Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
51 results found tagged higher education.
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Maintaining the Accessibility Ecosystem: a Multi-Stakeholder Analysis of Accessibility in Higher Education
This short paper examines how accessibility is created and maintained in higher education through the interactions of three key stakeholder groups: disabled students, professors, and disability service (DS) offices. The author team—comprising disable…
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Harnessing lived experience to promote accessible employment journeys
This short paper describes the Inclusive Employability initiative at Edith Cowan University (ECU) in Perth, Australia, developed in 2024 to support students from equity cohorts — including people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander…
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Teaching Accessibility in Different Disciplines: Topics, Approaches, Resources, Challenges
This workshop proposal addresses a significant gap in accessibility education: while teaching accessibility has been extensively explored within computer science and related computing disciplines, its integration into other fields remains under-inves…
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EmoBridge: Bridging the Communication Gap between Students with Disabilities and Peer Note-Takers Utilizing Emojis and Real-Time Sharing
This paper addresses a persistent problem in higher education accessibility: peer note-taking programs (PNTPs) where the interaction between students with disabilities (SWDs) and peer note-takers (PNTs) is predominantly unidirectional, with PNTs prov…
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Making Lecture Videos Accessible for Students who are Blind or have Low Vision through AI-Assisted Navigation and Visual Question Answering
This paper presents the design and evaluation of LectureAssistant, an AI-powered prototype that makes lecture videos more accessible for students who are blind or have low vision. The research follows a three-part human-centred design process. First,…
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Beyond Individual Accommodations: The Collaborative Practices of ADHD Students in Post-Secondary Education
This paper examines how ADHD college students develop and share collaborative, community-based strategies to support their academic success, moving beyond the traditional focus on individual accommodations. The researchers analyzed discussions from a…
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"I Felt Like I Was in a Fishbowl": Lived Experience with Telepresence and Non-Visible Disabilities in Higher Education
This paper presents the first ethnographic study of telepresence robot use by students with non-visible disabilities in higher education. The researchers conducted a 10-week ethnography in a postgraduate seminar course at University College London, w…
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Rethinking Productivity with GenAI: A Neurodivergent Students' Perspective
This qualitative study examines how 19 neurodivergent university students (including those with ADHD, autism, OCD, dysgraphia, and auditory processing disorder) use LLM-based generative AI tools like ChatGPT in their academic work. Through semi-struc…
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Using Networked Multimedia to Improve Educational Access for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students
This paper proposes a networked multimedia platform to address the specific challenges deaf and hard of hearing students face in mainstream university classrooms. The author identifies three core problems. First, isolation: as more deaf students ente…
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Enhancing Accessibility through Correction of Speech Recognition Errors
This paper investigates methods for automatically correcting errors in speech recognition-generated captions of university lectures, aiming to improve accessibility for hearing-impaired students. The author notes that while ASR-based captioning can m…