EDITOR’S NOTE
Living Article Introduction
The content of the Living
Article focuses on the accessibility of web design and how it affects
people’s use of technology. The multiple themes discussed within
this article address the following questions: what is accessibility;
why is accessibility important in educational web design; and who benefits
from accessible web design? The author’s intent in writing the
article is to provide an introduction to and context of the issues at
stake in educational web design.
In answer to these questions,
we hope to receive responses in the form of anecdotal evidence, relevant
research in this area, and commentary on the topic from various points
of view. As we begin to compile these responses, they initially will
be reviewed (to ensure that they are indeed responses to the article)
and then posted intact in a manner similar to bulletin board type postings.
They will later be edited into the article and cited using links to
the entire response. In this way, the article will evolve. We plan to
maintain all versions of the article in an archive (linked from the
most current version of the article) so that the process itself can
be examined.
We hope that you will find
the information presented both useful and thought provoking. We also
hope that you will share the thoughts that the article has provoked
with us. We look forward to the collaboration.
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How to Respond to this
Living Article
We encourage responses to
any and all elements of this article. Our goal is to create a living
document that will reflect numerous points of view that are based on
personal opinion, experience, and anecdotal evidence, as well as rigorous
educational research. Obviously, we are hoping to generate some answers
to the questions that we have posed. However, that does not preclude
the possibility that this article may generate additional questions.
The exciting thing about this living document is that we really don't
know where this will lead. That is up to you. We are anxiously waiting
for your responses.
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