Ortner, D. (2006). Raising the Expertise of Web Designers Through Training – The Experience of BFWD – Accessible Web Design (Barrierefreies Webdesign) in Austria. In: Miesenberger, K., Klaus, J., Zagler, W.L., Karshmer, A.I. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4061. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11788713_38

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