Research on Web Accessibility in Higher Education

Research on Accessibility of Higher Education Websites

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Partners

NSF Regional Alliances

Objective 1

Objective 2

Objective 3

Benefits

Investing in America's Future

Ways to Collaborate With Us

Examples of Articles in the KB

Two Research Projects

Research Project #1

A Global Benchmark

Method

Method (continued)

Results

Cluster Analysis

The Top Ten (in alphabetical order)

The Top Ten (continued, in alphabetical order)

Research Project #2

Five Research Questions

Five Research Questions (cont.)

Five Research Questions (cont.)

The Sample

The Websites

The Websites (cont.)

The Checkpoints

The Checkpoints (cont.)

Three Assessments

Three Groups

Timeline

How were letters received?

And the second letter?

Third letter and mini-assessment

Research Question #1

Mean scores on a 1-3 scale

Mean scores (cont.)

Research Question #2

Results by Carnegie

Results by Carnegie (cont.)

Research Question #3

Results: Alt text on images

Research Question #4

Confounding Variables

Significant Overall Change

Effect of Outreach

Effect of Outreach (cont.)

Research Question #5

Responses to recommended change

Implications

Implications (continued)

Web Accessibility CBI

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