TY - GEN
T1 - Supporting industry in the development of design for all curriculum
AU - Mohamad, Yehya
AU - Carmien, Stefan
AU - Velasco, Carlos A.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - There are very few sources of information about industry needs in regard to the required Design for All knowledge and skills for designers and engineers. A common finding of many studies, besides technical feasibility and commercial viability, is the lack of awareness among suppliers and users on DfA. In this paper, some of the results of a series of workshops organized by Fraunhofer FIT under the scope of some EU-financed projects will be presented. We claim the need to create common guidelines on teaching DfA, which should not be limited to curriculum at universities but also for training employees within the companies. The guidelines should contain topics like: what to teach, whom to teach, how to teach and where to teach.
AB - There are very few sources of information about industry needs in regard to the required Design for All knowledge and skills for designers and engineers. A common finding of many studies, besides technical feasibility and commercial viability, is the lack of awareness among suppliers and users on DfA. In this paper, some of the results of a series of workshops organized by Fraunhofer FIT under the scope of some EU-financed projects will be presented. We claim the need to create common guidelines on teaching DfA, which should not be limited to curriculum at universities but also for training employees within the companies. The guidelines should contain topics like: what to teach, whom to teach, how to teach and where to teach.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/50249164767
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-540-70540-6_20
DO - 10.1007/978-3-540-70540-6_20
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:50249164767
SN - 3540705392
SN - 9783540705390
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 150
EP - 155
BT - Computers Helping People with Special Needs - 11th International Conference, ICCHP 2008, Proceedings
T2 - 11th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs, ICCHP 2008
Y2 - 9 July 2008 through 11 July 2008
ER -