NDLI: Assessing Accessibility: How Accessible Are Online Courses for Students with Disabilities?.

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Assessing Accessibility: How Accessible Are Online Courses for Students with Disabilities?.

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Massengale, Lindsey R. Vasquez, Eleazar
Copyright Year	2016
Abstract	Delivering course material in a manner that is accessible to all students including those with disabilities is important in the online environment. This article presents an analysis focusing on the accessibility of six courses presented through the Webcourses platform. Six professors volunteered one course for analysis. The tool use for analyzing the courses was the WAVE tool bar. Analysis of course was completed individually, but results were reported across courses. Overall results indicated 13 types of challenges and of these 5 were the most prevalent across courses. The author discusses a brief history of distance education, the tool used for analysis, challenges that were identified within course and offers suggestion of how to minimize those challenges. Within the methodology, screen shots of the WAVE tool bar are provided. Visual analysis of the frequency of the 13 challenges is provided. Implications of the WAVE tool are shared with future research directions.
Starting Page	69
Ending Page	79
Page Count	11
File Format	PDF HTM / HTML
DOI	10.14434/josotl.v16i1.19101
Volume Number	16
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1092429.pdf
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://doi.org/10.14434/josotl.v16i1.19101
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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