{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2520597794","doi":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijopcd.2017010101","title":"Evaluating the Accessibility of Online University Education","display_name":"Evaluating the Accessibility of Online University Education","publication_year":2016,"publication_date":"2016-09-06","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2520597794","doi":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijopcd.2017010101","mag":"2520597794"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.4018/ijopcd.2017010101","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijopcd.2017010101","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210193066","display_name":"International Journal of Online Pedagogy and Course Design","issn_l":"2155-6873","issn":["2155-6873","2155-6881"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320424","host_organization_name":"IGI Global","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320424"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["IGI Global"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"International Journal of Online Pedagogy and Course Design","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"hybrid","oa_url":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijopcd.2017010101","any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5051561950","display_name":"Mark Pendergast","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I2801014300","display_name":"Florida Gulf Coast University","ror":"https://ror.org/05tc5bm31","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2801014300"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Mark O. Pendergast","raw_affiliation_strings":["Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I2801014300"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5051561950"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I2801014300"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":2.3743,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":7,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.89767087,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":96},"biblio":{"volume":"7","issue":"1","first_page":"1","last_page":"14"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12481","display_name":"Digital Accessibility for Disabilities","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3307","display_name":"Human Factors and Ergonomics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12481","display_name":"Digital Accessibility for Disabilities","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3307","display_name":"Human Factors and Ergonomics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11514","display_name":"Disability Education and Employment","score":0.9667999744415283,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3311","display_name":"Safety Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13629","display_name":"Text Readability and Simplification","score":0.9591000080108643,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/web-accessibility","display_name":"Web accessibility","score":0.8541224002838135},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/compliance","display_name":"Compliance (psychology)","score":0.621030867099762},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/internet-privacy","display_name":"Internet privacy","score":0.5554585456848145},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/world-wide-web","display_name":"World Wide Web","score":0.5323866605758667},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/phone","display_name":"Phone","score":0.5260859727859497},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/web-page","display_name":"Web page","score":0.5041908025741577},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.4731672406196594},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/smart-phone","display_name":"Smart phone","score":0.4353249669075012},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/economic-justice","display_name":"Economic Justice","score":0.41913288831710815},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/public-relations","display_name":"Public relations","score":0.3711313009262085},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/political-science","display_name":"Political science","score":0.3657541871070862},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/law","display_name":"Law","score":0.3640594482421875},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/psychology","display_name":"Psychology","score":0.24908339977264404},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/web-standards","display_name":"Web standards","score":0.2447102963924408},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/telecommunications","display_name":"Telecommunications","score":0.10066679120063782},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/social-psychology","display_name":"Social psychology","score":0.08686596155166626}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C194669863","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q808932","display_name":"Web accessibility","level":4,"score":0.8541224002838135},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781460075","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1399332","display_name":"Compliance (psychology)","level":2,"score":0.621030867099762},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C108827166","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q175975","display_name":"Internet privacy","level":1,"score":0.5554585456848145},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136764020","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466","display_name":"World Wide Web","level":1,"score":0.5323866605758667},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778707766","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q202064","display_name":"Phone","level":2,"score":0.5260859727859497},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C21959979","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36774","display_name":"Web page","level":2,"score":0.5041908025741577},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.4731672406196594},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2984771860","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22645","display_name":"Smart phone","level":2,"score":0.4353249669075012},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C139621336","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3190382","display_name":"Economic Justice","level":2,"score":0.41913288831710815},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39549134","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133080","display_name":"Public relations","level":1,"score":0.3711313009262085},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.3657541871070862},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.3640594482421875},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.24908339977264404},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C182321512","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1153289","display_name":"Web standards","level":3,"score":0.2447102963924408},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C76155785","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q418","display_name":"Telecommunications","level":1,"score":0.10066679120063782},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77805123","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161272","display_name":"Social psychology","level":1,"score":0.08686596155166626},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41895202","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8162","display_name":"Linguistics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.4018/ijopcd.2017010101","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijopcd.2017010101","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210193066","display_name":"International Journal of Online Pedagogy and Course Design","issn_l":"2155-6873","issn":["2155-6873","2155-6881"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320424","host_organization_name":"IGI Global","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320424"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["IGI Global"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"International Journal of Online Pedagogy and Course Design","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:RePEc:igg:jopcd0:v:7:y:2017:i:1:p:1-14","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/IJOPCD.2017010101","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401271","display_name":"RePEc: Research Papers in Economics","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I77793887","host_organization_name":"Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I77793887"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.4018/ijopcd.2017010101","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijopcd.2017010101","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210193066","display_name":"International Journal of Online Pedagogy and Course Design","issn_l":"2155-6873","issn":["2155-6873","2155-6881"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320424","host_organization_name":"IGI Global","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320424"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["IGI Global"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"International Journal of Online Pedagogy and Course Design","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.699999988079071,"display_name":"Quality Education","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/4"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":11,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1497653006","https://openalex.org/W1978090672","https://openalex.org/W1998235670","https://openalex.org/W2058432683","https://openalex.org/W2066606351","https://openalex.org/W2068165305","https://openalex.org/W2087137342","https://openalex.org/W2111696356","https://openalex.org/W2581081498","https://openalex.org/W2950982973","https://openalex.org/W4242063382"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W3010429453","https://openalex.org/W2410395228","https://openalex.org/W3125941065","https://openalex.org/W2484615095","https://openalex.org/W4366449942","https://openalex.org/W2949434637","https://openalex.org/W4312474793","https://openalex.org/W2329372181","https://openalex.org/W4386031609","https://openalex.org/W2143680764"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"The":[0],"rights":[1],"of":[2,15,17,36,68,73,100,105,123,137,141],"disabled":[3],"students":[4],"are":[5,91,125],"protected":[6],"law":[7],"in":[8],"nearly":[9],"every":[10],"country.":[11],"However,":[12],"the":[13,18,21,34,66,71,74,78,98,129,135],"lack":[14],"awareness":[16],"laws":[19,40],"and":[20,56,77,88,93,133],"need":[22],"to":[23,31,46,96],"make":[24],"web":[25,44,89],"pages":[26,45],"accessible":[27],"has":[28],"created":[29],"barriers":[30],"fully":[32],"implementing":[33],"intent":[35],"these":[37],"laws.":[38],"These":[39],"typically":[41],"go":[42],"beyond":[43],"include":[47],"all":[48,112],"instructional":[49],"devices":[50],"including":[51],"e-readers,":[52],"social":[53],"networking":[54],"sites,":[55],"smart":[57],"phone":[58],"apps.":[59],"This":[60],"paper":[61],"takes":[62],"a":[63,103,121],"look":[64],"at":[65],"requirements":[67],"accessibility":[69,75,118],"laws,":[70],"formation":[72],"initiative,":[76],"resulting":[79],"WCAG":[80],"2.0":[81],"standard.":[82],"Accessibility":[83],"testing":[84],"tools":[85],"for":[86,102],"websites":[87],"content":[90],"discussed":[92],"then":[94],"used":[95],"measure":[97],"level":[99],"compliance":[101,130],"number":[104,122],"universities.":[106],"It":[107],"was":[108],"found":[109,132],"that":[110],"almost":[111],"university":[113],"sites":[114],"checked":[115],"had":[116],"multiple":[117],"errors.":[119],"Finally,":[120],"recommendations":[124],"made":[126],"based":[127],"on":[128,134],"issues":[131],"terms":[136],"several":[138],"U.S.":[139],"Department":[140],"Justice":[142],"consent":[143],"decrees.":[144]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-06-11T06:19:23.411458","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}