Accessibility GuidelinesAccessibility Guidelines
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Educators are charged by law to make accommodations to the process of education to allow all the students access to the educational situation.
Currently in the U.S. there are two main initiatives:
Section 508 of the 1998 Rehabilitation Act (View the guidelines)
World Wide Web Consortium’s Web Accessibility Initiative (View the guidelines)
Other countries have developed their own guidelines:
United Kingdom’s Disability Discrimination Act and open.gov guidelines
Australia’s Disability Rights policy
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Accessibility guidelines |
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Section 508 |
US government |
“Web-based information and applications” part consistent with 5 RPR factors |
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Web Content Accessibility Guidelines |
World Wide Web Consortium |
All guidelines consistent with 5 RPR factors |
The success factors of the RPR cycle include practices at the instruction, program, and instructor levels.
Accessibility guidelines only apply to a limited portion of the RPR cycle.
The accessibility guidelines, however, are very precise and offer an essential accompaniment to the success factors.
The guidelines and the success factors provide a comprehensive instructional resource for distance education developers.
In tandem, the RPR success factors and the accessibility guidelines provide a comprehensive set of design and implementation guidelines for distance learning.
