Disability and Digital Media: Accessibility, Representation and Inclusion

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Free Online Course: Disability and Digital Media: Accessibility, Representation and Inclusion provided by edX is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 4 weeks long, 3-4 hours a week. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from edX. Disability and Digital Media: Accessibility, Representation and Inclusion is taught by Gwyneth Peaty, Katie Ellis and Mike Kent.

Overview
  • In Disability and Digital Media , we will explore the relationship between digital technologies and disability in the Internet age.We will consider:

    • the evolving impact of social media on representations of disability;
    • the politics of experiencing, embodying, and discussing disability online;
    • the presence of disability in memes, viral content, and online culture; and
    • the role of accessibility in the digital world.

Syllabus
  • Module 1: Introducing digital disability

    Module 2:Disability and social media

    Module 3: Accessibility and the digital world

    Module 4: Thefuture of digital disability