This article discusses a study that aimed to document how a specific group of visually impaired students view the Internet and to determine the differences in use between partially sighted and blind users.
Type of Material:
Journal article
Recommended Uses:
The results of this study could assist faculty and course designers in designing courses and web-sites which are more accessible to blind and partially sighted students.
Technical Requirements:
none
Identify Major Learning Goals:
The aims of the study are twofold: first, to document perceptions and experiences of Web use by people with visual impairments, and second, to examine how access and use can be improved.
Target Student Population:
The population for this article is faculty doing research on web accessibility or planning courses for a visually impaired audience
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:
None
Content Quality
Rating:
Strengths:
The article describes a well conducted research into the use of the Web by blind or partially-sighted students. The perceptions of these students is information not readily available from other sources.
Concerns:
None
Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool
Rating:
Strengths:
The article identifies important components of web-site design that could be used to provide more accessibility for blind or partially-sighted students. The article also highlights the positive feelings about web-sites in general from these students. A clearly written, professional journal article
Concerns:
Article does not give specific tools or practical strategies that could help instructional designers make websites more accessible.
Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty
Rating:
Strengths:
Clearly written using standard research paper format.
Concerns:
Graphical examples of good and poor web-site design would have strengthened the article.
Other Issues and Comments:
This article can be accessed from the Equal access to software and information homepage< http://www.rit.edu/~easi/itd.htm > which has other links to information on this topic.
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