Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
35 results found tagged education accessibility.
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Web-ALAP: A Web-based LaTeX Editor for Blind Individuals
This paper presents Web-ALAP (Web-Accessible LaTeX-based Authoring and Presentation), an open-source, web-based LaTeX editor designed specifically for blind and visually impaired users. The system addresses a critical gap in STEM accessibility: while…
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TIP-Toy: a tactile, open-source computational toolkit to support learning across visual abilities
This paper presents TIP-Toy (Tactile Inclusive Programming Toy), an open-source educational programming toolkit using physical blocks and music output, designed for children ages 6-11 with mixed visual abilities — from full sight to total blindness. …
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Teacher Views of Math E-learning Tools for Students with Specific Learning Disabilities
This paper examines how teachers use math e-learning tools with students who have specific learning disabilities (SLDs) in grades 5-8, a population where approximately 5% of US public school students are identified as having an SLD. SLDs predominantl…
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Student and Teacher Perspectives of Learning ASL in an Online Setting
This experience report examines the challenges and opportunities of teaching and learning American Sign Language (ASL) online during the COVID-19 pandemic, from the perspectives of both students and a Deaf instructor at Rochester Institute of Technol…
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Access Differential and Inequitable Access: Inaccessibility for Doctoral Students in Computing
This paper investigates why the pipeline of students with disabilities pursuing doctoral degrees in computing remains so thin, despite increased support at the undergraduate level. In 2018, the NSF reported that only about 3% of math and computer sci…
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Multi-touch Exploration and Sonification of Line Segments
This paper presents SoundLines, a mobile app designed to help children with visual impairments develop spatial exploration skills through touchscreen interaction coupled with audio (sonification) feedback. The app is structured as a game where a kitt…
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Making the Elusive More Tangible: Remote Tools & Techniques for Teaching Web Development to Screen Reader Users
This paper describes the design, implementation, and evaluation of a free, remote web development workshop for 12 screen reader users, conducted over nine Saturday sessions between August and October 2020. The workshop was a collaboration between New…
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Teaching Accessibility Awareness with Games
This paper presents the Accessibility Maze, a web-based serious game developed at Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University) to teach web accessibility basics through experiential learning. The game was designed with three goals: provid…
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Online Learning Accessibility during the COVID-19 Pandemic
This literature review examines 14 papers published over the past decade on e-learning accessibility, reframing their findings through the lens of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on K-12 education. During the pandemic, elementary, middle, and hi…
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Accessibility Challenges in Lab Simulations
This paper describes the accessibility challenges encountered and solutions developed when creating online lab simulations for an Occupational Health and Safety course at Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University). The COVID-19 pandemic…