Literature Reviews

Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.

• Virtual Teaching in a Society of Learning

  António Eduardo Martins, Felipa Lopes dos Reis (2009) — Proceedings of the 2009 International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility (W4A)

  This paper examines the transformation of teaching practices in the context of online and distance education, with particular attention to how information and communication technologies reshape the spatial and temporal dimensions of learning. The aut…

  • e-learning
  • distance education
  • blended learning
  • online education
  • collaborative learning
  • virtual teaching

• Captions Versus Transcripts for Online Video Content

  Raja S. Kushalnagar, Walter S. Lasecki, Jeffrey P. Bigham (2013) — Proceedings of the 10th International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility (W4A)

  This paper investigates a fundamental challenge for deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) users consuming online video: while hearing viewers can watch and listen simultaneously using separate sensory channels, DHH viewers must process two competing visual …

  • captioning
  • deaf accessibility
  • transcripts
  • online education
  • MOOCs
  • video accessibility
  • cognitive overload
  • multimedia accessibility

• Disability and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Using Twitter to Understand Accessibility during Rapid Societal Transition

  Cole Gleason, Stephanie Valencia, Lynn Kirabo, Jason Wu, Anhong Guo, Elizabeth Jeanne Carter, Jeffrey P. Bigham, Cynthia Bennett, Amy Pavel (2020) — Proceedings of the 22nd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2020)

  This Carnegie Mellon University study uses Twitter data to examine how the COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected people with disabilities (PWD) across three critical domains where technology and accessibility intersect: grocery delivery servi…

  • COVID-19
  • disability
  • social media
  • Twitter
  • emergency preparedness
  • online education
  • grocery delivery
  • public health
  • deaf
  • hard of hearing
  • visual impairment
  • digital divide
  • Universal Design for Learning