A key issue in computing education at all levels is increasing the participation of members from the underrepresented groups (women, Native Americans, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and those with disabilities) in computing. In this special issue of TOCE the editors seek high quality scholarly papers that explore the problem of under representation from an education point of view. Papers may be expository helping readers understand the causes of under representation or may describe educational practices that have improved the participation and success of underrepresented groups.

Papers are welcomed from a broad range of perspectives. But a preliminary one page abstract of the paper should be sent to the Special Issue editors by October 31, 2009 to help the editors know what range of topics will be coming in. A number of papers will be solicited to make sure that the Special Issue covers a wide range of topics.

The deadline for submission to the Special Issue is February 1, 2010. Full papers, solicited or not, should be submitted via Manuscript Central (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/toce) and will be refereed according to the normal TOCE review criteria (see http://toce.acm.org/authors.html). In the submission cover letter, please indicate that the paper is for the Broadening Participation special issue.

Special Issue editors:

Richard Ladner

University of Washington, ladner@cs.washington.edu

Tammy VanDeGrift

University of Portland, vandegri@up.edu

Labels: Broadening Participation, Special Issue, TOCE

Volume 2, Issue 2 of ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing is now available. This edition is a Special Issue from the ASSETS 2008 Conference and can be accessed in the ACM Digital Library.

Table of Contents

1. Guest Editorial
   Armando Barreto and Torsten Felzer
2. A3: HCI Coding Guideline for Research Using Video Annotation to Assess Behavior of Nonverbal Subjects with Computer-Based Intervention
   Joshua Hailpern, Karrie Karahalios, James Halle, Laura Dethorne and Mary-Kelsey Coletto
3. A Linguistically Motivated Model for Speed and Pausing in Animations of American Sign Language
   Matt Huenerfauth
4. The Development and Evaluation of Performance-Based Functional Assessment: A Methodology for the Measurement of Physical Capabilities
   Kathleen J. Price and Andrew Sears
5. Exploring Visual and Motor Accessibility in Navigating a Virtual World
   Shari Trewin, Mark Laff, Vicki Hanson and Anna Cavender

Labels: ASSETS, Special Issue, TACCESS

Volume 2, Issue 1 of ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing is now available. This edition is a Special Issue on Aging and Information Technology and can be accessed in the ACM Digital Library.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to the Special Issue on Aging and Information Technology
   Sara J. Czaja, Peter Gregor and Vicki L. Hanson
2. Being Old Doesn’t Mean Acting Old: How Older Users Interact with Spoken Dialog Systems
   Maria Wolters, Kallirroi Georgila, Johanna D. Moore and Sarah E. MacPherson
3. Exploring Methods to Improve Pen-Based Menu Selection for Younger and Older Adults
   Karyn Moffatt and Joanna McGrenere
4. Video Modeling for Training Older Adults to Use New Technologies
   Doreen Struve and Hartmut Wandke
5. Disability, Age, and Informational Privacy Attitudes in Quality of Life Technology Applications: Results from a National Web Survey
   Scott Beach, Richard Schulz, Julie Downs, Judith Matthews, Bruce Barron and Katherine Seelman

Labels: Aging and Information Technology, Special Issue, TACCESS

Volume 1 , Issue 3 (February 2009) of ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing is now available. The edition can be accessed in the ACM Digital Library

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to the Special Issue on AAC
   Kathleen F. McCoy and Annalu Waller
2. Conception and Experimentation of a Communication Device with Adaptive Scanning
   Souhir Ghedira, Pierre Pino and Guy Bourhis
3. The Effect of Voice Output on AAC-Supported Conversations of Persons with Alzheimer’s Disease
   Melanie Fried-Oken, Charity Rowland, Glory Baker, Mayling Dixon, Carolyn Mills, Darlene Schultz and Barry Oken
4. Evaluating the STANDUP Pun Generating Software with Children with Cerebral Palsy
   Annalu Waller, Rolf Black, David A. O’Mara, Helen Pain, Graeme Ritchie and Ruli Manurung
5. User Interaction with Word Prediction: The Effects of Prediction Quality
   Keith Trnka, John McCaw, Debra Yarrington, Kathleen F. McCoy and Christopher Pennington

Labels: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Special Issue, TACCESS