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Disability and Digital Media: Accessibility, Representation and Inclusion
- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 4 Sequences
- Introductive Level
Course details
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
Prerequisite
Instructors
Gwyneth Peaty
Internet Studies
Curtin University
Katie Ellis
Associate Professor
Curtin University
Mike Kent
Associate Professor
Curtin University
Editor
Curtin University is the largest tertiary education institution in Western Australia. Its main campus is in Perth, Western Australia. Founded in 1966, it was first known as the Western Australian Institute of Technology (WAIT) and from 1986 as Curtin University of Technology before taking its current name in 2010. It is named after John Curtin, Prime Minister of Australia during the Second World War.
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