Course: Inclusion in Web and Digital Technologies: Assistive Technologies and Accessibility of Digital Products

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DESCRIPTION

Garage Museum of Contemporary Art launches the course Inclusion in Web and Digital Technologies: Assistive Technologies and Accessibility of Digital Products.

The course is a lead up to the annual Experiencing the Museum conference and part of its education program. This year’s conference focuses on the role of web and digital technologies in creating an accessible environment.

The course program comprises two parts: theoretical (four lectures) and practical (four seminars).

The speakers will discuss assistive technologies and the principles of developing an accessible digital product. During the seminars, participants will concentrate on solving various cases dealing with ensuring accessibility and will develop their own products (applications, games, or platforms). To complete the course, they will present their projects at the conference Experiencing the Museum: Web and Digital Technologies as Tools for Museum Accessibility, taking place on April 1-3, 2021.

The course is aimed at product and cultural managers who want to make their product accessible to everyone or carry out projects allowing information and space to be made accessible to various audiences.

The course starts on February 8. Lectures and seminars will be held online via Zoom on Mondays and Thursdays, from 19:00 to 21:00.

APPLICATION TO TAKE PART

Applications will be accepted before February 6, 2021.

 A filled out application form and a motivation letter must be sent to openmuseum@garagemca.org with the title “Course: Inclusion in Web and Digital Technologies.”

 The selection results will be announced on February 7.

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Schedule

Lecture “Assistive Technologies”

Participants

Tatyana Nosova is a graphic designer at VDNKh and producer of the first Russian-language Course on Digital Accessibility.

Date
Monday, February 8
Time
19:00–21:00

Lecture “Standards. Web Content Accessibility Guidelines”

Participants

Valeria Kurmak is Head of Human Experience at AIC, the author of guidelines for digital accessibility at Sberbank, author of the Course on Digital Accessibility, and host of the @neiskluchenie Telegram channel devoted to inclusive design.

Date
Monday, February 15
Time
19:00–21:00

Lecture “How to Create Accessible Web Content”

Participants

Glafira Zhur is Head of Interface Development at SpurIT.

Date
Monday, February 22
Time
19:00–21:00

Lecture “How to Ensure Accessibility of Information and Space of A Cultural Institution for People with Different Experiences”

Date
Monday, March 1
Time
19:00–21:00

Seminar

Date
Thursday, March 4
Time
19:00–21:00

Seminar

Date
Thursday, March 11
Time
19:00–21:00

Seminar

Date
Thursday, March 18
Time
19:00–21:00

Seminar

Date
Thursday, March 25
Time
19:00–21:00

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