Valuing Web Usability & Accessibility
A Colloquium on Standards, Tools, and Testing
A colloquium was held May 5, 2003, with a panel of noted speakers from higher education,
government, and the corporate world to discuss issues related to emerging technologies
and tools at the intersection of usability and accessibility. The conversation covered
user-centered Web and information systems design, user testing models, practical
applications of tools across all age spectrums and for those with disabilities,
governmental regulations, and Web standards
The program was introduced by Hiram E. Fitzgerald, MSU Assistant Provost for University
Outreach & Engagement and University Distinguished Professor of Psychology and opened
with remarks by Lou Anna K. Simon, MSU Interim President and Provost. The program
concluded with a question and answer session between the audience and panelists.
Panelists Michael Paciello, Chauncey Wilson, Mary Francis Theofanos, Tom Tullis, and John Eulenberg gave multimedia
presentations.
The following are links to the presentations. If you only want to access one of the
speakers, click the up/down arrows on the right side of the QuickTime window and
select the speaker's name. Please notice that some of the links have video, audio,
captioning, and synchronous slides, while others have a combination of these components.
Click an image below to play the corresponding presentation.
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Hosted by:
- Michigan State University Office of the Provost
- Office of University Outreach & Engagement
Co-sponsored by:
- MSU College of Arts & Letters, MATRIX
- MSU College of Communication Arts and Sciences
- MSU College of Engineering
- MSU Libraries, Computing, and Technology
- MSU Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities
- MSU University Relations