Digital accessibility: An analysis of homepages of Federal Education Institutions of Brazil
For people with disabilities to have their right to access to information guaranteed, it is essential that the basic premises of digital accessibility are implemented on homepages. This question is even more relevant when related to government websites. This study checked the adequacy of electronic...
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| author | Daniel Luís Arenhardt Tatiane Stefanel Franchi Vânia Medianeira Flores Costa Márcia Zampieri Grohmann |
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| description | For people with disabilities to have their right to access to information guaranteed, it is essential that the basic premises of digital accessibility are implemented on homepages. This question is even more relevant when related to government websites. This study checked the adequacy of electronic sites of Federal Institutions of Education of Brazil for digital accessibility standards established by the Accessibility Model of Electronic Government (eMAG). The results demonstrate a low adherence to these standards, even the standardized elements of accessibility that, by force of law, should be implemented in all electronic portals of government in the country. This demonstrates that a significant portion of citizens has not been respected, on equal terms, in terms of their right of access to digital information in academic and university environments, which should promote citizenship and create opportunities an education quality for all. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4ea7e0ba9c66405794010146da1893732022-12-22T01:32:24ZengArizona State UniversityEducation Policy Analysis Archives1068-23412017-04-0125010.14507/epaa.25.26391604Digital accessibility: An analysis of homepages of Federal Education Institutions of BrazilDaniel Luís Arenhardt0Tatiane Stefanel Franchi1Vânia Medianeira Flores Costa2Márcia Zampieri Grohmann3Universidade Federal de Santa MariaUniversidade Federal de Santa MariaUniversidade Federal de Santa MariaUniversidade Federal de Santa MariaFor people with disabilities to have their right to access to information guaranteed, it is essential that the basic premises of digital accessibility are implemented on homepages. This question is even more relevant when related to government websites. This study checked the adequacy of electronic sites of Federal Institutions of Education of Brazil for digital accessibility standards established by the Accessibility Model of Electronic Government (eMAG). The results demonstrate a low adherence to these standards, even the standardized elements of accessibility that, by force of law, should be implemented in all electronic portals of government in the country. This demonstrates that a significant portion of citizens has not been respected, on equal terms, in terms of their right of access to digital information in academic and university environments, which should promote citizenship and create opportunities an education quality for all.https://epaa.asu.edu/ojs/article/view/2639acessibilidade digitalpessoas com deficiênciainstituições federais de educaçã |
| spellingShingle | Daniel Luís Arenhardt Tatiane Stefanel Franchi Vânia Medianeira Flores Costa Márcia Zampieri Grohmann Digital accessibility: An analysis of homepages of Federal Education Institutions of Brazil Education Policy Analysis Archives acessibilidade digital pessoas com deficiência instituições federais de educaçã |
| title | Digital accessibility: An analysis of homepages of Federal Education Institutions of Brazil |
| title_full | Digital accessibility: An analysis of homepages of Federal Education Institutions of Brazil |
| title_fullStr | Digital accessibility: An analysis of homepages of Federal Education Institutions of Brazil |
| title_full_unstemmed | Digital accessibility: An analysis of homepages of Federal Education Institutions of Brazil |
| title_short | Digital accessibility: An analysis of homepages of Federal Education Institutions of Brazil |
| title_sort | digital accessibility an analysis of homepages of federal education institutions of brazil |
| topic | acessibilidade digital pessoas com deficiência instituições federais de educaçã |
| url | https://epaa.asu.edu/ojs/article/view/2639 |
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