Title :
Notice of Retraction
Development of a web accessibility model for visually-impaired students on Elearning websites
Author :
Prougestaporn, P.
Author_Institution :
Srisakdi Charmonman IT Center, Assumption Univ. of Thailand, Samutprakarn, Thailand
Abstract :
Notice of Retraction
After careful and considered review of the content of this paper by a duly constituted expert committee, this paper has been found to be in violation of IEEE´s Publication Principles.
We hereby retract the content of this paper. Reasonable effort should be made to remove all past references to this paper.
The presenting author of this paper has the option to appeal this decision by contacting TPII@ieee.org.
ELearning websites is the advance developed tool which will generate new era of education under the concept of anyone can study in anywhere at anytime, and is well enable visually-impaired students to access more materials and work more independently than the using of traditional method. However, not all information and activities posted were appropriately accessible with adaptive technology used by general visually-impaired students. So, all eLearning websites should be focused on the issue of web accessibility to facilitate visually-impaired students to effectively access. This paper therefore are done to investigate existing concepts and tools of web accessibility for eLearning, and to propose the web accessibility model support visually-impaired students in eLearning. The methodology is used in this paper were to review the secondary data and conduct survey research through visually-impaired students and experts. The model of web accessibility proposed to support visually-impaired students on eLearning website called WAVIP model which consisted of four components: web content, web browsers, assistive technology, and authoring tools.
Keywords :
Web sites; computer aided instruction; handicapped aids; WAVIP model; Web accessibility model; assistive technology component; authoring tools component; e-learning Websites; visually-impaired students; web browsers component; web content component; Appropriate technology; Distance learning; Educational institutions; Educational technology; Electronic learning; Electronic mail; IP networks; Information resources; Law; Legal factors; eLearning; online education; visually-impaired people; web accessibility model;
Conference_Titel :
Educational and Network Technology (ICENT), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Qinhuangdao
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7660-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICENT.2010.5532117