Digital Accessibility Needs for People with Disabilities in Higher Education

Radka Nacheva () and Jose Paulo da Costa ()
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Radka Nacheva: University of Economics - Varna, Bulgaria
Jose Paulo da Costa: European Institute for Higher Studies, Fafe, Portugal

HR and Technologies, 2024, issue 1, 88-101

Abstract: To accomplish the UN Sustainable Development Goals and provide possibilities for lifelong learning, digital accessibility is critical for the inclusion of individuals with special needs in higher education. The World Health Organization (WHO) is attempting to integrate those with disabilities into society, as in 2023, 16% of the world's population will have some form of disability. Students with disabilities can overcome obstacles that obstruct their online learning by adhering to accessibility standards and rules, such as the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) established by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). Based on a scholarly publishing ontology and industry-leading accessibility standards, the purpose of this paper is to test the accessibility of digital learning resources for higher education purposes. The testing approach is applied to resources offered to computer science students, including PDF files and web content in an e-learning system. Limitations of this paper include the usage of tools for HTML and PDF documents for compatibility with WCAG and lecture notes compatibility with PDF/UA, as well as the number of tested resources.

Keywords: web content accessibility; digital content accessibility; accessibility standards (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C83 C88 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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