CS 1 Flashcards
Design that involved conscious decisions about accessibility for all.
Jump to the assumption that everyone approaches information with the same abilities
What do accessibility technologies do and how can we work to be compatible with them?
__ __ principles can be affordable, appeal to a larger audience, and be useful to people with or without disabilities
Universal design and accessibility (1)
__ and __ source. Done to encourage people to voluntarily improve the design of software.
Makes software more accessible and allows users to use other people’s software as a foundation for another project.
A matter of liberty, not price. Source code made available with a license in which the copyright holder provides the rights to study, change, and distribute the software to anyone and for any purpose.
Free and Open source
___ versus ____. Art for art’s sake (aesthetics and appearance) versus industry and labor.
UI and UX should not decouple __ and __. An interface with all the necessary content or capabilities will be useless if the organization or appearance of the interface makes it difficult to navigate and use the functionality
Form vs Function
Way to test the intelligence of a computer. Computer passes if Person A can’t tell which is a human between Machine Z and Person X
Turing Test
Ray Kurzweil
Idea that AI will rapidly improve to reach superintelligence that will then be able to upgrade itself. Eventually, the AI will surpass human intelligence and result in rapid advances in technology
Singularity
Key individuals in diversity in tech: invented the first compiler for a computer language. Computer compilers read code and transforms them so the machine can read it. She also designed the first electronic computer (UNIVAC I)
Key individuals in diversity in tech: Grace Hopper
Key individuals in diversity in tech: commonly considered the mother of computer science. She worked on the first ever mechanical computer in the 1800s (Charles Babbage’s Analytical Engine). She is considered the first coder, created the first computer algorithms, and came up with concepts that would later be used in coding such as for-loops and binary.
Key individuals in diversity in tech: Ada Lovelace
Key individuals in diversity in tech: used her knowledge of physics to further telecommunications. She conducted breakthrough basic scientific research that enabled others to invent the portable fax, touch tone telephone, solar cells, fiber optic cables, and the technology behind caller ID and call waiting. First AA women to get a PHD from MIT.
Key individuals in diversity in tech: Shirley Jackson
__ and __ source software is software that is available to be used and modified by anyone. We discussed this in relationship to censorship of the internet. The reading also noted that there are times when technological advancements are allowed in order to benefit the public gain even if it hurts individuals. The reading as a whole says that “big media uses technology and the law to lock down culture and control creativity”
Free and Open Source
Building products or environments that are inherently accessible to older people and people with disabilities (handicapped, color blind, deaf)
Universal design and accessibility (2)
the idea that we should always keep the largest possible audience in mind as we make design decisions, ensuring that our final product serves the needs of those with disabilities as well as those without. “For example, visually impaired people take advantage of digital technologies for “accessibility,” technologies that (with their oral/aural and tactile interfaces) are fascinatingly different than the standard screen-keyboard-mouse combination, forcing us to rethink our embodied relationship to data.” Universal design is efficient and makes resources more compatible with multiple devices. Ethically, it’s a good thing to do. Translations, captions, subtitles, etc.
universal design and accessibility (3)
The more information we have the more we can personalize the learning experience.
HCI: How a man relations to a computer.
Big ___ - takes how they interact with computers for example, likes and location data, they can personalize experience and focus the ads more to you.
Human-Computer Interactions, and Big Data
Smart interfaces that make the way we interact with the world easier
