Digital accessibility for persons with disabilities: A mixed method study of websites of 15-top ranked universities of India

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Kumar, Akhilesh, Tiwari, Praveen Kumar
• Μορφή: Online
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: HEPNET-UPatras 2022
• Θέματα: Educational Sciences; Relationship with knowledge; case study; university students; LLL, Higher Education Institutions, institutions of continuing education; Educational Sciences, Sociology, Political Sciences; Academics; Κοινωνιολογία της Εκπαίδευσης; Ανώτατη Εκπαίδευση; Political Sciences; Equity, Inequality; Students, Anxiety, Stress, University; Teacher Training; Training System; Didactics; Pedagogy; education; Pédagogie de Projet; Acteurs Sociaux; Université, Étudiants; Competition, democratization of education, distance and open learning, Internet, plagiarism; Modern Greek Studies, Freie Universität; Educational Sciences, Sociology, Political Sciences, History,; US postsecondary education, academic and occupational learning, competency, connectivity, permeability; Citizenship; higher education; values; active learning; democracy; Pre-enrolment factors; career guidance; entrepreneurship students; academic success; academic failure; Relationship to knowledges; Epistemological beliefs; Pre-service teachers; Pre-licensed psychologists; Higher education; Educational Sciences, Medicine; OTC (Over the counter medicines), comparative analysis, health care professionals, lifelong learning; Institutional assessment, HAHE, strategic planning, SWOT analysis, SMART criteria; Educational leadership, transformational leadership, effectiveness, democratic leader-ship; Educational leadership, transformational leadership, effectiveness, democratic leadership; Eπιστήμες της Εκπαίδευσης; Εκπαιδευτική ηγεσία, μετασχηματιστική ηγεσία, αποτελεσματικότητα, δημοκρατική ηγεσία.; Academic recognition, Lisbon Convention, Bologna Process, Ministerial Communications; Sexually Transmitted Diseases, HIV/AIDS, Students, Health Education, Health Promotion; Policy convergence, education, semiotics, entropy, knowledge brokering; RPWD Act, NIRF, Web Accessibility, NEP 2020, Digital Accessibility; Governing technology, performativity, the enterprising self, self-improvement, lifelong learning, teacher professional development; Human Rights Education; Faculty Members of Greek Pedagogical Departments; Specific Teaching Methodology; Educational Model of the Cognitive Pyramid; Semi Structured Interviews; Εκπαίδευση για τα Ανθρώπινα Δικαιώματα; Μέλη ΔΕΠ Ελληνικών Παιδαγωγικών Τμημάτων; Ειδική Διδακτική Μεθοδολογία; Εκπαιδευτικό Μοντέλο Γνωστικής Πυραμίδας; Ημιδομημένες Συνεντεύξεις; Pedagogy; Πανεπιστημιακή Παιδαγωγική, Φοιτητές, Παιδαγωγικοί Μηχανισμοί, Ποιότητα Διδασκαλίας; Pédagogie Universitaire, Étudiants, Dispositifs Pédagogiques, Qualité d’Enseignement; Student-centered learning, higher education, critical thinking, autonomy, teaching methods; Νόμιμη Γλωσσική Έκφραση; Κοινωνική Παρέμβαση/Ένταξη; Παιδαγωγική του Σχεδίου; Διαπολιτισμικό Εργαλείο; Πανεπιστήμιο; Legitimate Speech; Social Intervention/Insertion; Project Based Learning; Intercultural Dispositif; University; Langage Légitime; Intervention/Insertion Sociale; Pédagogie de Projet; Dispositif Interculturel, Université; Bilingualism, national languages, diglossia, linguistic ideology, language policy; University Pedagogy/Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, active learning, reflection, experimental learning.; Επιστήμες της Εκπαίδευσης; Relationship to knowledge; University; Brazil; Students from working-class families; Higher Education, Distance Learning and Covid-19 Pandemic.; Πολιτική Ανώτατης Εκπαίδευσης; Πανεπιστήμιο; Επαγγελματικοποίηση; Προγράμματα Σπουδών; Αναπλαισίωση της Γνώσης; Sociology; Higher Education Policy; University; Professionalisation; Curricula; Recontextualisation of Knowledge; Politique de l’Enseignement Supérieur; Université; Professionnalisation; Curricula; Recontextualisation des Savoirs; Marketing Communications; Marketing Environment; Higher Education; Internationalization; Universities; Educational Sciences, Teacher Education, University, Students.; Διδακτορικές σπουδές; EUA-CDE; Ε.Χ.Α.Ε.; Αρχές του Σάλτσμπουργκ; Doctoral studies, EUA-CDE, EHEA, Salzburg Principles; Πολιτικές Επιστήμες; Τέχνη; Multi-Group Moderating, Job Strain, Work Engagement, Job Demands; Παγκοσμιοποίηση; Δημοκρατία; Δύση; Αναδυόμενες Οικονομίες; Παγκοσμιοποίηση, Δημοκρατία, Δύση, Αναδυόμενες Οικονομίες; Mondialisation; Démocratie; Occident; Économie Émergeantes; Moscow State University of International Relations (MGIMO), the Greek Language Section, teaching of the Greek language, diplomat, future employment; Educational Sciences,; Academic performance Indicator; Research/Academic score; Appraisal; University Grants Commission; Research quality; Indian Universities; Higher education, Access, Governance, Gender, Guidance Policy; Higher Education, Democracy, Citizenship; Novice and experienced teachers; classroom management style; apprentice; classroom observation; hand-on experience; Relationship to knowledge. Historical foundations. Epistemological status; Academics of 19th century, memoirs, university of 19th century, Ragkavis, Pilikas, Saripolos; social inequalities, higher education; Εκπαιδευτική Πολιτική; Διοίκηση ανώτατης εκπαίδευσης, συμμετοχικό μοντέλο, διαχειριστικό μοντέλο, συγκριτική προσέγγιση, ακαδημαϊκή κοινότητα; Formation des Enseignants; Dispositif de Formation; Didactiques; Pédagogie

The present study was carried out using a mixed method sequential exploratory design to know the accessibility features for persons with disabilities available over the homepages of websites of top-15 ranked universities of India. The ranking used for this study was that of the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) released in 2020. Initially a manual observational analysis has been done for homepages of the websites of 15-top ranked universities of India for availability of fundamental accessibility features. In second phase an evaluation was made with automated web-accessibility tool ‘koa11y’. It was observed that most of the top-ranked universities in India lacked the fundamental accessibility features screen reader access, change in font size, font colour change, text spacing and even most of them do not have an accessibility statement over their websites. The analysis through ‘Koa11y’ resulted in a mean of 50 errors, 162 warnings and 432 notices respectively indicating very poor accessibility features for persons with disabilities available on websites of top-15 ranked universities of India. The website of National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF was found having no/ very poor accessibility features. The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act (RPWD Act) 2016 has a provision of enhancing digital accessibility and National Education Policy 2020 endorses all its provisions indicating a need to implement the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act (RPWD Act) 2016 effectively to achieve equity and inclusion in higher education as envisioned in National Education Policy 2020.