Larry Goldberg of Oath and and Jeff Wieland of Facebook discuss how Teach Access is working with industry, academia, and advocacy groups to expand the quality and quantity of undergraduate programs that teach the fundamentals of accessibility.
Technology companies dedicated to accessibility often face the challenge of preparing designers, engineers and researchers to think and build inclusively. Similarly, academic programs in design, engineering and HCI are seeking ways to better prepare students to address the needs of diverse populations.
In this webinar, Oath Senior Director of Accessible Media Larry Goldberg and Facebook Director of Accessibility Jeff Wieland discuss how Teach Access is working with industry, academia, and advocacy groups to expand the quality and quantity of undergraduate programs that teach the fundamentals of accessibility.
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Speakers:
Larry Goldberg is Senior Director of Accessible Media at Oath (formerly Yahoo). Earlier in his career he founded an R&D group at WGBH which created innovative solutions for overcoming media and technology barriers for people with disabilities. He is responsible for captioning and media access for Oath on all platforms – mobile, web and everywhere else Oath media is available.
Jeff Wieland is Director of Accessibility at Facebook. He started the Accessibility Engineering team, which is responsible for embedding accessibility into Facebook's engineering, design, and research processes and infrastructure. This enables Facebook to create experiences that are usable by people with disabilities.
