ABSTRACT
This chapter looks at how three different approaches to teaching accessibility at the University of Illinois (U of I) seek to bridge some of these gaps to expand the application of accessibility and universal design beyond what has traditionally been the exclusive province of accessibility specialists. The approaches include an early microcredentialing venture in the Information Technology Accessibility Badging Program, a self-directed learning approach in the 4-week Massive Open Online Course, An Introduction to Accessibility and Inclusive Design, and a comprehensive professional certificate approach in the 24-week Information Accessibility Design and Policy program. All three teaching initiatives are from the U of I at Urbana-Champaign. The target audiences, course content, learning design, and impact of these approaches illustrate how different course designs and instructional methods can meet learners’ needs across a wide variety of disciplines and occupations in higher education and industry.
