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Accessibility in Online Learning

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In recent years, the Department of Education, private individuals, and advocacy organizations, such as the National Federation of the Blind and the National Association of the Deaf, have filed suit against a number of public education organizations due to a failure to provide accessible web-based learning tools for students with disabilities.

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Which Strategy Is Better: Frequent Quizzing or End-of-Milestone Quizzing?

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In an interesting study (Karpicke JD, Roediger HL III) conducted in 2008 by renowned psychologists and researchers, the impact of repeated testing on students in a language class was analyzed under 3 different sets of conditions: Condition A: Once vocabulary was known, it was repeated frequently, but never tested again.

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How to Improve Learning Retention with Contextual Feedback

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Researchers like Denton (2008, 487) argue that: ‘…in an era of sophisticated learning technologies, the criteria for effective feedback remain the same’. In order for online learners to benefit the most from digital courses, instructional designers should include appropriate contextual and corrective feedback.

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WCAG 2.1: What You Need To Know

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Since late 2008, WCAG 2.0 The types of disabilities may be visual, auditory, physical, speech, cognitive, neurological, or a combination of these. The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), internationally agreed-upon criteria from WC3 , are used to measure compliance with these accessibility laws. In June, WCAG 2.1 was approved.