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Phipps, Lawrie; Kelly, Brian – ALT-J: Research in Learning Technology, 2006
The importance of accessibility to digital e-learning resources is widely acknowledged. The World Wide Web Consortium Web Accessibility Initiative has played a leading role in promoting the importance of accessibility and developing guidelines that can help when developing accessible web resources. The accessibility of e-learning resources…
Descriptors: Guides, Models, Educational Principles, Case Studies
Draffan, E. A.; Rainger, Peter – ALT-J: Research in Learning Technology, 2006
A model for an inclusive approach to the identification of challenges to blended learning as a means to identify educational accessibility issues is presented. By focusing on both the learner and teacher perspectives, the model encompasses a broad range of factors, including learner characteristics, learning and teaching environments, interactions…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Models, Student Characteristics, Student Attitudes
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de Boer, Wim; Collis, Betty – ALT-J: Research in Learning Technology, 2005
Changes in higher education frequently involve the need for more flexibility in course design and delivery. Flexibility is a concept that can be operationalized in many ways. One approach to conceptualizing flexibility within courses is to distinguish planning-type flexibility, which the instructor can designate before the course begins and which…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Case Studies, Foreign Countries, Computer Software
Burgstahler, Sheryl – ALT-J: Research in Learning Technology, 2006
A study was undertaken to explore program policies and practices related to the accessibility of American distance learning courses to qualified students with disabilities. A literature review was conducted, a draft list of accessibility indicators was created, examples of applications of the indicators in existing distance learning programs were…
Descriptors: Measurement, Program Evaluation, Standards, Educational Policy
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Sloan, David; Stratford, John; Gregor, Peter – ALT-J: Research in Learning Technology, 2006
As educators' awareness of their responsibilities towards ensuring the accessibility of the learning environment to disabled students increases, significant debate surrounds the implications of accessibility requirements on educational multimedia. There would appear to be widespread concern that the fundamental principles of creating accessible…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Disabilities, Educational Environment, Multimedia Materials
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Wheeler, Steve; Kelly, Peter; Gale, Ken – ALT-J: Research in Learning Technology, 2005
In this paper we describe the design of a managed learning environment called MTutor, which is used to teach an online Masters Module for teachers. In describing the design of MTutor pedagogic issues of problem-based learning, situated cognition and ill-structured problems are discussed. MTutor presents teachers with complex real-life teaching…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Learning Experience, Teaching Methods, Masters Programs