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A framework for improving web accessibility and usability of Open Course Ware sites
Año:2017

Áreas de investigación
  • Ingenierías,
  • Ciencias de la computación y tecnología informática,
  • Informática

Datos
Descripción
Since its inception, one of the primary goals of the Internet has been the open access of information and documents online. This openness aims to allow access to universal knowledge. The Open Educational Resources (OER) has promoted this goal in the context of education. The OERs of higher education are supported by means of the Open Course Ware (OCW) initiative. OCW aims to provide access to the knowledge produced by universities. However, the level of access to and use of OCW do not meet expectations. For this reason, it is necessary to provide solutions to increase the accessibility and usability of OCW. As a result, this paper presents a methodology for the evaluation of the accessibility and usability of OCW sites, as well as a framework for improving their accessibility and usability. This methodology and framework have been applied to evaluate and improve the accessibility and usability of a real case study, the OCW initiative of the Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja (UTPL). This case study has allowed us to validate the methodology and the framework in a real setting in order to determine if they were able to identify and suggest improvement for the accessibility and usability of OCW when required.
Internacional
Si
JCR del ISI
Si
Título de la revista
Computers & Education
ISSN
0360-1315
Factor de impacto JCR
3,819
Información de impacto
Datos JCR del año 2016
Volumen
109
DOI
10.1016/j.compedu.2017.02.013
Número de revista
Desde la página
197
Hasta la página
215
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Participantes
  • Autor: Germania del Rocio Rodriguez Morales UPM
  • Autor: Jenifer Perez Benedi UPM
  • Autor: Samanta Patricia Cueva Carrion UPM
  • Autor: Rommel Vicente Torres Tandazo UPM

Grupos de investigación, Departamentos, Centros e Institutos de I+D+i relacionados
  • Creador: Grupo de Investigación: Grupo de tecnología de software y sistemas
  • Centro o Instituto I+D+i: Centro de Investigación en Tecnologías del Software y Sistemas Multimedia para la Sostenibilidad (CITSEM)
  • Departamento: Sistemas Informáticos