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Engaging higher education in the 21st century is challenging. As education has become a strategic... more Engaging higher education in the 21st century is challenging. As education has become a strategic vector for sustainable and equitable personal and individual development, having the ability to access information and materials via the internet is necessary. This will enhance the quality of lifetime learning and create an equal opportunity for all students. This paper describes the perceptions of Thai university staff towards accessible online materials and web accessibility at university. The results show that staffs have positive views towards providing accessible online materials, however they are unaware of accessible online materials and related fields. Moreover, the strongest barrier is the lack of knowledge of the needs of students with disabilities. Therefore training and integrating web accessibility as criteria in educational quality assessment are the key strategies to improving the equity of learning access for all students.
This paper examines web accessibility compliance in a sample of universities in Thailand. The Tha... more This paper examines web accessibility compliance in a sample of universities in Thailand. The Thai government has made a commitment to higher education and e-learning and has also signed on to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). This paper shows that the web accessibility does not appear to be adopted by the universities examined in this study, with minimal compliance to the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0. In particular, the Perceivable and Operable aspects of the guidelines seemed problematic in terms of the numbers of reported accessibility errors.
This paper aims to observe the status of web accessibility compliance inherent in Thai e-governme... more This paper aims to observe the status of web accessibility compliance inherent in Thai e-government websites. E-government utilizes web technology for many objectives so that e-government is committed to making online information accessible to as many people as possible regardless of ability in order to equal access and opportunity for all. There are approximately 1.5 million people in Thailand in 2013 having some form of disability that may face problems if online information is inaccessible. In order to investigate the status of these, we preformed multi techniques based on Web Content Accessibility Guideline (WCAG) 2.0. Results showed that Thai e-government websites would have accessibility issues even though Web Content Accessibility Guideline (TWCAG) was promoted since 2008. Several suggestions are offered based on the results of research.
Engaging higher education in the 21st century is challenging. As education has become a strategic... more Engaging higher education in the 21st century is challenging. As education has become a strategic vector for sustainable and equitable personal and individual development, having the ability to access information and materials via the internet is necessary. This will enhance the quality of lifetime learning and create an equal opportunity for all students. This paper describes the perceptions of Thai university staff towards accessible online materials and web accessibility at university. The results show that staffs have positive views towards providing accessible online materials, however they are unaware of accessible online materials and related fields. Moreover, the strongest barrier is the lack of knowledge of the needs of students with disabilities. Therefore training and integrating web accessibility as criteria in educational quality assessment are the key strategies to improving the equity of learning access for all students.
This paper examines web accessibility compliance in a sample of universities in Thailand. The Tha... more This paper examines web accessibility compliance in a sample of universities in Thailand. The Thai government has made a commitment to higher education and e-learning and has also signed on to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). This paper shows that the web accessibility does not appear to be adopted by the universities examined in this study, with minimal compliance to the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0. In particular, the Perceivable and Operable aspects of the guidelines seemed problematic in terms of the numbers of reported accessibility errors.
This paper aims to observe the status of web accessibility compliance inherent in Thai e-governme... more This paper aims to observe the status of web accessibility compliance inherent in Thai e-government websites. E-government utilizes web technology for many objectives so that e-government is committed to making online information accessible to as many people as possible regardless of ability in order to equal access and opportunity for all. There are approximately 1.5 million people in Thailand in 2013 having some form of disability that may face problems if online information is inaccessible. In order to investigate the status of these, we preformed multi techniques based on Web Content Accessibility Guideline (WCAG) 2.0. Results showed that Thai e-government websites would have accessibility issues even though Web Content Accessibility Guideline (TWCAG) was promoted since 2008. Several suggestions are offered based on the results of research.