Interactive Games for Teaching Accessible Design

Event details Date: Wednesday, September 9, 2026 Time: 12:00 PM to 12:00 PM Location: Online or Room 22, Education Building, 1310 S. Sixth St., Champaign Type: Lecture About this event General Events Calendar home Calendar search Share on Facebook Tweet Email add to calendar contact add an event Event subscriptions General Events Interactive Games for Teaching Accessible Design Interactive Games for Teaching Accessible Design Sep 9, 2026 12:00 pm Central Time Online or Room 22, Education Building, 1310 S. Sixth St., Champaign Join online Lecture Sponsor Center for Research and Innovation in Technology-Enhanced Learning (ITEL) Speaker Dr. Rachel Adler Registration Registration for online participants Views 21 Originating Calendar College of Education Events More than one billion people worldwide live with a disability, yet few websites are fully accessible. Despite the importance of accessibility, many students receive little formal training in designing technologies that are usable by people with disabilities. This talk presents interactive learning games for introducing accessible design in university and K–12 settings. Dr. Rachel Adler, Associate Professor in the School of Information Sciences, will discuss findings from studies involving hundreds of university students, including a recent longitudinal study, and highlight results from K–12 implementations, with a particular focus on a middle school summer camp. This talk is the first in the Inclusive Innovation in Learning Technologies speaker series by the Center for Research and Innovation in Technology-Enhanced Learning (ITEL). Official event details: https://calendars.illinois.edu/detail/7/33559925