Interest in accessibility has grown recently. Despite this, we have found that most people focus too much on compliance and often on the fundamental elements of creating compliant online courses. Instructional designers and online educators often turn to popular quality assurance frameworks to help them design and develop quality online courses.…

Although both the number of online learning opportunities and students with disabilities in higher education has increased over the last two decades, students with disabilities may be overlooked. The purpose of this study was to examine attitudes toward requesting accommodations in the online learning environment among college students with…

Considers Web accessibility issues for the disabled and the need for colleges and universities to make distance education programs compliant with pertinent sections of the Rehabilitation Act and the Technology Related Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Act. Describes the Department of Education's position and offers resources on…