Making distance learning courses accessible to students and instructors with disabilities: A case study

Internet and Higher Education

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 233-246

  Burgstahler, Sheryl ^a   Corrigan, Bill ^a   McCarter, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Disability; Distance learning; E learning; Internet; Online learning; Web accessibility

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC MAIL; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; STANDARDS; STUDENTS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

ACCESSIBILITY; DISABILITY; E-LEARNING; ONLINE LEARNING; WEB ACCESSIBILITY;

DISTANCE EDUCATION;

EID: 4644285532     PISSN: 10967516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iheduc.2004.06.004     Document Type: Article

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