Genesis of the IADP Program at Illinois
- Chancellor Phyllis Wise: "Who trains the designers, developers, and educators to create material that is accessible?"
- Need for universities to train the next generation of computer scientists and engineers before they move into the workforce
- 6-credit undergraduate computer science elective (added with second cohort)
- Broad target audience: anyone involved in the creation and management of information technology
- programmers, application designers, web developers
- information technology specialists
- instructional designers
- educators
- compliance officers
- disability service providers
- administrators and purchasing officers