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Case Studies
The Disability and Information Systems in Higher Education (DISinHE) service, which was hosted by DMAG staff here in Dundee until completion of the project in Spring 2001, commissioned a number of case studies of aspects of accessibility of digital information.
Reports from a selection of case studies have been provide here, with kind permission of the authors.
NBThe case study links below lead to very long articles, which may be better read in printed format.
- The Web for students and staff with disabilities: visual impairment, dyslexia and motor impairment
- In this study, lecturers' use of the web as a means of providing material to support their teaching in Higher
Education (HE), and the extent to which this material is accessible to students with disabilities, is discussed.
By Lesley Sams and Penelope Yates-Mercer, City University, London. - Disability Access To Virtual Learning Environments
- The purpose of this study by Staffordshire University was to identify problems encountered by disabled
students in using Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) and to identify solutions where possible, making the
appropriate recommendations to improve accessibility.
By Professor Mark J Stiles, Staffordshire University. - Electronic Access for All: awareness in creating accessible web sites for the university library
- This study aimed to address the problem of accessibility in a growing electronic information environment,
by assessing accessibility of university web sites, establish awareness of library web page designers in
accessibility issues, and recommending steps to be taken to raise awareness in access issues.
By Jenny Craven, Manchester Metropolitan University.
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