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Accessibility of Electronic Resources for Students with Disabilities

Open Access
|Feb 2025

Abstract

Introduction: The rapid development of technologies provides more opportunities and ways to adapt the learning environment to the individual needs of students with disabilities.

Methods: The current paper aims to explore the types of educational electronic resources published on the e-learning platform of UE - Varna and to highlight the importance of adapting them to ensure accessibility for students with disabilities.

Results: Recommendations are provided regarding the type and structure of electronic resources, so that they can be fully utilized by students with disabilities.

Discussion: The provided recommendations are concerning periodically updates, reflecting changes in standards, choosing, and applying tools to evaluate and provide the accessibility of resources.

Limitations: The scope of the paper are only students with impaired vision or hearing. The researched resources are only for specific disciplines.

Conclusions: Using the PDF format for electronic resources is a good approach, but educational institutions need to develop guidelines that lecturers should follow when preparing educational resources.

Language: English
Page range: 19 - 30
Submitted on: Jul 10, 2024
Accepted on: Nov 20, 2024
Published on: Feb 11, 2025
Published by: DTI University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 3 issues per year

© 2025 Bonimir Penchev, Latinka Todoranova, published by DTI University
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.