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American Public Health Association
133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
APHA 2005
 
Session: Communicating Through the Web: Accessibility, Interaction, and Community
3083.1: Monday, December 12, 2005: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Oral
Communicating Through the Web: Accessibility, Interaction, and Community
We live in a data rich age, yet remain information poor. Internet technologies promise to empower knowledge workers, but many remain confused or overwhelmed by the glowing screens facing them. After more than a decade of significant technological advance in web-based data access, some issues of data structure are becoming settled as developers and users strive to find common ground. At the same time, changes in technology at the point of delivery-the common browser-offer new methods of interaction with data that can be as rich and responsive as a desktop application. These and other developments alter the nature of the interaction as users work to understand how to connect in an evolving context to form new types of communities. This session will examine the issues of structural presentation of information on the web, the emergence of new visualization technologies to interact with online data, and the online social connections the current environment offers. The session will explore the emerging development of standard rubrics of data presentation and interaction, and give attendees an opportunity to peek over the horizon at what is coming next.
Learning Objectives: Session attendees will be able to discuss the emerging structure of data presentation in online contexts. Session attendees will understand the emergence thin-client rich Internet applications as a new set of capabilities for their browsers. Session attendees will understand the techniques of successfully developing an online community. Develop Web based forms that are accessible according to the W3C recommended guidelines.
Moderator(s):David Potenziani, PhD
10:30 AMStructural and semantic markup as a benefit to accessible web design  [ Recorded presentation ]
Sandra Clark
10:50 AMOnline Exploration of Data: Rich Internet Applications (RIA)  [ Recorded presentation ]
Chris Ogden, PMP
11:10 AMOnline communities: Limitations and approaches for public health  [ Recorded presentation ]
John Robinette, MS
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:APHA-Innovations Project
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA