ABSTRACT

This research aims to evaluate the level of accessibility knowledge by student website and app (WEB&APP) developers as well as the role of education in their perceptions and usage of accessibility guidelines. It proposes an integrative theoretical framework to understand the relationship among education, WEB&APP developer knowledge, and guideline usage. The present work with results of a multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) and an interview data analysis indicates that WEB&APP students have a low level of guideline familiarity and education plays an important role in their perceptions and usage of those guidelines. It emphasises the importance of accessibility guideline education, personal connection with people who have disabilities in the education process, need for empathy in accessible WEB&APP design and development, as well as business values of accessible WEB&APP.

摘要

本研究旨在评估学生网站和应用程序 (WEB&APP) 开发人员的可访问性知识水平，以及教育在他们对可访问性指南的看法和使用中的作用。它提出了一个综合的理论框架来理解教育、WEB&APP开发者知识和指南使用之间的关系。目前的多变量方差分析 (MANOVA) 和访谈数据分析的结果表明，WEB 和 APP 学生对指南的熟悉程度较低，教育在他们对这些指南的感知和使用中起着重要作用。它强调无障碍指南教育的重要性，在教育过程中与残疾人的个人联系，在无障碍 WEB 和 APP 设计和开发中需要同理心，