Creating a virtual reality OER application to teach web accessibility

Chengke Tang; Amarpreet Gill; Matthew Pike; Dave Towey

doi:10.1109/COMPSAC51774.2021.00156

Creating a virtual reality OER application to teach web accessibility

Chengke Tang
, Amarpreet Gill
, Matthew Pike
, Dave Towey^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Abstract

Awareness of web accessibility issues is necessary for, amongst other things, good website design. Good website design can mean the difference between disabled users being able to access the website content, or not. This paper describes the impact of a student-led project to develop a VR application, as an Open Education Resource (OER), to increase users’ knowledge and awareness of accessibility. An evaluation for the intervention delivered by the VR application was conducted, according to which, the VR application generally increased knowledge and awareness of web accessibility, but also had a negative impact on some users. The project targetted a Human Computer Interaction (HCI) class taught at the first Sino-foreign higher education institution, University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC). UNNC has already been involved in research into flipped classrooms, technology-enhanced teaching, and the development of several OERs. This paper introduces the background, motivation and objectives, design, and specification of the VR application. The impact of the application on users is evaluated, and some possible future work is discussed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2021 IEEE 45th Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2021
Editors	W. K. Chan, Bill Claycomb, Hiroki Takakura, Ji-Jiang Yang, Yuuichi Teranishi, Dave Towey, Sergio Segura, Hossain Shahriar, Sorel Reisman, Sheikh Iqbal Ahamed
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	1137-1142
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781665424639
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/COMPSAC51774.2021.00156
Publication status	Published - Jul 2021
Event	45th IEEE Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2021 - Virtual, Online, Spain Duration: 12 Jul 2021 → 16 Jul 2021

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Name	Proceedings - 2021 IEEE 45th Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2021

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Conference	45th IEEE Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2021
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Virtual, Online
Period	12/07/21 → 16/07/21

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SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Free Keywords

Flipped classroom
Human computer interaction (HCI)
Open educational resources (OERs)
Virtual reality (VR)
Web accessibility

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Artificial Intelligence
Computer Science Applications
Software

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Tang, C., Gill, A., Pike, M., & Towey, D. (2021). Creating a virtual reality OER application to teach web accessibility. In W. K. Chan, B. Claycomb, H. Takakura, J.-J. Yang, Y. Teranishi, D. Towey, S. Segura, H. Shahriar, S. Reisman, & S. I. Ahamed (Eds.), Proceedings - 2021 IEEE 45th Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2021 (pp. 1137-1142). (Proceedings - 2021 IEEE 45th Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2021). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/COMPSAC51774.2021.00156

Tang, Chengke ; Gill, Amarpreet ; Pike, Matthew et al. / Creating a virtual reality OER application to teach web accessibility. Proceedings - 2021 IEEE 45th Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2021. editor / W. K. Chan ; Bill Claycomb ; Hiroki Takakura ; Ji-Jiang Yang ; Yuuichi Teranishi ; Dave Towey ; Sergio Segura ; Hossain Shahriar ; Sorel Reisman ; Sheikh Iqbal Ahamed. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2021. pp. 1137-1142 (Proceedings - 2021 IEEE 45th Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2021).

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Tang, C, Gill, A , Pike, M & Towey, D 2021, Creating a virtual reality OER application to teach web accessibility. in WK Chan, B Claycomb, H Takakura, J-J Yang, Y Teranishi, D Towey, S Segura, H Shahriar, S Reisman & SI Ahamed (eds), Proceedings - 2021 IEEE 45th Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2021. Proceedings - 2021 IEEE 45th Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2021, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 1137-1142, 45th IEEE Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2021, Virtual, Online, Spain, 12/07/21. https://doi.org/10.1109/COMPSAC51774.2021.00156

Creating a virtual reality OER application to teach web accessibility. / Tang, Chengke; Gill, Amarpreet ; Pike, Matthew et al.
Proceedings - 2021 IEEE 45th Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2021. ed. / W. K. Chan; Bill Claycomb; Hiroki Takakura; Ji-Jiang Yang; Yuuichi Teranishi; Dave Towey; Sergio Segura; Hossain Shahriar; Sorel Reisman; Sheikh Iqbal Ahamed. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2021. p. 1137-1142 (Proceedings - 2021 IEEE 45th Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2021).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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